Filip Bradarić (; born 11 January 1992) is a Croatian professional

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who currently plays as a

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for the Croatia national team.

Club career

Hajduk Split

Having passed through the ranks of the

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

youth academy, Bradarić was loaned in the summer of 2011 to the Treća HNL Jug side

NK Primorac 1929 Nogometni Klub Primorac 1929 ( en, Football Club Primorac 1929), commonly referred to as Primorac Stobreč, is a Croatian football club based in the small coastal town of Stobreč near the city of Split in central Dalmatia. They are members of t ...

for two seasons, and there he was a first-team fixture both in the third and the second tier of Croatian football. In the summer of 2013, he joined Hajduk's first team under the coach Igor Tudor, making his

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debut on 13 July 2013, coming in the 73rd minute of his club's 5–1 away win vs.

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for

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Rijeka

On 3 February 2015 Bradarić signed a -year deal with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

. On 5 May 2017, HNK Rijeka and Bradarić agreed to a contract extension until June 2020.

Cagliari

On 3 August 2018 he signed a five-year contract with

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, thus beginning his first experience abroad. In the Sardinian team he joined his countrymen

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and Marko Pajač.

International career

In November 2016, Bradarić received his first call-up to the senior Croatia squad for matches against

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and

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. He made his debut in a friendly against

on 15 November 2016. In May 2018, he was named in Croatia’s preliminary 32 man

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for the

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in Russia. On 4 June 2018, Bradarić was included in Croatia's final World Cup squad. On 26 June 2018, he came on as a substitute for

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in the 65th minute of the

match against

, becoming the third player in

's history to feature in the FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

HNK Rijeka *

: 2016–17 *

Croatian Football Cup The Hrvatski nogometni kup ( eng, Croatian football cup), also colloquially known as Rabuzinovo sunce (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after th ...

: 2016–17 Croatia *

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runner-up:

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Orders *

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: 2018

References

External links

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Filip Bradarić profile
at nk-rijeka.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradaric, Filip 1992 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian footballers Association football midfielders HNK Hajduk Split players NK Primorac 1929 players HNK Rijeka players Cagliari Calcio players RC Celta de Vigo players Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia) players Al-Ahli Saudi FC players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Serie A players La Liga players Saudi Professional League players Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers Croatia international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain