Leonard Mesarić (; born 10 August 1983) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who last played for

NK Rudeš Nogometni Klub Rudeš (), commonly referred to as NK Rudeš, is a Croatian football club founded in 1957 in Zagreb's neighbourhood of Rudeš. The club competes in Prva NL. History Being a lower league club through most of its history, Rudeš ...

. With Dinamo Zagreb he won the 2010 Croatian Supercup which was his first honour of the career. Before joining the Croatian champions, Mesarić played for TŠK Topolovac,

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

Segesta Segesta (, ''Egesta'', or , ''Ségesta'', or , ''Aígesta''; ) was one of the major cities of the Elymians, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. The other major cities of the Elymians were Eryx and Entella. It is located in the no ...

and

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb (), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the country's top division. Founded in 19 ...

. He also represented Croatia national team at the under-18 and under-19 levels.

Club career

Mesarić started his career at TŠK Topolovac. The club was competing in the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

and Mesarić made a total of 11 appearances throughout the season. TŠK Topolovac finished last and was relegated. He continued his career playing for the second and third tier clubs

and

. He made a total of 33 appearances for Karlovac and scored 3 goals, while for Segesta he played 10 matches. On 21 January 2007 he gets signed by

. Mesarić won two consecutive promotions with the new club and the

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

club found itself playing in the Prva HNL for the 2009–10 season. In Prva HNL he made 12 appearances and scored 1 goal for Lokomotiva before he was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb on 26 June 2009. On 27 July 2014, Mesarić signed a one-year contract with Iranian champions

Foolad Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian professional football club based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1971 and is owned by Foolad Khuze ...

Outside football

Mesarić is

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of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, graduating two double major programs,

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and Information science. He also performs in the

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and speaks five languages.

Career statistics

Honours

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

(1):

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Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

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* Croatian Super Cup (1): 2010

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesaric, Leonard 1983 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK TŠK Topolovac players NK Croatia Sesvete players NK Karlovac 1919 players HNK Segesta players NK Istra 1961 players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Foolad F.C. players NK Rudeš players Croatian Football League players Persian Gulf Pro League players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran 21st-century Croatian sportsmen