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

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who played as a

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Club career

Hajduk Split

Having passed through the ranks of the

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

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

NK Primorac 1929 Nogometni Klub 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 the 3. HNL South, one of five 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

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, 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 (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

. 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

Rijeka *

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 ...

: 2016–17 *

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 ...

: 2016–17 Zrinjski Mostar * Bosnian Cup: 2023–24 Croatia *

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runner-up:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Orders *

Order of Duke Branimir: 2018 Futsal * Torcida Kup:br>2024

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 men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Men's 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 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Serie A players La Liga players Saudi Pro League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina