Leon Sopić (born 29 October 2000) is a German professional

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 plays as a defender.

Club career

Sopić made his professional debut with

Rudeš Rudeš is a neighbourhood of Zagreb, Croatia, within the Trešnjevka – sjever district. The area covered by the local city council Rudeš has a population of 9,725 (2011). In Rudeš, there is also an elementary school called "Elementary school ...

in a 1–1

Croatian First Football 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. Establishe ...

tie with

NK Istra 1961 Nogometni klub Istra 1961 (), commonly referred to as Istra 1961, is a Croatian professional football club based in Pula, that competes in the Croatian First League. It is a common opinion amongst many people that ''Istra 1961'' was founded i ...

on 18 May 2018. On 5 July 2019, Sopić transferred to Emmen in the Netherlands. As of 1 October 2020, Sopić had signed for the second team of

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

Personal life

Sopić is the son of the Croatian former footballer

Željko Sopić Željko Sopić (born 26 July 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Ekstraklasa club Widzew Łódź. Club career Sopić started his professional career with NK Zagreb in 1994 and spent f ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sopić, Leon 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Ahlen Footballers from Münster (region) German people of Croatian descent German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Eredivisie players Croatian Football League players FC Emmen players NK Rudeš players GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players HNK Cibalia players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century German sportsmen