Renato Josipović (born 12 June 2001) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

Club career

Josipović started playing football in his hometown at

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

. Initially a striker, he moved to the position of goalkeeper on coach's recommendation, where he soon showed his talent. At the age of 13 he was already training with the first team. However, in the summer of 2015, after becoming an under-15 national team player, he moved to

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 ...

, at the age of 14. At Dinamo, Josipović would make his

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debut in 2018, becoming a regular in the 2020–21 season in the Croatian second tier. He was capped for the first team twice, in the last matches of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, coming in for the last 14 minutes against

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and Šibenik, respectively. After spending the 2021–22 season on loan at

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, Josipović's contract with Dinamo was terminated and he signed a one-year contract with

in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Stigao je u Dinamo iz Šibenika, prošlu sezonu proveo u Bravu, a sada odlazi u BiH
at Germanijak

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* 2001 births Living people Footballers from Šibenik Men's association football goalkeepers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Bravo players NK Široki Brijeg players Pafos FC players NK Rudeš players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub