Šime Vrsaljko
Croatian footballer (born 1992)
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- Šime Vrsaljko ( Croatian pronunciation: [ʃǐːme ʋr̩sǎːʎko] ; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
- Vrsaljko made his debut for Croatia in 2011 and went on to represent his country at the UEFA European Championship in 2012, 2016 and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, reaching the final of the latter tournament as runners-up to France.
- He debuted for Lokomotiva in the Croatian top level in the match against Rijeka on 26 July 2009 at the age of 17.
- Dinamo Zagreb He rejoined Dinamo Zagreb's squad on 22 December 2009 before the winter break and appeared in his first match for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2010 against Croatia Sesvete in the Prva HNL.
- Vrsaljko also made one appearance in the semi-finals of the 2009–10 Croatian Cup.
Šime Vrsaljko (Croatian pronunciation: [ʃǐːme ʋr̩sǎːʎko]; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Across the span of his 14-year football career, Vrsaljko also played abroad for different clubs in Italy, Spain and Greece, all the way up to his retirement in March 2023.
Vrsaljko made his debut for Croatia in 2011 and went on to represent his country at the UEFA European Championship in 2012, 2016 and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, reaching the final of the latter tournament as runners-up to France.
Club career
Early career
Vrsaljko started his senior career at Dinamo Zagreb's feeder team, Lokomotiva, where he spent the 2009–10 season training. He debuted for Lokomotiva in the Croatian top level in the match against Rijeka on 26 July 2009 at the age of 17. Vrsaljko was in the starting lineup in each of the 17 Lokomotiva's league matches in 2009, being substituted only once.
Dinamo Zagreb
He rejoined Dinamo Zagreb's squad on 22 December 2009 before the winter break and appeared in his first match for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2010 against Croatia Sesvete in the Prva HNL. He made nine more appearances by the end of the season for Dinamo, making a total of 27 league appearances throughout the whole season. Vrsaljko also made one appearance in the semi-finals of the 2009–10 Croatian Cup.
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