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DiDi Haracic
Personal information
Full name Dijana Haracic
Date of birth (1992-04-12) April 12, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sky Blue FC
Number 13
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Loyola Greyhounds 71 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 D.C. United Women 7 (0)
2013 Washington Spirit Reserves 12 (0)
2014 Western New York Flash 1 (0)
2015 Krokom/Dvärsätts IF
2016 Washington Spirit Reserves
2016–2018 Washington Spirit 9 (0)
2019– Sky Blue FC 5 (0)
International career
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Dijana Haracic (born April 12, 1992) is an American-Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

Early life

Loyola University

Haracic played for Loyola University between 2010 and 2013. During that time, she established herself as the first choice keeper for the Greyhounds. She was named MAAC Player of the Year in 2012 and helped the Greyhounds to a MAAC Championship and Women's NCAA tournament.[2]

Club career

D.C. United Women and Spirit Reserves

Haracic started her professional career with D.C. United Women between 2011 and 2012 where she would make 7 appearances during that time. When the D.C. United Women rebranded as the Washington Spirit in 2013 to compete in the newly formed NWSL, Haracic stayed with the organization as the starting keeper for the Reserves playing all 12 matches and posting a 0.580 goals against average.[2]

WNY Flash, 2014

During the 2014 season, Haracic signed with the Western New York Flash.[3] Her Flash career would be hampered by a knee injury, limiting her only appearance for the Flash to the season finale, a 3–3 draw against the Chicago Red Stars. Haracic was waived at the conclusion of the season.[4]

Krokom/Dvärsätts IF, 2015

Haracic would end up signing with Div 2 Södra Norrland side Krokom/Dvärsätt IF.[5]

Return to Washington Spirit, 2016–2018

In 2016, Haracic returned to the Washington Spirit organization, playing for the Reserves in the WPSL.[6] Ahead of the 2017 season, Haracic signed with the first team.[7] Over two seasons with the Spirit, Haracic made 9 appearances.[8]

Sky Blue FC, 2019–present

In January 2019, Haracic was traded to Sky Blue FC along with teammates Estelle Johnson and Caprice Dydasco for the third overall and 29th picks of the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[9]

International career

Haracic's father Izet Haracic player professional football in Germany and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Winter Olympics as a bobsledder.[10] DiDi Haracic was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and in 2018 she started in goal for a World Cup qualifying match against Russia.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Didi Haracic – A Bright Future At Net". June 19, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "DiDi Haracic Bio". Washington Spirit. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Spirit Reserves' Haracic signed to NWSL Flash". Washington Spirit. May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Flash Waive Four Players". WNY Flash. September 12, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Didi Haracic: Time for a New Adventure!". Pitchside Report. May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "Washington Spirit signs Goalkeeper DiDi Haracic". Vavel. February 10, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Washington Spirit Signs Goalkeeper DiDi Haracic". Washington Spirit. February 10, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "D. HARACIC". Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sky Blue FC bolsters roster with addition of Dydasco, Haracic and Johnson". skybluefc.com. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "2013 Women's Soccer Roster". Retrieved April 5, 2019.

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