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Jozo Šimunović
Personal information
Full name Jozo Šiško Šimunović
Date of birth (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 5
Youth career
Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2006–2013 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Dinamo Zagreb 52 (3)
2015– Celtic 11 (1)
International career‡
2008 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2009 Croatia U15 2 (1)
2010 Croatia U16 3 (0)
2009–2011 Croatia U17 20 (1)
2012 Croatia U18 1 (0)
2011–2013 Croatia U19 10 (0)
2013 Croatia U20 5 (0)
2013– Croatia U21 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2015

Jozo Šimunović (born 4 August 1994) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a centre back for Celtic.

Early life

He started playing football at age of 7 in his village, Gornja Lomnica. At the age of 12 he joined Dinamo Zagreb from Hrvatski Dragovoljac.

Club career

Dinamo Zagreb

He made his debut for Dinamo Zagreb on 16 March 2013 against Istra 1961, coming as a 90th-minute substitute.[1] On 30 March 2013, he scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb against Zadar in the 34th minute.[2]

In the 2013/14 season he helped Dinamo to their 9th League title in a row, making 32 appearances in all competitions, and made it 10-in-a-row in 2015, where he made 30 appearances in all competitions.[3]

Celtic

On 1 September 2015, Šimunović joined Scottish Premiership side Celtic for an undisclosed fee.[4] He made his debut on 17 September, playing in Celtic's 2–2 draw away against Ajax Amsterdam in the Europa League.[5][6]

International career

He has been capped at U14, U15, U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 level for Croatia[7] scoring 3 goals, against Germany for the U15's, Austria for the U17's and Norway for the U21's. He was captain of the Croatia U17 and the Croatia U19 teams and is current captain of the Croatia U21 team. In September 2015, he received a first call-up for the senior national team, for the last Euro 2016 qualifying matches, against Bulgaria and Malta, as a reserve player for already injured Dejan Lovren, but Šimunović has suffered a small injury days after the call-up, removing him for the games against Bulgaria and Malta.[8]

Club Statistics

As of 23 January 2015
Club Season League Cup International Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb 2012–13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2013–14 23 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 32 2
2014–15 20 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 31 0
2015–16 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0
Total 52 3 6 0 18 0 0 0 76 3
Celtic 2015–16 11 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 18 1
Total 11 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 18 1
Career Total 63 4 9 0 22 0 0 0 94 4

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb[5]

References

  1. ^ "Istra 1961 vs. Dinamo Zagreb 0 - 0". Soccerway.com. Global Sports Media. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb vs. Zadar 5 - 0". Soccerway.com. Global Sports Media. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Jozo Simunovic: I can be a winner at Celtic". Celtic FC. celticfc.net. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Jozo Simunovic: Celtic sign Dinamo Zagreb defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Jozo Šimunović Trophies". Soccerway.
  6. ^ Cuddihy, Paul. "Simunovic pleased with his Celtic debut". Celtic FC. No. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Jozo Šimunović". hnf-cff.hr.
  8. ^ "Celtic defender Jozo Šimunović will miss Croatia's qualifiers against Bulgaria and Malta due to injury, with Duje Ćaleta-Car called up as his replacement". hns-cff.hr. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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