Jump to content

Luka Menalo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 37.208.32.241 (talk) at 16:49, 8 October 2018. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Luka Menalo
Personal information
Full name Luka Menalo
Date of birth (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 17
Youth career
HNK Višići
Čapljina
2014–2015 Široki Brijeg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Čapljina 12 (2)
2015–2018 Široki Brijeg 65 (25)
2018– Dinamo Zagreb 6 (0)
2018 → Široki Brijeg (loan) 6 (3)
International career‡
2014–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 5 (0)
2017– Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 9 (2)
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2018

Luka Menalo (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka měnalo]; born 22 July 1996) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a winger for 1. HNL club Dinamo Zagreb and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Menalo was born in Split but grew up in Čapljina[2] where he started his professional career at the local club.[3]

Later he transferred to Široki Brijeg in the summer of 2014.[4] He scored on his debut for the club in a 3–5 loss to Čelik Zenica.[5] In his last two seasons with Široki Brijeg, Menalo was voted the best young player of the league.[6]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 13 February 2018, Menalo signed with Dinamo Zagreb until June 2023, but he was immediately loaned back to Široki Brijeg until the end of the season.[7] He made his debut against Rudeš on the opening day of league competition.[8]

International career

Menalo has represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels.[9]

He received first senior call-up for friendly games against United States and Mexico in January 2018.[10] He debuted in a goalless draw against former on 28 January.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2018.[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Čapljina 2013–14 First League of FBiH 12 2 – – 12 2
Široki Brijeg 2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 4 2 2 0 – 6 2
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 16 4 4 4 – 20 8
2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 28 10 7 4 2 0 37 14
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 17 9 1 0 4 0 22 9
Široki Brijeg (loan) 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 6 3 – – 6 3
Total 71 28 14 8 6 0 91 36
Dinamo Zagreb 2018–19 1. HNL 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 89 30 15 8 6 0 110 38

International

As of match played 31 January 2018.[13]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Široki Brijeg[12]

References

  1. ^ "Luka Menalo". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Otkriće Roberta Prosinečkog uzburkalo duhove u Hrvatskoj: Žele ga hrvatski velikani, a on kaže: Nisam rekao da je Hajduk najveći, u mom je gradu..." jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Luka Menalo sutra potpisuje za novi klub, Širokom jedan milion KM". bih.ba (in Bosnian). 12 February 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Luka Menalo potpisao za Dinamo, ostaje na Pecari do kraja sezone". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Osam golova u Zenici, Široki otpada iz trke za titulu?". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 9 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Održan izbor "Kristalnih 11", Zakarić proglašen najboljim igračem Premijer lige". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Zvanično: Luka Menalo potpisao za Dinamo!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Rudeš umalo zaledio Maksimir na početku prvenstva, Fiolić spasio Dinamo". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Okupila se mlada reprezentacija BiH". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 3 June 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Prosinečki objavio širi spisak nogometaša za utakmice sa SAD-om i Meksikom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Menalo: Presretan sam zbog debija za A selekciju". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b "L. Menalo". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Luka Menalo". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luka_Menalo&oldid=863086626"