Ivica Ivušić

Ivica Ivušić
Ivušić in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ivica Ivušić[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Pafos FC
Number 1
Youth career
2001–2009 Rijeka
2009–2014 Inter Milan
2011 → Seregno (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Prato (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2018 Istra 1961 44 (0)
2018 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2018–2023 Osijek 114 (0)
2023– Pafos 18 (0)
International career‡
2009 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2010 Croatia U15 3 (0)
2010 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2010–2011 Croatia U17 6 (0)
2013 Croatia U19 1 (0)
2015 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2021– Croatia 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2022 Qatar
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2024

Ivica Ivušić (born 1 February 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pafos FC[3] and the Croatia national football team.

Club career[edit]

Born in Rijeka, Ivušić started his youth career with local club Rijeka. He spent eight years with the academy before signing for Internazionale academy in 2009.[4] In July 2014, he was loaned off to Lega Pro club Prato.[5] On 30 August 2014, he made his debut against San Marino Calcio.[6] He later joined Prva HNL side Istra 1961 on 17 August 2015. On 18 January 2018, Greek club Olympiacos announced the signing of Ivušić for an undisclosed fee.[7]

On 12 June 2018, Ivušić returned to Croatia and joined NK Osijek on a four-year contract.[8]

He now plays for Pafos.

International career[edit]

On 17 May 2021, Ivušić was named in the preliminary 34-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020,[9] but did not make the final 26.[10] He made his debut for the Croatia national team on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory.[11]

On 9 November 2022, Ivušić was named in Zlatko Dalić's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup,[12] where he remained an unused substitute as Croatia finished third.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 17 September 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Prato 2014–15[15] Serie C 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Istra 1961 2015–16[15] Prva HNL 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2016–17[15] 22 0 2 0 — — 24 0
2017–18[15] 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Total 42 0 2 0 — — 44 0
Olympiacos 2017–18[15] Superleague Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Osijek 2018–19[15] Prva HNL 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2019–20[15] 36 0 3 0 2 0 — 41 0
2020–21[15] 36 0 1 0 1 0 — 38 0
2021–22[15] 26 0 1 0 4 0 — 31 0
2022–23[15] 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 114 0 5 0 9 0 — 128 0
Pafos 2022–23[15] Cypriot First Division 16 0 4 0 — — 20 0
Career total 185 0 12 0 9 0 0 0 204 0

International[edit]

As of match played 23 March 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2021 2 0
2022 3 0
2024 1 0
Total 6 0

Honours[edit]

Croatia

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Croatia (CRO)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Ivica Ivušić | Croatia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ^ "DEAL με Ivica Ivušić! | Kerkida.net".
  4. ^ "2013/14 – I talenti della Primavera nerazzurra: Ivica Ivušić". Spaziointer. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL: Ivusic joins Prato". Sempreinter. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ^ "San Marino vs Prato". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Ίβουσιτς ο Ολυμπιακός!". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. ^ "PRISTUPIO IVICA IVUŠIĆ [ACCESSED BY IVICA IVUŠIĆ]" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Dalić objavio popis za Euro 2020: Poznato svih 26 imena, izbornik objasnio iznenađenje". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ HINA (1 June 2021). "Sada je konačno: Dalić potvrdio popis od 26 igrača za Euro 2020". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Slovakia v Croatia game report". FIFA. 4 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Dalić objavio popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo u Kataru". Index.hr (in Croatian). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Pet igrača Hrvatske nije dobilo ni minutu na Svjetskom prvenstvu". Index.hr (in Croatian). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  14. ^ Ivica Ivušić at Sofascore. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "I. Ivusic". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Ivica Ivušić, international footballer". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  17. ^ Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

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