Domagoj Vida

Domagoj Vida

Vida playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full name Domagoj Vida[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-29) 29 April 1989
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 24
Youth career
1996–2003 Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac
2003–2006 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Osijek 90 (6)
2010–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (0)
2011–2013 Dinamo Zagreb 44 (6)
2013– Dynamo Kyiv 82 (7)
National team‡
2008 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2007–2009 Croatia U20 10 (1)
2007–2010 Croatia U21 19 (2)
2010– Croatia 42 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2016

Domagoj Vida (born 29 April 1989) is a Croatian footballer, who plays for Dynamo Kyiv. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre back or right full back. His father Rudika was also a football player.

Club career

Youth career

Vida has spent his entire youth career in Croatia, rising through the youth system and being first featured with the senior team in the 2006–07 season, at the age of 17; he then went on to make 12 appearances in the season. In the 2007–08 season, Vida further solidified his credentials, being featured more regularly for his club.[2] He was linked with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.[3]

Vida in 2010

Bayer Leverkusen

On 29 April 2010, Vida signed for German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.[4] During his first season with Leverkusen, he mainly played in the UEFA Europa League, making a total of eight appearances in the competition. He eventually made his Bundesliga debut on 5 March 2011 in a 3–0 win at home to VfL Wolfsburg, coming on as a substitute for the injured Manuel Friedrich in the 14th minute.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 14 June 2011, it was announced that Vida would join Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee.[6] On 25 July 2012, he scored a 98th-minute goal against Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad in a UEFA Champions League match and thus helped his team to a 3–2 home win, which enabled it to progress to the competition's next round.

On 24 September 2012, Vida was thrown out of the first team and the team bus after he opened up a beer while the team were on their way to a cup match. He also had several altercations with Dinamo head coach Ante Čačić prior to this incident.[7] The next day, it was announced that he would be fined a record €100,000.[8]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 2 January 2013, it was announced that Vida had signed for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv on a five-year deal, for a reported transfer fee of €6 million.[9][10] On 14 February, he made his debut for Dynamo in a home Europa League match against Bordeaux, which ended 1–1. A week later, he played in the tie's second leg and was unable to help Dynamo get to the round of 16, losing 0–1. In both games, Dynamo head coach Oleh Blokhin used him as a right-back.

On 3 March, Vida played his first game in the Ukrainian Premier League, against Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. The home 1–1 draw was disappointing for Dynamo, as it made much more difficult for them to get second place and qualify for the Champions League against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv. On 10 March, Vida played his second league match for Dynamo, against Volyn Lutsk; it ended 2–0 and was Dynamo's first victory in 2013. That match was notable because Oleh Blokhin used Vida for the first time as a central defender, partnered with Yevhen Khacheridi, as the first three games for Dynamo he played as a right defender. On 17 March, Vida scored his first goal for Dynamo early in the game against Vorskla Poltava after a corner kick taken by Andriy Yarmolenko, by an excellent header, having forestalled Pavlo Rebenok and goalkeeper Serhiy Dolhanskyi. That goal gave Dynamo a 1–0 win.

On 17 May 2015, Vida scored the winning goal against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to clinch Dynamo Kyiv their first Ukrainian Premier League title in six years.

International career

Vida Domagoj - Croatia vs. Portugal, 10 June 2013

Vida was an active member of the Croatia national under-21 team.[11]

On 23 May 2010, he made his full international debut in Croatia's 2–0 win against Wales in Osijek, entering as a substitute for Darijo Srna in the 80th minute.[12] Three days later, he played the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw at Estonia. He was member of Croatia at UEFA Euro 2012, starting in his side's group stage match against Spain. On 10 September 2013, Vida scored his first goal (Leon Benko provided the assist) for the national side in the 65th minute of a friendly match against South Korea, played at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju.[13]

Vida was a part of the Croatian squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil, but remained as an unused substitute in the tournament. He returned to play in Euro 2016 qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 July 2016.[14]
Team Season League Cup Europe1 Other2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek 2006–07 12000----120
2007–08 21010----220
2008–09 30210----312
2009–10 27430----304
Total906500000956
Bayer Leverkusen 2010–11 100080--90
Total1000800090
Dinamo Zagreb 2011–12 29260120--472
2012–13 15410122--286
Total4467024200758
Dynamo Kyiv 2012–13 121--20--141
2013–14 1704150--261
2014–15 2026010110373
2015–16 182305010272
2016–17 0000001111
Total675131221311058
Career total 1202172515433128422

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

2Includes other competitive competitions, including the Ukrainian Super Cup

International

As of 5 September 2016.[15]
Croatia
YearAppsGoals
201020
201150
201280
201361
201460
201570
201680
Total421

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Dynamo Kyiv

References

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