Ivan Perišić
Ivan Perišić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋan pěriʃitɕ]; born 2 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian First League club Hajduk Split, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, and the Croatia national team. Usually deployed as a left winger, he has also featured as an attacking midfielder, second striker, or left wing-back. Known for his ambidexterity and versatility, he is considered to be one of the greatest Croatian players of all time.
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Perišić playing for Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ivan Perišić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger, left wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Hajduk Split (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | NK Dalmatinac Split | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Sochaux II | 36 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | → Roeselare (loan) | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Club Brugge | 70 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Borussia Dortmund | 42 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | VfL Wolfsburg | 70 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2022 | Inter Milan | 208 | (49) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Tottenham Hotspur | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Hajduk Split (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Croatia U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Croatia U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Croatia | 129 | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:16, 15 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 12 September 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A product of the Hajduk Split and Sochaux youth academies, Perišić made a name for himself while playing for Club Brugge, where he was the Belgian Pro League top goalscorer and was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2011. This earned him a transfer to Borussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 2011–12 Bundesliga, before signing with VfL Wolfsburg for €8 million in January 2013. He remained there for two and a half seasons, winning the 2015 DFB-Pokal final, before moving to Inter Milan for €16 million. In 2019, he joined Bayern Munich on loan, winning the treble. After returning to Inter Milan, he won the 2020–21 Serie A and the 2021 Supercoppa Italiana.
Perišić made his debut for the Croatia national team in 2011, and represented his nation at Euro 2012, 2016 and 2020, as well as the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cup, reaching the final of the 2018 tournament and winning a bronze medal at the 2022 World Cup. Instrumental to Croatia's second "golden generation", Perišić is the nation's player with most goal contributions at the major tournaments (18).