Šime Vrsaljko
Vrsaljko in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Šime Vrsaljko | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Atlético Madrid | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zadar | |||
| 2006–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Dinamo Zagreb | 73 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Lokomotiva (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Genoa | 22 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Sassuolo | 54 | (0) |
| 2016– | Atlético Madrid | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Croatia U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Croatia U17 | 16 | (2) |
| 2010 | Croatia U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Croatia U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2011– | Croatia | 22 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2016 |
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Šime Vrsaljko (pronounced [ʃiːmê ʋrsaːʎko]; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Croatia national team.
Vrsaljko started his senior career at Dinamo Zagreb's feeder team, Lokomotiva, where he spent the 2009–10 season on loan. He debuted for Lokomotiva in the Croatian top level in the match against Rijeka on 26 July 2009 at the age of 17. Vrsaljko was in the starting lineup in each of the 17 Lokomotiva's league matches in 2009, being substituted only once.
He rejoined Dinamo Zagreb's squad on 22 December 2009 before the winter break and appeared in his first match for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2010 against Croatia Sesvete in the Prva HNL. He made nine more appearances by the end of the season for Dinamo, making a total of 27 league appearances throughout the whole season. Vrsaljko also made one appearance in the semi-finals of the 2009–10 Croatian Cup.
Vrsaljko missed the opening matches of the 2010–11 season, as he was called up for international duties with the Croatian under-19 team. He made his first appearance of the season on 31 July in a league match against Rijeka which Dinamo Zagreb lost 2–1. Vrsaljko then made his debut in European competitions, featuring in their defeat to Sheriff Tiraspol in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. In August that year he was linked with a transfer to Olympique Marseille for a fee of €4 million, but executive vice-president of the club Zdravko Mamić turned down the French club's offer. On 29 August he scored his first league goal for the club in the match against Cibalia which Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0. Due to his impressive performances for Dinamo under the coach Vahid Halilhodžić, he was named Croatian Football Hope of the Year for 2010. By the end of the season, he won the double with Dinamo.
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