Josip Šimunić
Šimunić in Croatia's chequered jersey
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josip Šimunić | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Croatia (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Melbourne Knights | 30 | (3) |
| 1997 | Carlton S.C. | ||
| 1997–1999 | Hamburger SV | 8 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Hamburger SV II | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2009 | Hertha BSC | 222 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 41 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Dinamo Zagreb | 68 | (3) |
| Total | 369 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2013 | Croatia | 105 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015– | Croatia (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Josip Šimunić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip ʃîmunit͡ɕ]; born 18 February 1978) is a Croatian former footballer and current assistant coach of Croatia national team.
Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then moved to Germany where he spent 14 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim before finishing his career in Croatia with Dinamo Zagreb.
He played for Croatia from 2001 to 2013, appeared in five major tournaments for the Vatreni – World Cup 2002, Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 – and is the third most capped player in the history of the Croatia national team.
Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia to Bosnian Croat immigrants from the Otigošće village near Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in what was then Yugoslavia. He received early football training at the Australian Institute of Sport. The defender broke into the Melbourne Knights first team as a teenager in the 1995–96 season and ended it with a championship medal and 1996 NSL Youth Player of the Year award. Šimunić scored his first goals the following term, three in 14 outings, before moving to Europe to join Hamburger SV in 1997.
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