Josip Tadić

Josip Tadić

Josip Tadić playing for Sturm Graz in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Josip Tadić
Date of birth	(1987-08-22) 22 August 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth	Đakovo, Croatia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Slaven Belupo
Number	21
Youth career
	Croatia Đakovo
	NK Osijek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	NK Osijek	20	(7)
2005–2006	Bayer Leverkusen	1	(0)
2005–2006	Bayer Leverkusen II	25	(6)
2006–2009	Dinamo Zagreb	62	(20)
2009–2010	Grenoble Foot 38	19	(0)
2011	Arminia Bielefeld	14	(6)
2011	AC Omonia	2	(0)
2011–2012	Lechia Gdańsk	11	(0)
2012–2013	Melbourne Heart	22	(6)
2013–2014	Rijeka	1	(0)
2013–2014	→ Zadar (loan)	24	(7)
2014–2015	SK Sturm Graz	35	(4)
2016	Balıkesirspor	8	(1)
2017–	Slaven Belupo	4	(1)
National team
2002	Croatia U15	2	(0)
2002–2003	Croatia U16	9	(2)
2003	Croatia U17	8	(1)
2004–2006	Croatia U19	6	(1)
2007	Croatia U20	2	(0)
2005–2008	Croatia U21	22	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2017 (UTC).

Josip Tadić (born 22 August 1987) is a Croatian football striker who plays for Slaven Belupo.

Tadić started his professional career with NK Osijek in the 2004–05 Croatian First League season. After scoring 7 goals in 20 league appearances for the club, he moved to German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2005.

At Leverkusen, he mostly played for the reserve squad in the Regionalliga, the third tier of German football at the time, where he scored 6 goals in 25 appearances. His only Bundesliga appearance came on 17 December 2005 in a goalless draw at home to Hannover 96, where he came on as a substitute for Tranquillo Barnetta in the 85th minute.

In the winter break of the 2006–07 Croatian First League season, Tadić signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb, the league's defending champions at the time. He scored five goals in 13 league appearances for the club until the end of the season, helping them to defend the title.

In his second season with Dinamo Zagreb, he scored 11 goals in 27 league appearances and helped the club to their third consecutive league title. He also featured regularly for the club in the European competition, making three appearances in the UEFA Champions League qualifying and five in the UEFA Cup. On 24 July 2007, he scored the final goal in a 3–1 extra-time win at home to FK Khazar Lankaran in the Champions League qualifying, which was his only goal in the European competition that season. On 10 May 2008, he scored a hat-trick in his side's 6–1 win at home to NK Rijeka, their final league match of the season.