Mladen Petrić
Petrić at practice with Hamburg in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mladen Petrić | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Brčko, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1996 | FC Neuenhof | ||
| 1996–1998 | FC Baden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | FC Baden | 22 | (4) |
| 1999–2004 | Grasshopper | 114 | (30) |
| 2004–2007 | FC Basel | 72 | (38) |
| 2007–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | (13) |
| 2008–2012 | Hamburger SV | 99 | (38) |
| 2012–2013 | Fulham | 23 | (5) |
| 2013 | West Ham United | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Panathinaikos | 57 | (12) |
| Total | 419 | (140) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2013 | Croatia | 45 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2013 |
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Mladen Petrić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈmladɛn ˈpɛːtrit͡ɕ]; born 1 January 1981) is a retired Croatian footballer who also holds Swiss citizenship. During his career, he played for Grasshopper, Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Fulham, West Ham United and Panathinaikos, as well as internationally for the Croatian national team.
Petrić was born in the village of Dubrave near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. Petrić moved with his family to Vinkovci and then later to Neuenhof, Switzerland, where he started to play football at the local club FC Neuenhof before moving to FC Baden and starting his professional career at the club in the summer of 1998. He left Baden after one season and went on to sign with Grasshopper Club Zürich in the summer of 1999.
At club level, Petrić spent five seasons with Grasshoppers before leaving the club for FC Basel in the summer of 2004. He received lots of criticism because of a previous action in which he burned a Basel scarf during the Swiss Champion celebrations of Grasshopper close to one year before leaving Grasshoppers. He was acquired for a transfer fee of €3 million and signed a four-year contract until June 2008. Playing for Grasshopper, he made a total of 114 domestic league appearances and scored 30 goals for the club in the league.
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