| Vladimir Vasilj | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Vasilj | |
| Date of birth | July 6, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Hanover, West Germany | |
| Height | 1. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( 88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Široki Brijeg | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995-1998 1998-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006-present |
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Varteks Varaždin Dinamo Zagreb Konyaspor Široki Brijeg |
63 (0) 5 (0) 57 (0) 30 (0) 20 (0) 2 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998-2004 | 2 (0) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Vladimir Vasilj (born July 6, 1975) is a German-born Croatian football goalkeeper. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports
He was born in Hanover and started his professional career at Croatian club Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 1995-96 season. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. He continued to play for the club in the following three seasons, being their first-choice goalkeeper in two of the three seasons.
In the spring of 1998, he became the Croatian national team's third-choice goalkeeper and was also named to the final 22-man squad for the 1998 World Cup finals in France, but did not play any matches at the tournament where Croatia surprisingly finished third. The Croatian national football team ( Croatian pronunciation: Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija) is the national side representing Croatia The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Prior to the World Cup, he made his international debut by appearing as a substitute goalkeeper in the second half of Croatia's friendly match against Slovakia played on May 29, 1998 in Pula. The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association. Pula (Pietas Iulia Pulj Istriot Pula; Pola is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria
He left Hrvatski Dragovoljac for Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 1998, but was merely the club's third-choice goalkeeper and managed to make only two domestic league appearances in the following two seasons. Dinamo Zagreb is one of the most famous and successful Croatian football clubs The T- Com Croatian First Football League ( Croatian: T-Com Prva hrvatska nogometna liga or commonly T-Com Prva HNL or T-Com 1 He became the club's second-choice goalkeeper after Dražen Ladić's retirement in May 2000 and made three domestic league appearances in the 2000-01 season before transferring to Dinamo's local rivals NK Zagreb for the 2001-02 season. Dražen Ladić ˈladitɕ}} (born January 1, 1963) is a former Croatian football Goalkeeper and the current head coach of the NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club from the Croatian capital of Zagreb. He played for the club in the following two seasons and was their first-choice goalkeeper in both of them, also playing a significant role in the Zagreb team that surprisingly won the Croatian First League champions title in 2002.
In the spring of 2002, he returned to the Croatian national team as their third-choice goalkeeper and was also named to the final 23-man squad for the 2002 World Cup finals in Korea and Japan, but once again did not manage to play any matches at the tournament. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Prior to the World Cup, he won his second international cap in a friendly match against Hungary. The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. He subsequently did not win any international caps, but was called up to be the Croatian national team's third-choice goalkeeper at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal after the team's first-choice goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury. The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Stipe Pletikosa ˈplɛtikɔsa}} (born January 8, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian football Goalkeeper who currently plays for FC
At club level, Vasilj left Zagreb for Varteks Varaždin in the summer of 2003 and spent one season at the club as their first-choice goalkeeper, making 30 domestic league appearances as well as appearing in both of the club's two matches in the first round of the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated by Hungarian club Debreceni VSC. NK Varteks is a Croatian football club based in the city of Varaždin in the north of the country The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Debreceni VSC is a Hungarian football club from the city of Debrecen. He returned to Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 2004 and spent one season at the club as their first-choice goalkeeper, making a total of 20 domestic league appearances and also appearing in all of the club's six UEFA Cup matches that season.
He left Dinamo in the summer of 2005 and joined Turkish club Konyaspor, where he spent the first part of the 2005-06 season as the second-choice goalkeeper, making only two appearances in the Süper Lig, and he subsequently went on to leave Konyaspor for NK Široki Brijeg from Bosnia and Herzegovina with the beginning of the year 2006, signing an 18-month contract until June 2007. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Konyaspor is a Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Turkish Premier Super League. NK Široki Brijeg is a Bosnia-Herzegovinan football team from the town of Široki Brijeg that currently plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan