Ivan Dolček

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Ivan Dolček
Personal information
Full name Ivan Dolček
Date of birth (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Koprivnica, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back / Left winger
Team information
Current team
Dunajská Streda
Number 9
Youth career
2006-2009 Drava Podravske Sesvete
2009-2011 Graničar Đurđevac
2011-2015 Dinamo Zagreb
2015Šibenik (loan)
2015-2019 Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Slaven Belupo 13 (0)
2019–2023 Hajduk Split 56 (1)
2020Hajduk Split II 2 (1)
2022Famalicão (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023Šibenik (loan) 29 (5)
2024– Dunajská Streda 0 (0)
International career
2018 Croatia U18 4 (1)
2017–2019 Croatia U19 10 (0)
2021 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2019–2022 Croatia U21 6 (0)
2022 Croatia U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2023

Ivan Dolček (born 24 April 2000) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Slovak First Football League club Dunajská Streda.[1]

Club career[edit]

Dolček started playing football at the local club in Podravske Sesvete, where he comes from.[2] At the age of 9[3] he moved on to Graničar Đurđevac where he was noticed by GNK Dinamo Zagreb scouts, and he moved to their academy at the age of 11.[4] He went on to stay for four years at the club, spending his last 6 months at the club on loan at HNK Šibenik. At the age of 15, he moved to Slaven Belupo's academy, where he would play for the U-17 and U-19 teams.

On 1 July 2019, Dolček moved from Slaven Belupo to Hajduk Split, signing a four-year contract with the club from Split.[5]

On 9 July 2019, Dolček scored on his debut appearance for Hajduk Split. He came off the bench in a 2–0 win over Gżira United F.C. in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League and scored in the 95th minute.[6] Dolček got his first Prva HNL goal in his second league game for Hajduk, scoring the opener in a 3–0 win over NK Varaždin at Stadion Varteks.[7]

In January 2024, Dolček joined Slovak First Football League club Dunajská Streda on a three-and-a-half year contract.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 11 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slaven Belupo 2017–18 Prva HNL 3 0 3 0
2018–19 10 0 1 0 11 0
Total 13 0 1 0 14 0
Hajduk Split 2019–20 Prva HNL 21 1 1 0 2 1 24 2
2020–21 16 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
2021–22 9 0 2 0 2 0 13 0
2023–24 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
Total 56 1 5 0 6 1 67 2
Famalicão (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 9 1 9 1
Šibenik (loan) 2022–23 Prva HNL 29 5 4 1 33 6
Career total 107 7 10 1 6 1 0 0 123 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ivan Dolček novi je igrač Hajduka!".
  2. ^ 'Hrvatskog Riberyja' žele talijanski velikani i naša dva najveća kluba: 'San mi je zaigrati za Barcelonu, ali ne žuri mi se iz HNL-a' at 100posto
  3. ^ IVAN DOLČEK Tata ga je tri godine svaki dan vozio na Dinamove treninge udaljene 250 kilometara, a talentiranog Slavenaša sada žele mnogi: Sve što napravim to je za mog oca i djeda at epodravina
  4. ^ 'Hrvatskog Riberyja' žele talijanski velikani i naša dva najveća kluba: 'San mi je zaigrati za Barcelonu, ali ne žuri mi se iz HNL-a' at 100posto
  5. ^ "Ivan Dolček a new Hajduk player!". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  6. ^ "Europa League Qualifiers: Hajduk Tops Gzira United in Malta (0:2)". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  7. ^ "Hajduk u drugom poluvremenu slomio otpor Varaždina (VIDEO)". nogometplus.net. 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  8. ^ "PRVÁ ZIMNÁ POSILA: IVAN DOLČEK" [FIRST WINTER REINFORCEMENT: IVAN DOLČEK]. www.dac1904.sk (in Slovak). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.