Ivan Lendrić

Ivan Lendrić
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
FK Željezničar
Number 24
Youth career
Solin
2005–2010 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Hajduk Split 19 (4)
2010–2011Zrinjski Mostar (loan) 28 (16)
2012–2013 Zulte Waregem 20 (2)
2013–2014 Lokomotiva 6 (2)
2014 Kapfenberger 15 (5)
2014 Südtirol 16 (4)
2015 Celje 18 (3)
2015 Milsami Orhei 0 (0)
2015 Kerkyra 3 (0)
2016– Željezničar 33 (19)
National team
2007 Croatia U16 9 (3)
2007–2008 Croatia U17 10 (2)
2009–2010 Croatia U19 6 (0)
2011 Croatia U20 3 (1)
2010–2011 Croatia U21 7 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2011

Ivan Lendrić (born 8 August 1991) is a Croatian football player currently playing for FK Željezničar in Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Club career

Born in Split, Lendrić rose through the ranks of the HNK Hajduk Split Academy. In the 2009–10, his last youth level season, Lendrić was top scorer of the Croatian academy league and was voted best youth player by the Croatian sports daily Sportske novosti.[1]

He turned professional in July 2010, but failed to break into the first team under coach Stanko Poklepović so he was loaned to HŠK Zrinjski Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While at Zrinjski Lendrić became top scorer in the 2010–11 Bosnian championship, with 16 goals.

In the summer of 2011 he returned from loan and joined the first team under coach Krasimir Balakov. In his first professional season with the Split giants, he managed just four goals in nineteen appearances, playing mostly as a substitute.

In June 2012, Lendrić signed a three-year contract with Belgian club Zulte Waregem.[2]

After a moderately successful season at Zulte Waregem, NK Lokomotiva decided to bring the player back to the Croatian First Division in a €500,000 deal. In January 2014 his contract with Lokomotiva was terminated after just six first team appearances and no goals.

In February he signed for Austrian Football First League side Kapfenberger SV. There he scored five goals in fifteen appearances. On 30 August, 2014, Lendrić signed for Lega Pro side F.C. Südtirol, an Italian Third Division side.

Since early 2015 Lendrić is a member of Slovenian club Celje of the Slovenian PrvaLiga.

On January 5th 2016, Lendrić joined the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina side FK Željezničar Sarajevo.

International

Internationally Lendrić represented Croatia at all youth levels and was part of the squad called up for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup by manager Ivica Grnja, where he scored a goal in Croatia's 2–5 defeat against Nigeria.[3]

References

  1. Velić, Mario (11 February 2011). "Lendrić: Igrat ću za BiH! Što još moram napraviti da me Ivo Šušak pozove?". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. Rupnik, Borna (7 June 2012). "Ivan Lendrić u Belgiji potpisao trogodišnji ugovor". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. "Lendric relishing golden opportunity". FIFA.com. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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