Luka Ivanušec

Luka Ivanušec (Croatian pronunciation: [lûːka iʋanǔʃets];[1][2] born 26 November 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Zagreb in the Prva HNL.

Luka Ivanušec
Personal information
Full name Luka Ivanušec
Date of birth (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998
Place of birth Varaždin, Croatia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 17
Youth career
2008–2009 Novi Marof
2010–2015 Varaždin
2015–2016 Lokomotiva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Lokomotiva 78 (9)
2019– Dinamo Zagreb 42 (9)
National team‡
2015 Croatia U17 5 (1)
2015 Croatia U18 6 (1)
2016–2017 Croatia U19 13 (2)
2017– Croatia U21 24 (8)
2017– Croatia 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Career

Born in Varaždin, Ivanušec made his professional debut for Lokomotiva in the Prva HNL on 20 December 2015 against Slaven Belupo. He came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Josip Ćorić as Lokomotiva won 3–0.[3] He didn't make another appearance for the club until the next season in which he made his European club debut on 30 June 2016 against Andorran side Santa Coloma. He started the match and played 60 minutes as Lokomotiva won 3–1.[4] He then scored his first goal for the club on 3 December 2016 against Cibalia. His 73rd-minute goal was the third as Lokomotiva went on to win 4–1 over the last place side.[5]

International

Ivanušec made his senior international debut for Croatia on 11 January 2017 against Chile in the 2017 China Cup. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Franko Andrijašević as Croatia lost the match on penalties 4–1.[6] He then scored his first international goal for Croatia in the next match against China. He found the net in the 36th minute to give Croatia the lead but China managed to equalize and finish the match 1–1. China eventually won on penalties 4–3.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 February 2021[8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokomotiva 2015–16 Prva HNL10000010
2016–17 221304[lower-alpha 2]0291
2017–18 21141—252
2018–19 31630—346
2019–20 31——31
Total 789101409210
Dinamo Zagreb 2019–20 Prva HNL 244104[lower-alpha 3]1295
2020–21 185217[lower-alpha 4]1277
Total 429311125612
Career total 1201813215214822
  1. Includes Croatian Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 14 January 2017
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia201721
Total21

International goals
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 14 January 2017Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China2 China PR1–01–12017 China Cup

References
  1. "Lȗka". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Lȗka
  2. "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Ivanùšec
  3. "Slaven Belupo 0-3 Lokomotiva". Soccerway.
  4. "UE Santa Coloma 1-3 Lokomotiva". Soccerway.
  5. "Cibalia 1-4 Lokomotiva". Soccerway.
  6. "Chile 1-1 Croatia". Soccerway.
  7. "China 1-1 Croatia". Soccerway.
  8. Luka Ivanušec at Soccerway
  9. "Ivanušec, Luka". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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