Josko Gvardiol

Josko Gvardiol (Croatian pronunciation: [joʃko ɡʋardioːl]; born 23 January 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Croatia national team.

Club Career

Dinamo Zagreb

2019–20 season

Gvardiol made his league debut for the senior Dinamo team on 18 October in a 4–2 victory over Gorica, coming on for Mario Gavranovic in the 87th minute. In his second league appearance for the club on 2 November, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Inter Zapresic. That made him the sixth youngest league goalscorer for Dinamo, after Alen Halilovic, Mateo Kovacic, Niko Kranjcar, Ante Coric and Tin Jedvaj. On 12 February 2020, in a UEFA Youth League play-off against Dynamo Kyiv, Gvardiol successfully converted a penalty in a shootout as Dinamo won 4–3 and qualified for the round of 16. In the round of 16 against Bayern Munich on 4 March, Gvardiol reflected Leon Dajaku's shot into his own net to set the score to 2–2. In the resulting shootout, he successfully converted his attempt again as Dinamo won 6–5 and progressed to the quarter-finals. On 25 June, Gvardiol signed a five-year contract with Dinamo. On 5 July, in the derby against Rijeka when the league title was already mathematically secured, Gvardiol reflected Franko Andrijasevic's shot into his own net as Rijeka won 2–0, which would eventually cost coach Igor Jovicevic his job.

2020–21 season

On 26 August, in the Champions League qualifier against CFR Cluj, Gvardiol came on for Mario Gavranovic in the 54th minute following Kevin Theophile-Catherine's red card. The game led to a penalty shootout, with Gvardiol successfully converting his attempt, as Dinamo won 6–5 and progressed to the third qualifying round. In late August and early September, the media reported on the interest of the newly promoted Premier League side Leeds United, whose manager Marcelo Bielsa offered €22 million to sign the

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