Dominik Livaković

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Dominik Livaković
Personal information
Full name	Dominik Livaković
Date of birth	9 January 1995 (1995-01-09)
Place of birth	Zadar, Croatia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Number	40
Youth clubs
2007–2012 2012–2014	Zadar NK Zagreb
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2012–2015 2015–2023 2015–2016 2016 2023–	NK Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb → NK Zagreb (loan) Dinamo Zagreb II Fenerbahçe	072 00(0) 207 00(0) 032 00(0) 001 00(0) 000 00(0)
National team
2010 2011 2011 2013–2014 2013 2014–2016 2017–	Croatia U15 Croatia U16 Croatia U17 Croatia U17 Croatia U17 Croatia U17 Croatia	003 00(0) 003 00(0) 006 00(0) 006 00(0) 001 00(0) 015 00(0) 045 00(0)

Dominik Livaković (9 January 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Croatia national team.

Club career

NK Zagreb

Livaković became part of NK Zagreb's first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season. Initially the club's second-choice goalkeeper, he made his league debut on 31 August 2012, playing the full match in a 1–0 defeat at home to HNK Cibalia. He soon became the club's number one and made a total of 104 league appearances over four seasons, including 90 in the Prva HNL.

Dinamo Zagreb

On August 30, 2015, he agreed to join Dinamo Zagreb for the 2016–17 season. On 2 October 2016, he made his league debut for the club in a goalless draw at home against Hajduk Split. On 18 October 2016, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, losing 1–0 at home to Sevilla.

On 30 July 2019, in a Champions League qualifying 3–0 victory over Saburtalo Tbilisi, Livaković broke Dražen Ladić's record for most minutes from the start of Dinamo's season without conceding a goal (413), set in 1995. He conceded his first goal of the season three days later, in a 3–1 league victory over Gorica, set the new record at 535.

On 26 August 2020, in a Champions League qualifier against CFR Cluj, Livaković saved Ciprian Deac's penalty kick. The game went to extra time and ended as a 2–2 draw, resulting in a penalty shootout. Livaković saved Cătălin Golofca's attempt which would turn out crucial as Dinamo won the shootout 6–5 and progressed to the third qualifying round. In the 2020–21 Europa League group stage, Livaković was praised for his performances after he conceded only one goal in five games and led Dinamo to the first place in their group. He notably saved Steven Berghuis's penalty kick in Dinamo's 0–0 draw with Feyenoord on 22 October. On 18 March 2021, in the Europa League Round of 16 against Tottenham Hotspur, Livaković saved Harry Kane's sitter when the score was 3–0 for Dinamo, leading the club to a 3–2 aggregate victory and the first Europa League quarter-final in its history.

Fenerbahçe

On 25 August 2023, Livaković joined Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe on a €6.65 million fee, signing a 5-year contract.

International career

Livaković received his first call-up to the Croatia national football team for their friendly against Moldova in May 2016. He made his debut against Chile in the 2017 China Cup where Croatia lost on penalties.

In May 2018 he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and was eventually part of the team that finished runners-up after losing the final against France. He made his competitive debut against England in the 2018–19 Nations League match held on 12 October 2018 at Stadion Rujevica in Rijeka, which ended in a scoreless draw.

After disappointing performances of Lovre Kalinić, Livaković became Croatia's first choice goalkeeper for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, starting with matchday 3 against Wales, held on 8 June 2019.

Honours

NK Zagreb

• Druga HNL: 2013–14

Dinamo Zagreb

• HNL: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Croatian Cup: 2017–18, 2020–21
• Croatian Super Cup: 2019, 2022, 2023

Croatia

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018; third place: 2022

Individual

• Trophy Footballer – Prva HNL Team of the Year: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Trophy Footballer – Best Croatian goalkeeper: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• UEFA Europa League Breakthrough XI: 2018
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2020–21
• 24 sata Prva HNL team of the Season: 2020–21
• CIES Prva HNL Team of the Season: 2021–22
• City of Zadar Award: 2018
• Honorary citizen of the Zadar County: 2019

Orders

• Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

External links

• Dominik Livaković profile at Croatian Football Federation
• Dominik Livaković profile at Soccerbase
• Dominik Livaković at Soccerway

Croatia – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Runners up

1. Livaković 2. Vrsaljko 3. Strinić 4. Perišić 5. Ćorluka 6. Lovren 7. Rakitić 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić (c) 11. Brozović 12. L. Kalinić 13. Jedvaj 14. Bradarić 15. Ćaleta-Car 16. N. Kalinić 17. Mandžukić 18. Rebić 19. Badelj 20. Pjaca 21. Vida 22. Pivarić 23. Subašić Manager:   Zlatko Dalić

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Kalinić 2. Livaković 3. Sluga 4. Barišić 5. Bradarić 6. Ćaleta-Car 7. Gvardiol 8. Juranović 9. Lovren 10. Škorić 11. Vida 12. Vrsaljko 13. Badelj 14. Brozović 15. Ivanušec 16. Kovačić 17. Modrić (c) 18. Pašalić 19. Vlašić 20. Brekalo 21. Budimir 22. Kramarić 23. Oršić 24. Perišić 25. Petković 26. Rebić Manager:   Zlatko Dalić

Croatia – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Third place

1. Livaković 2. Stanišić 3. Barišić 4. Perišić 5. Erlić 6. Lovren 7. Majer 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić (c) 11. Brozović 12. Grbić 13. Vlašić 14. Livaja 15. Pašalić 16. Petković 17. Budimir 18. Oršić 19. Sosa 20. Gvardiol 21. Vida 22. Juranović 23. Ivušić 24. Šutalo 25. Sučić 26. Jakić Manager:   Zlatko Dalić

Croatia – UEFA Euro 2024 – Group stage

1. Livaković 2. Stanišić 3. Pongračić 4. Gvardiol 5. Erlić 6. Šutalo 7. Majer 8. Kovačić 9. Kramarić 10. Modrić (c) 11. Brozović 12. Labrović 13. Vlašić 14. I.Perišić 15. M.Pašalić 16. Budimir 17. Petković 18. Ivanušec 19. Sosa 20. Pjaca 21. Vida 22. Juranović 23. Ivušić 24. Marco Pašalić 25. Sučić 26. Baturina Manager:   Zlatko Dalić