SOCCER PLAYER

Joško Gvardiol

2002 - Today

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Joško Gvardiol (Croatian pronunciation: [jôʃko ɡʋârdioːl]; born 23 January 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Croatia national team. A product of Dinamo Zagreb youth academy, Gvardiol made his professional debut for the club in 2019, and went on to win two league titles as well as the Croatian Cup. He moved to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig in 2021, where he won two DFB-Pokals before he was signed by Manchester City in 2023 for £77 million, making him the most expensive defender in footballing history. A former Croatian youth international, Gvardiol made his debut for the senior side in 2021, and represented them at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024, helping his country to third place at the 2022 tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joško Gvardiol is the 2,658th most popular soccer player (up from 4,657th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 361st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joško Gvardiol ranks 2,658 out of 21,273Before him are Humberto Tozzi, Joël Bats, Igor Cvitanović, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Ruud Hesp, and Bernd Storck. After him are Aldo Serena, Ndaye Mulamba, José Guilherme Baldocchi, Wolfram Löwe, Francisco Rodrigues, and Ricardo Ferretti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2002, Joško Gvardiol ranks 4Before him are Pedri, Amad Diallo, and Ansu Fati. After him are Emma Raducanu, Nico Williams, Eduardo Camavinga, Jenna Ortega, Nuno Mendes, Francisco Conceição, Karim Adeyemi, and Maddie Ziegler.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Joško Gvardiol ranks 266 out of 700Before him are Vatroslav Mimica (1923), Luciano Sušanj (1948), Vinko Jelovac (1948), Dino Rađa (1967), Nenad Bjelica (1971), and Igor Cvitanović (1970). After him are Milivoj Ašner (1913), Rodolfo Volk (1906), Vesna Parun (1922), Ulderico Sergo (1913), Marcelo Brozović (1992), and Velimir Perasović (1965).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Joško Gvardiol ranks 42Before him are Zlatko Papec (1934), Zvonimir Soldo (1967), Zvonko Bego (1940), Frane Matošić (1918), Nenad Bjelica (1971), and Igor Cvitanović (1970). After him are Rodolfo Volk (1906), Marcelo Brozović (1992), Milan Rapaić (1973), Dario Šimić (1975), Zlatko Škorić (1941), and Dado Pršo (1974).