Duje Ćaleta-Car

In this Croatian name, the surname is Ćaleta-Car.
Duje Ćaleta-Car
Ćaleta-Car in 2022
Personal information
Full name Duje Ćaleta-Car[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Šibenik, Croatia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 55
Youth career
2005–2012 Šibenik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Šibenik 17 (0)
2013–2014 Pasching 15 (3)
2014–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 84 (4)
2014–2015 → Liefering (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2022 Marseille 103 (5)
2022–2024 Southampton 13 (1)
2023–2024 → Lyon (loan) 24 (0)
2024– Lyon 9 (1)
International career‡
2012–2013 Croatia U17 12 (1)
2013–2014 Croatia U18 4 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U19 10 (2)
2014–2018 Croatia U21 17 (3)
2018– Croatia 27 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2018 Russia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:15, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Duje Ćaleta-Car (Croatian pronunciation: [dǔːje tɕâleta tsâr];[2][3] born 17 September 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon, and the Croatia national team.[4] He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Ćaleta-Car joined FC Liefering in 2014 from FC Pasching. He made his Austrian Football First League debut with FC Liefering on 25 July 2014 against FAC Team für Wien.[5]

Red Bull Salzburg

Ćaleta-Car with Salzburg in 2018.

During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in a UEFA Europa League semi-final.[6] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-final as Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[7]

Marseille

Ćaleta-Car warming up for Marseille in 2021.

On 20 July 2018, Ćaleta-Car joined Marseille on a five-year deal for a transfer fee of €19 million. Upon his arrival, Ćaleta-Car was given the squad shirt number 15.[8]

On 29 September 2019, he scored his first goal for Marseille, the equalizer in a 1–1 draw with Rennes.[9]

At the start of the 2020–21 season, Ćaleta-Car scored a brace against Brest, converting assists of Florian Thauvin, as Marseille won 3–2.[9] At the end of the January 2021 transfer window, Premier League side Liverpool launched a £23 million bid to secure his services but the move failed to materialize as Marseille didn't have enough time to sign a replacement.[10]

Southampton

On 1 September 2022, Ćaleta-Car joined Southampton on a four-year contract.[11] On 1 October 2022, Ćaleta-Car made his Premier League debut in a 1–2 defeat against Everton.[12] In the EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Newcastle United on 24 January 2023, Ćaleta-Car was given a second yellow card and sent off following a foul on Allan Saint-Maximan.[13] On 1 March 2023, Ćaleta-Car scored his first professional goal for Southampton in a 1–2 shock defeat to Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.[14] He scored his first league goal on 21 April 2023 in a 3–3 away draw at Arsenal.[15]

Lyon

On 2 August 2023, Ćaleta-Car joined Lyon on a season-long loan.[16][17] Ćaleta-Car made his debut for the club on 13 August 2023 in a 2–1 defeat to Strasbourg.[18] On 8 July 2024, he joined the club permanently and signed a three-year contract.[19]

International career

Ćaleta-Car with Croatia in 2015.

In October 2015, Ćaleta-Car received a first call-up for the senior national team for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Malta, as a replacement for injured Jozo Šimunović.[20] He was in the first 27 players team called for the Euro 2016 but was dropped along with midfielder Alen Halilović and goalkeeper Dominik Livaković.

In May 2018, he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[21] On 3 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Brazil, coming on as a substitute for Vedran Ćorluka in the 52nd minute.[22]

In June 2019, he refused to be part of Croatia squad for 2019 UEFA Under-21 Euro, citing exhaustion and the club's demand to take a rest for the upcoming season as reasons. Soon it was discovered that the real reason was a vacation in the Maldives with his club teammate Nemanja Radonjić.[23] As a disciplinary action, he was the only outfield player who wasn't given even a minute of playing time in senior Croatia squad's June fixtures against Wales and Tunisia and was completely dropped ahead of September fixtures against Slovakia and Azerbaijan.[24] In an interview with Sportske novosti, he denied going on the vacation and said that the sole reason of not participating in the tournament was suggestion of his club coaches Andoni Zubizarreta and André Villas-Boas to take a rest instead since his previous season was not on the level it was expected to be, partially due to his participation in the World Cup the summer before, and that it was not his personal wish. He also claimed that the Croatia U21 manager Nenad Gračan "had lied and had disappointed him", that "it had hurt him to read the lies of the media" about the vacation, and that he accepted senior Croatia squad manager Zlatko Dalić's decision to drop him from the team.[25]

He was called up again ahead of Croatia's November fixtures against Slovakia and Georgia following suspensions of the standard starting defenders Dejan Lovren and Domagoj Vida.[26] He was a starter in the decisive match against the former opponent that ended in a 3–1 victory, leading Croatia to qualify for the Euro 2020.[27]

Personal life

In May 2021, Ćaleta-Car married Adriana Đurđević in a ceremony at the top of the Revelin Fortress in Đurđević's native Dubrovnik.[28] In August 2021, Ćaleta-Car and Đurđević became parents of a baby son,[29] whom they named Mauro.[30] In June 2022, Ćaleta-Car and Đurđević married in a church ceremony in the St. Ignatius Church in Dubrovnik.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 November 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Šibenik 2012–13 Druga HNL 17 0 0 0 — — — 17 0
Pasching 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga 15 3 0 0 — — — 15 3
Liefering (loan) 2014–15 Erste Liga 19 0 0 0 — — — 19 0
2015–16 Erste Liga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Total 20 0 0 0 — — — 20 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 7 0 1 0 — 1[c] 0 — 9 0
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 31 2 4 0 — 2[c] 0 — 37 2
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 18 0 5 0 — 8[d] 0 — 31 0
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 28 2 6 0 — 19[e] 0 — 53 2
Total 84 4 16 0 — 30 0 — 130 4
Marseille 2018–19 Ligue 1 20 0 1 0 0 0 5[c] 0 — 26 0
2019–20 Ligue 1 23 1 2 0 1 0 — — 26 1
2020–21 Ligue 1 33 2 1 0 — 4[f] 0 1[g] 0 39 2
2021–22 Ligue 1 26 2 3 0 — 9[h] 0 — 38 2
2022–23[32] Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Total 103 5 7 0 1 0 18 0 1 0 130 5
Southampton 2022–23[32] Premier League 13 1 2 1 4 0 — — 19 2
Lyon (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 24 0 5 0 — — — 29 0
Lyon 2024–25 Ligue 1 9 1 0 0 — 2[c] 0 — 11 1
Total 33 1 5 0 — 2 0 — 40 1
Career total 285 14 30 1 5 0 50 0 1 0 371 15
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, fifteen appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  8. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 12 October 2024[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2018 2 0
2019 3 0
2020 5 0
2021 10 1
2022 3 0
2024 4 0
Total 27 1
As of match played 12 October 2024
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ćaleta-Car goal.[33]
List of international goals scored by Duje Ćaleta-Car
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 November 2021 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 20  Malta 2–0 7–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Lyon

Croatia

Individual

Orders

References

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