Hrvoje Smolčić

Hrvoje Smolčić
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gospić, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 LASK
Number 26
Youth career
2008–2014 Gospić 91
2014–2019 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Rijeka 68 (1)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 20 (1)
2024– → LASK (loan) 10 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Croatia U19 5 (0)
2019 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2021– Croatia U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022

Hrvoje Smolčić (born 17 August 2000) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Austrian club LASK on loan from the German club Eintracht Frankfurt.[2]

Club career

After playing for the youth teams of Croatian club Rijeka, Smolčić made his professional debut for the club's first team on 17 March 2019, when he appeared as a starter in a 3–1 victory against Osijek.[3] In the 2019–20 season, he played 24 league matches and won the Croatian Cup with his team, appearing in three cup matches, but missing the final against Lokomotiva Zagreb due to being suspended after receiving two yellow cards in the semi-final.[3]

On 31 May 2022, it was announced that Smolčić will move to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt for the 2022–23 season, on a five-year deal until 2027.[4]

On 24 June 2024, Smolčić was loaned by LASK in Austria.[5]

International career

On 14 August 2018, Smolčić played his first international game for the Croatian under-19 team, coming off the bench for Leon Kreković in a friendly match against Italy.[6] After playing four more matches for the under-19 team and appearing in two matches for the under-20 squad, he debuted for the under-21 team on 8 October 2021 in a European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Norway.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 December 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rijeka 2018–19 Prva HNL 6 0 — — — 6 0
2019–20 Prva HNL 24 0 3 1 — — 27 1
2020–21 Prva HNL 16 0 1 0 7 0 — 24 0
2021–22 Prva HNL 22 1 3 0 3 0 — 28 1
Total 68 1 7 1 10 0 — 85 2
Eintracht Frankfurt 2022–23 Bundesliga 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 13 1
2023–24 Bundesliga 11 1 1 0 6 0 — 18 1
Total 20 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 31 2
LASK 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 10 2 2 0 5 0 — 17 2
Career total 97 4 11 2 24 0 — 133 6

Personal life

Hrvoje's twin brother Ivan is also a professional footballer, currently playing with HNK Rijeka. The twins moved to HNK Rijeka Academy together in 2014.

Honours

Rijeka

References

  1. ^ "Hrvoje Smolčić". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Hrvoje Smolčić at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b "Hrvoje Smolčić » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Eintracht verpflichtet Hrvoje Smolcic". profis.eintracht.com (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ "LASK SIGNS NEW DEFENDER FROM EINTRACHT FRANKFURT". LASK. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  6. ^ Game data on the website of the Croatian Football Federation, accessed on 7. October 2022.
  7. ^ Game data on the website of the Croatian Football Federation, accessed on 7. October 2022.
  8. ^ Hrvoje Smolčić at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. ^ "KRAJ U PULI: Rijeka na krilima Simona Sluge i Zorana Kvržića stigla do sedmog Kupa u povijesti!". Novilist.hr (in Croatian). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.