Josip Šutalo

Association footballer (born 2000)
Josip Šutalo
Šutalo playing for Ajax in 2024
Personal information
Full name Josip Šutalo[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 37
Youth career
0000–2014 Neretva
2014–2020 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Dinamo Zagreb II 15 (0)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb 65 (4)
2021 → Istra 1961 (loan) 22 (0)
2023– Ajax 20 (0)
International career‡
2015 Croatia U15 2 (0)
2015–2016 Croatia U16 15 (0)
2016 Croatia U17 10 (1)
2018 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2021 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2021–2022 Croatia U21 8 (2)
2022– Croatia 13 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2022 Qatar
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:06, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Josip Šutalo (born 28 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he plays for the Croatia national team.

Club career

Dinamo Zagreb

Šutalo with Dinamo Zagreb in 2022

In July 2014, Šutalo moved from Neretva to the youth academy of Dinamo Zagreb. On 1 September 2018, he made his debut for Dinamo Zagreb II in a 3–1 win against Bijelo Brdo. On 30 October 2019, he made his debut for Dinamo's first team in a 3–0 victory against Opatija in the Croatian Cup. On 1 July 2020, he made his Prva HNL debut in a 1–0 win against Inter Zaprešić.

On 18 January 2021, Šutalo joined Istra 1961 on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut on the next day in the league against Gorica, which ended in a 1–1 draw. On 19 May, he played in the Cup final, where he scored an own goal as his team lost 6–3 to his parent club Dinamo.[4]

He later returned to Dinamo for the 2021–22 season. On 23 July 2021, he recorded his first goal and assist for Dinamo in a 4–0 win against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. He made his debut in the Europa League on 16 September, as Dinamo lost 2–0 to West Ham United.[5] He scored his first goal in that competition on 4 November in a 3–1 win over Rapid Wien.[6] On 6 September 2022, he made his Champions League debut in a 1–0 win over Chelsea.[7]

Ajax

On 21 August 2023, Šutalo joined Eredivisie side Ajax signing a five year contract.[8] On 3 September, he captained the team in his debut,[9][10] a goalless draw with Fortuna Sittard.[11]

International career

Šutalo made his debut for Croatia national team on 10 June 2022 in a 1–0 victory over Denmark in the Nations League, having been named in the starting lineup.[12] On 17 December 2022, he made his debut for Croatia at a major tournament in the 2–1 third place play-off victory over Morocco at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[13] On 5 June 2023, he was named in the final squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals,[14] playing both games as Croatia finished as runners-up to Spain.[15][16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 April 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2018–19 Druga HNL 5 0 — — — 5 0
2019–20 4 0 — — — 4 0
2020–21 6 0 — — — 6 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2019–20 Prva HNL 4 0 1 0 0 0 — 5 0
2020–21 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
2021–22 28 2 1 0 7[b] 1 — 36 3
2022–23 HNL 27 2 2 1 7[c] 0 0 0 36 3
2023–24 3 0 0 0 4[c] 1 1[d] 0 8 1
Total 65 4 5 1 18 2 1 0 89 7
Istra 1961 (loan) 2020–21 Prva HNL 22 0 4 1 — — 26 1
Ajax 2023–24 Eredivisie 20 0 1 0 8[e] 0 — 29 0
Career total 123 4 10 2 26 2 1 0 160 8
Notes
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in Croatian Super Cup
  5. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2022 4 0
2023 9 0
Total 13 0

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Croatia

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Croatia (CRO)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Josip Šutalo | Croatia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Josip Sutalo". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Dinamo 6–3 Istria 1961". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 West Ham". UEFA. 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 Rapid Wien". UEFA. 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 Chelsea". UEFA. 6 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Ajax finalise transfer Šutalo". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Hrvatu ukazana nevjerojatna čast: "Jučer" došao u slavni klub i odmah postao kapetan!". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Wow! Josip Sutalo draagt de aanvoerdersband bij Ajax-debuut". Sportnieuws (in Dutch). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ^ "FortunaSittard and Ajax Draw". Bleacher Report. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ^ "VIDEO Josip Šutalo: Ovo sanjaš cijeli život, da sam zamišljao bolje ne bi bilo ovako". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  13. ^ HINA (17 December 2022). "Šutalo: Za ovo sam radio cijeli život". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  14. ^ HINA (5 June 2023). "Zlatko Dalić objavio konačan popis za Ligu nacija: Otpao je mladi napadač". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Netherlands 2-4 Croatia (Jun 14, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Croatia 0-0 Spain (18 Jun, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  17. ^ Josip Šutalo at Soccerway
  18. ^ "Josip Šutalo profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  19. ^ "DINAMO – HAJDUK 1:0 Baturina donio Dinamu prvi trofej u sezoni". Index.hr (in Croatian). 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  20. ^ Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Objavljeni laureati Trofeja nogometaš 2022. godine". NACIONAL.HR (in Croatian). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Najbolji igrač SuperSport HNL-a 2022/2023". facebook.com/HUNS.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.

External links

  • Josip Šutalo at UEFAEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at the Croatian Football FederationEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at EU-Football.infoEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at FBref.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at Fussballdaten.de (in German)Edit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at National-Football-Teams.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at Soccerway.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Josip Šutalo at WorldFootball.netEdit on Wikidata
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