Kristijan Jakić

Croatian footballer (born 1997)

Kristijan Jakić
Jakić with Dinamo Zagreb in 2021
Personal information
Full name Kristijan Jakić[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2009 Mračaj Runović
2009–2013 Imotski
2013–2016 RNK Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 RNK Split 31 (0)
2017–2020 Lokomotiva 54 (5)
2018 → Istra 1961 (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2022 Dinamo Zagreb 34 (2)
2021–2022 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 26 (1)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 28 (1)
2024– → FC Augsburg (loan) 9 (2)
International career‡
2015–2016 Croatia U19 7 (0)
2018 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2021– Croatia 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Kristijan Jakić (born 14 May 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt, and the Croatia national team.

Career

Early career and RNK Split

A native of Runovići, he started training at the age of 7,[3] at the local Mračaj.[4] Subsequently, he moved to the nearby, bigger Imotski, where he would spend four seasons,[5] qualifying for the Croatian Academy Football League in 2013.[6] He moved, however, to the RNK Split academy that summer. In 2015, he debuted for the Croatia U19 team,[7] and the following and in December of the same year, for the RNK Split senior team, in a 1–1 home draw with Osijek, coming in the 66th minute for Miloš Vidović.[8]

Istra 1961 and Lokomotiva

In the May 2017, following the relegation of RNK Split, Jakić moved to Lokomotiva.[9] Struggling during his first half-season at the club, Jakić requested a loan to Istra 1961 from club's director of football Božidar Šikić. He spent the second half of the 2017–18 season in Pula, where he regained form thanks to Istra coach Darko Raić-Sudar. He returned to Lokomotiva at the end of the season, where he turned into one of the best players during coach Goran Tomić's tenure at the club.[10]

Dinamo Zagreb

His good performances for Lokomotiva drew attention from Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, who signed him for €1.2 million on 24 July 2020.[11][12] He was forced to miss the beginning of the season due to COVID-19 infection. He made his Dinamo debut on 12 September in a 2–1 victory over Hajduk Split.[10] In his Europa League debut, in a goalless draw with Feyenoord on 22 October, he fouled Mark Diemers and caused a penalty, which Dinamo goalkeeper Dominik Livaković saved.[13][10] On 8 November, scored his first goal for Dinamo in a 5–0 routing of Istra 1961.[14] By the end of the first half-season, Jakić had already established himself as the important part of Dinamo's starting lineup.[10]

On 20 July 2021, in Dinamo's Champions League second qualifying round against Omonia, Jakić assisted Lovro Majer and scored himself as Dinamo won 2–0.[15] Ahead of Dinamo's Champions League play-off against Sheriff Tiraspol on 25 August, Jakić was dropped from the squad, with coach Damir Krznar claiming he had injured his ankle in the 1–0 league victory over Lokomotiva the weekend before.[16] However, Sportske novosti published that Jakić was removed from the squad as a disciplinary measure after he was dissatisfied by the club refusing Eintracht Frankfurt's offer to buy him.[17] He was unexpectedly named in the starting lineup in the 29 August league derby against Osijek, and scored the opener as Dinamo won 2–0.[18]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 30 August 2021, Jakić officially signed a loan deal with Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, with an option to buy at the end of the season.[2][19] He made his debut on 12 September in a 1–1 draw with VfB Stuttgart, coming off the bench for Ajdin Hrustić.[20] He scored his first goal for Eintracht on 12 December in a 5–2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen.[21] Despite club's underwhelming performance in Bundesliga where they finished eleventh, Jakić helped the club reach the Europa League final unbeaten, eliminating Barcelona in the process,[22] where they defeated Rangers 5–4 on penalties.[23]

On 29 May 2022, the transfer was made permanent and Jakić signed a four-year contract with Eintracht.[24]

Loan to Augsburg

On 19 January 2024, Jakić moved to Augsburg on loan with an option to buy.[25]

International career

Jakić earned his first call-up to the Croatia national team on 20 September 2021, when coach Zlatko Dalić called him up for the October World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Slovakia.[26] He made his debut on 8 October against the former opponent, getting substituted on in the 84th minute of the 3–0 victory.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022[28]
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
RNK Split 2015–16 Prva HNL 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
2016–17 24 0 3 0 — — 27 0
Total 31 0 3 0 — — 34 0
Lokomotiva 2017–18 Prva HNL 2 0 1 0 — — 3 0
2018–19 25 1 2 0 — — 27 1
2019–20 27 4 2 0 — — 29 4
Total 54 5 5 0 — — 59 5
Istra 1961 (loan) 2017–18 Prva HNL 13 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 15 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 29 1 3 1 14[b] 0 — 46 2
2021–22 5 1 0 0 7[c] 1 — 12 2
Total 34 2 3 1 21 1 — 58 4
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga 26 1 0 0 12[d] 0 — 38 1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2022–23 14 1 2 0 6[c] 0 0 0 22 1
Total 40 2 2 0 18 0 0 0 60 2
Career total 172 9 13 1 39 1 2 0 226 11
  1. ^ Appearances in Prva HNL relegation play-offs
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, thirteen appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 17 December 2022[29]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2021 2 0
2022 3 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Eintracht Frankfurt

Croatia

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Croatia (CRO)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Eintracht verpflichtet Kristijan Jakic". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ Splitov Jaki iz Runovića: Volim Kaku, beskrajno vjerujem treneru Sabliću at DalmacijaNews
  4. ^ Splitov Jaki iz Runovića: Volim Kaku, beskrajno vjerujem treneru Sabliću at DalmacijaNews
  5. ^ NK Kamen Ivanbegovina: Klub na kojem favoriti "lome zube" Archived 20 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Imotske Novine
  6. ^ Sjajna generacija kadeta NK Imotski – najbolji već prodani u Hajduk i Split Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Radio Imotski
  7. ^ Kristijan Jakić at Croatian Football Federation official page
  8. ^ Split-Osijek at Soccerway
  9. ^ Kristijan Jakić novi je igrač Lokomotive at NK Lokomotiva official site
  10. ^ a b c d Olivari, Davorin (15 January 2021). "Novi 'Brozović' otkrio: 'Dinamo je iznad svih u Hrvatskoj, a ja želim dostići vrh i zaigrati u Realu'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Kristijan Jakić potpisao za Dinamo!". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  12. ^ Dobrinić, Damir (21 October 2020). "Dinamo napravio 4. najbolji transfer u povijesti i zaradio deset puta više od Hajduka, rekord Lokosa!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  13. ^ Lipovac, Nikola; Mršnik, Patrik (22 October 2020). "Totalna ofenziva i drama protiv Feyenoorda: Dinamo s igračem više promašio pobjedu u zadnjim minutama". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Razigrani Dinamo, pet golova, Jakić slavi prvijenac". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  15. ^ Tolić, Josip (20 July 2021). "Majer: Ma ovo bismo potpisali; Jakić: Teren baš nije kako treba". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Novi problemi u kadru Dinama uoči uzvrata sa Šerifom, ali Krznar ostaje optimist: "Možemo do Lige prvaka!"". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  17. ^ Ničota, Tomo (24 August 2021). "Pomutnja u Dinamu: Prvotimac poručio da želi transfer i razljutio Krznara koji ga stavlja na 'led'!?". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  18. ^ Đukarić, Gradimir (29 August 2021). "VIDEO: Slavlje Dinama u Osijeku! Jakić se oprostio pogotkom, Livaković obranio penal, nesretni autogol..." Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Kristijan Jakić potpisao za Eintracht, iz kluba oduševljeni: 'Dobili smo igrača kakvog još nismo imali'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. ^ Korać, Branimir (13 September 2021). "Jakić debitirao u susretu protiv Sose, Hertha odnijela pobjedu iz Bochuma". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  21. ^ HINA (12 December 2021). "VIDEO Fantastičan prvijenac Jakića: Golman je mogao samo pogledom ispratiti let lopte". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  22. ^ Franičević, Aldo (17 May 2022). "Sve što trebate znati o finalu Europske lige između Eintrachta i Rangersa: Nitko ih nije očekivao, a sada u..." RTL.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Kristijan Jakić postao 10. Hrvat koji je podigao pehar Europske lige". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Jakic makes deal permanent". Eintracht Frankfurt. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  25. ^ "FCA verstärkt sich mit Kristijan Jakić" [FCA strengthens with Kristijan Jakić] (in German). Augsburg. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Dalić objavio popis za nastavak kvalifikacija: Pozvao mladog asa iz Bayerna, vratio Brekala, nema Rebića i Petkovića!". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  27. ^ Bradovski, Mihaela (8 October 2021). "Debitant Jakić: 'Trenutno proživljavam svoje najbolje nogometne trenutke'". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  28. ^ Kristijan Jakić at Soccerway
  29. ^ "Kristijan Jakić, international footballer". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  30. ^ "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  31. ^ Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

External links

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FC Augsburg – current squad
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Croatia squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup third place
Croatia