Mateo Barać

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Mateo Barać
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Sinj, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Sochi
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2012 Junak Sinj
2012–2013 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Junak Sinj 0 (0)
2014 Wohlen 0 (0)
2014–2015 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3 (0)
2015–2016 Šibenik 24 (3)
2016–2018 Osijek 50 (1)
2018–2021 Rapid Wien 57 (3)
2021– Sochi 10 (0)
National team‡
2017– Croatia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 August 2017

Mateo Barać (Croatian pronunciation: [matěo bǎra:tɕ];[1][2] born 20 July 1994) is a Croatian football defender. He plays for Sochi in the Russian Premier League.

Club career[]

Junak Sinj[]

Born and raised in Sinj, Barać started his youth career at the local Junak Sinj. At the age of 18 he joined the Hajduk Split youth academy, but failed to impress the board.

Šibenik[]

After unsuccessful trials at FC Wohlen and Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Barać joined Šibenik, which at the time, was coached by Mirko Labrović, his fellow native from Sinj.[3]

Osijek[]

On 1 July 2016, Barać joined Osijek for an undisclosed fee. Impressive display in the first half of the Prva Liga earned him a call-up for Croatian A team for 2017 China Cup. On 3 August 2017, Osijek defeated the Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in the third qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League with a 2-0 aggregate win. Many labeled Barać as the key member of the historic victory and Ajax eventually made a 2.5 million euros transfer bid. Osijek and Barać accepted, however the transfer was stopped due to Barać's heart issues revealed on the medical tests.[4]

Rapid Wien[]

On 12 July 2018, he joined Rapid Wien for a fee of €1,300,000.

Sochi[]

On 19 June 2021, he moved to Russian club Sochi as a free agent.[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 13 December 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2014–15 Druga HNL 3 0 — — — 3 0
Šibenik 2015–16 26 3 2 0 — — 28 3
Osijek 2016–17 Prva HNL 24 1 4 0 — — 28 1
2017–18 26 0 1 0 7 0 — 34 0
Total 50 1 5 0 7 0 — 62 1
Rapid Wien 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 12 0 4 0 9 0 — 25 0
2019–20 18 3 2 1 — — 20 4
2020–21 27 0 2 0 6 0 — 35 0
Total 57 3 8 1 15 0 0 0 80 4
Rapid Wien II 2020–21 2. Liga 1 0 — — — 1 0
Sochi 2021–22 Russian Premier League 10 0 0 0 4 0 — 14 0
Career total 147 7 15 1 26 0 0 0 188 8

References[]

  1. ^ "Màtej". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Matèo
  2. ^ "Bartolòmēj". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Bàrać
  3. ^ "FOTO: Na Šubićevcu počelo 'pumpanje' za drugu ligu". Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Barać ne ide u Ajax, vraća se u Osijek". Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Хорватский защитник Матео Барач пополнил состав "Сочи"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 19 June 2021.
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