Filip Bradarić


Filip Bradarić is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Celta Vigo, on loan from Cagliari and the Croatia national football team.

Club career

Hajduk Split

Having passed through the ranks of the Hajduk Split youth academy, Bradarić was loaned in the summer of 2011 to the Treća HNL Jug side NK Primorac 1929 for two seasons, and there he was a first-team fixture both in the third and the second tier of Croatian football. In the summer of 2013, he joined Hajduk's first team under the coach Igor Tudor, making his Prva HNL debut on 13 July 2013, coming in the 73rd minute of his club's 5–1 away win vs. NK Zadar for Tonći Mujan.

Rijeka

On 3 February 2015 Bradarić signed a -year deal with HNK Rijeka. On 5 May 2017, HNK Rijeka and Bradarić agreed to a contract extension until June 2020.

Cagliari

On 3 August 2018 he signed a five-year contract with Cagliari, thus beginning his first experience abroad. In the Sardinian team he joined his countrymen Darijo Srna and Marko Pajač.

International career

In November 2016, Bradarić received his first call-up to the senior Croatia squad for matches against Iceland and Northern Ireland. He made his debut in a friendly against Northern Ireland on 15 November 2016.
In May 2018, he was named in Croatia’s preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 4 June 2018, Bradarić was included in Croatia's final World Cup squad. On 26 June 2018, he came on as a substitute for Luka Modrić in the 65th minute of the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Iceland, becoming the third player in HNK Rijeka's history to feature in the FIFA World Cup.

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Honours

Primorac 1929
HNK Rijeka
Croatia
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