Ivan Prtajin (born 14 May 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Union Berlin.

Ivan Prtajin
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Zadar, Croatia[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Union Berlin
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2008 Primorac Biograd
2009–2011 Arbanasi
2011–2012 Trešnjevka
2012–2014 NK Zagreb
2014–2017 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Hajduk Split 1 (0)
2017–2019 Hajduk Split II 40 (19)
2018Dugopolje (loan) 13 (4)
2019–2020 Roda JC 17 (0)
2020–2022 FC Schaffhausen 52 (23)
2022 Olimpija Ljubljana 19 (4)
2022–2024 Wehen Wiesbaden 58 (28)
2024– Union Berlin 0 (0)
International career
2015 Croatia U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2024

Club career

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Prtajin started his career with the youth academy of Primorac. After playing for the youth academies of Arbanasi and Trešnjevka, he moved to the youth team of NK Zagreb at the age of 16. After two seasons with the youth team, he moved to Italian club Udinese in 2014 where he was assigned to Udinese Primavera (the reserve team). He made a total of 49 appearances for the reserves and scored 22 goals.[citation needed] His only involvement with the first team was being an unused substitute in a 4–3 defeat against Cagliari Calcio.[2][3][4]

By the end of 2016, Prtajin started training with Croatian club Hajduk Split. He featured in a number of friendlies for the club. In one of the friendlies against Jadran, he scored four goals.[citation needed] He finally signed for the club on 18 January 2017.[2] He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory over Slaven Belupo where he substituted Ante Erceg in the extra time.[5]

In June 2024, Prtajin signed for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.[6]

Personal life

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In July 2017, a fire broke out in Dugopolje, a city where Hajduk Split players trained. Prtajin, along with Toma Bašić, Josip Juranović, Zvonimir Milić and Jerko Šeparović, joined the firefighters in extinguishing the fire.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ivan Prtajin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ivan Prtajin has signed for Hajduk". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Cagliari vs Udinese". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ ""Corridoio" Udine-Croazia, la strategia (finalmente) funziona ["Corridor" Udine-Croatia, the strategy works]". Mondo Udinese (in Italian). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Hajduk se namučio u Koprivnici, Futacs zabio dva za titulu najboljeg strijelca! [Hajduk fired in Koprivnica, Futacs scored two for the title of the best shooter!]". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ^ "IVAN PRTAJIN WIRD EISERN" [IVAN PRTAJIN BECOMES IRON]. www.fc-union-berlin.de/de (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Hajduk Players Fight Blaze, Carrillo Hopes to Reward Dalmatia with Win Against Levski". Total Croatia News. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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