Andre Mijatović
Andre Mijatović (born 3 December 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
 Mijatović in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andre Mijatović | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Rijeka | 123 | (12) |
| 2003–2005 | Dinamo Zagreb | 51 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Greuther Fürth | 60 | (7) |
| 2007–2010 | Arminia Bielefeld | 74 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Hertha BSC | 47 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | FC Ingolstadt | 53 | (3) |
| Total | 408 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2001 | Croatia U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2001 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Mijatović was born in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia and started his career at the local club HNK Rijeka, where he became a member of the first team in the summer of 1998. He subsequently spent five seasons with the club and was a regular in every of the five seasons, making a total of 122 appearances and scoring 10 goals for the club in the Croatian First League. He also made a total of 10 appearances and scored three goals for Rijeka in European international club competitions during the club's participations in the UEFA Champions League qualifying in 1999 and the UEFA Cup in the early 2000s.
During his time with Rijeka, Mijatović also earned himself a place in the Croatian national under-21 team, for which he won a total of 10 international caps between April 1999 and June 2001. He made his debut for the team at the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria, where he played all 90 minutes in every of the four matches played by the Croatian team at the tournament before they were eliminated in the round of 16. He also made four appearances for the team in their qualifying campaign for the 2002 European Under-21 Championship.
At club level, Mijatović left Rijeka for Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 2003 and subsequently played two seasons for the club as a regular in their team, making a total of 51 appearances and scoring one goal in the Croatian First League. He also won the Croatian Cup with Dinamo in 2004 and played in the UEFA Cup in both of the two seasons with the club, making a total of eight appearances and scoring once as he netted the second goal in Dinamo's 6–1 victory over KSK Beveren on 4 November 2004.
In the summer of 2005, Mijatović left Dinamo for German 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth and became a regular in the team from the beginning, although his 2. Bundesliga debut against Dynamo Dresden on 6 August 2005 was not entirely successful as he was sent off after receiving two yellow cards. He went on to make 30 out of possible 34 appearances his first season with Greuther Fürth and also scored three goals for the club in the league, first of them being in a 2–2 draw away against Wacker Burghausen on 17 March 2006.
In July 2007, he moved to Bundesliga team Arminia Bielefeld, where he was a regular in the first team. After three seasons in Bielefeld, he left Arminia to join the newly relegated Hertha BSC. He captained the Berlin club to a first-place finish, leading to its immediate return to the top-flight, but was relegated again the following season.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| HNK Rijeka | 1998–99 | Prva HNL | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 1 |
| 1999–2000 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2001–02 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2002–03 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 123 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 135 | 14 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2003–04 | Prva HNL | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 3 | ||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 76 | 4 | ||
| Greuther Fürth | 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 3 |
| 2006–07 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 4 | ||
| Total | 60 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 7 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| 2008–09 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 4 | |
| Total | 74 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8 | ||
| Hertha Berlin | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
| FC Ingolstadt | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 407 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 457 | 40 | ||
References
- "Mijatovic, Andre" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- "Andre Mijatović Dinamo statistics". povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Andre Mijatović HNL statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Andre Mijatović Bundesliga statistics". fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
External links
- Andre Mijatović – FIFA competition record
- Andre Mijatović at fussballdaten.de (in German)