Dominik Livaković (Croatian pronunciation: [dôminik liʋǎːkoʋitɕ, domǐ-];[5][6] born 9 January 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prva HNL club Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team.
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Full name | Dominik Livaković[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 27)[2][3] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zadar, Croatia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[4] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||
Number | 40 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2012 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Zagreb | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Zagreb | 72 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–0000 | Dinamo Zagreb | 185 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Zagreb (loan) | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016 | → Dinamo Zagreb II | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | Croatia U15 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Croatia U16 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Croatia U17 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2013 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Croatia U21 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017– | Croatia | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:35, 16 November 2022 (UTC) |
Livaković became part of NK Zagreb's first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season. Initially the club's second-choice goalkeeper, he made his league debut on 31 August 2012, playing the full match in a 1–0 defeat at home to HNK Cibalia.[7] He soon became the club's number one and made a total of 104 league appearances over four seasons, including 90 in the Prva HNL.
On 30 August 2015, he agreed to join Dinamo Zagreb at the beginning of the 2016–17 season. He made his league debut for the club on 2 October 2016 in a goalless draw at home to Hajduk Split. On 18 October 2016, he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League in a 1–0 defeat at home to Sevilla.
On 30 July 2019, in a Champions League qualifying 3–0 victory over Saburtalo Tbilisi, Livaković broke Dražen Ladić's record for most minutes from the start of Dinamo's season without conceding a goal (413), set in 1995.[8] He conceded his first goal of the season three days later, in a 3–1 league victory over Gorica, set the new record at 535.[9][10]
On 26 August 2020, in a Champions League qualifier against CFR Cluj, Livaković saved Ciprian Deac's penalty kick. The game went to extra time and ended as a 2–2 draw, resulting in a penalty shootout. Livaković saved Cătălin Golofca's attempt which would turn out crucial as Dinamo won the shootout 6–5 and progressed to the third qualifying round.[11] In the 2020–21 Europa League group stage, Livaković was praised for his performances after he conceded only one goal in five games and led Dinamo to the first place in their group.[12][13] He notably saved Steven Berghuis's penalty kick in Dinamo's 0–0 draw with Feyenoord on 22 October.[14][15] On 18 March 2021, in the Europa League Round of 16 against Tottenham Hotspur, Livaković saved Harry Kane's sitter when the score was 3–0 for Dinamo, leading the club to a 3–2 aggregate victory and the first Europa League quarter-final in its history.[16][17][18][19]
Livaković received his first call-up to the Croatia national football team for their friendly against Moldova in May 2016.[20] He made his debut against Chile in the 2017 China Cup where Croatia lost on penalties.
In May 2018 he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and was eventually part of the team that finished runners-up after losing the final against France.[21] He made his competitive debut against England in the 2018–19 Nations League match held on 12 October 2018 at Stadion Rujevica in Rijeka, which ended in a scoreless draw.
After disappointing performances of Lovre Kalinić, Livaković became Croatia's first choice goalkeeper for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, starting with matchday 3 against Wales, held on 8 June 2019.
Livaković hails from a highly educated family. His father Zdravko Livaković is a construction engineer and a former State Secretary in the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure during the mandate of Božidar Kalmeta. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were a radiologist and an English teacher, respectively.[22][23] His mother Manuela Skoblar is Josip Skoblar's first cousin once removed.[24]
In June 2022, Livaković married his long-time girlfriend Helena Matić in the Zadar Cathedral.[25]
He credited Danijel Subašić, David de Gea and Iker Casillas as his football role models.[22]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Zagreb | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Druga HNL | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | Prva HNL | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
Zagreb (loan) | 2015–16 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
Total | 104 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 109 | 0 | ||||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2016–17 | Druga HNL | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2016–17 | Prva HNL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
2017–18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
Total | 185 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 263 | 0 | ||
Career total | 290 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 373 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Croatia | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 12 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 34 | 0 |
NK Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia
Individual
Orders
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the Order of Prince Branimir with Ribbon was awarded to Mr. Dominik Livaković...
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