Martin Erlić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎrtin êːrlitɕ];[3][4] born 24 January 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Croatia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martin Erlić[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Zadar, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2012 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2012–2014 | Rijeka | ||
2014–2015 | Parma | ||
2015–2017 | Sassuolo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Sassuolo | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Südtirol (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Spezia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Spezia | 50 | (3) |
2021– | Sassuolo | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Spezia (loan) | 30 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Croatia U17 | 10 | (1) |
2015 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Croatia U19 | 11 | (0) |
2022– | Croatia | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:24, 5 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:37, 16 November 2022 (UTC) |
After Parma's bankruptcy, he went to Sassuolo on 2015.[5]
On 31 August 2017, Erlić was signed by Serie C side Südtirol on a season-long loan deal. On 8 October he made his Serie C debut for Südtirol, as a substitute replacing Filippo Sgarbi in the 70th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Padova.[6] On 15 October he played his first entire match for Südtirol, a 5–0 home win over Santarcangelo.[7] On 8 November, Erlić scored his first professional goal for Südtirol in the 81st minute of a 1–0 away win over Sambenedettese.[8] Erlić ended his season-long loan to Südtirol with 30 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist.[9]
On 10 July 2018, Erlić was loaned to Serie B club Spezia on a season-long loan deal.
After missing most of the 2018–19 season through the injury,[5] he rejoined Spezia on a permanent basis on 15 July 2019.[10]
On 16 August 2021, Erlić's rights were sold to Sassuolo, who then loaned him back to Spezia for the 2021–22 season.[11]
Erlić made his debut for the Croatia national team on 6 June 2022, in a 1–1 draw with France in the Nations League. As he confessed, he missed his brother's wedding in order to play for the national team.[12]
On 24 October 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Südtirol (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
Spezia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Spezia | 2019–20 | Serie B | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Serie A | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
Spezia total | 80 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 6 | ||
Sassuolo | 2022–23 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Career total | 120 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Croatia | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
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