HNK RIJEKA
HNK RIJEKA
TOP VALUE PLAYERS FROM THE ACADEMY 1. Hrvoje Smolcic AGE 20 POSITION D MINUTES 59% VALUE €3.2m 2. Matej Vuk AGE 21 POSITION LW MINUTES 18% VALUE €0.75m 3. Ivan Lepinjica AGE 21 POSITION M MINUTES 14% VALUE €0.5m
Rijeka are founder members of the Croatian top flight and are based in the city of the same name (population 108,622), close to the Italian border. They’re the third-most successful football club in the country, having won one Croatian league title, two Yugoslav Cups, six Croatian Cups and one Croatian Super Cup. The representatives of the club believe that in Croatia it is easy to find good players, and easy to identify players in set positions. Looking at the population of this country (3,888,529) and their international success in various sports, it can be concluded that this is indeed the case. Academy representative Ranko Buketa believes that the main principle of development is speed: speed of players, speed of thinking and speed of accepting demands.
According to CIES Football Observatory, the percentage of minutes by club-trained players (i.e. those aged 15–21 at the club) is: 15.5 % (7 players) AVERAGE AGE 23.75 €441,667 WITH AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 28 PLAYERS IN THE FIRST TEAM players of which trained in the club (academy pupils) 6 VITAL STATISTICS *
RECORD OUTGOING TRANSFERS 1. Andrej Kramaric
to Leicester City €10m
23 Age when sold (2015)
2. Filip Bradaric
to Cagliari Calcio €4.85m
27 Age when sold (2019)
3. Matej Mitrovic
to Besiktas €4.2m
24 Age when sold (2017)
RECORD INCOMING TRANSFERS 1. Andrej Kramaric 22 Age when bought (2013) €1.2m 2. Antonio Colak 25 Age when bought (2019) €0.85m 3. Dario Zuparic 26 Age when bought (2018) €0.8m From Hoffenheim From Pescara
From Dinamo Zagreb
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YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
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