Mladen Bartolović

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Mladen Bartolović
Personal information
Full name Mladen Bartolović
Date of birth (1977-04-10) 10 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Krivaja
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Segesta
1998–2003 Cibalia 98 (24)
2000–20011. FC Saarbrücken (loan) 33 (6)
2003–2004 Dinamo Zagreb 24 (4)
2004–2006 NK Zagreb 47 (12)
2006–2009 Hajduk Split 70 (14)
2009–2010 Foolad 27 (1)
2010–2015 Cibalia 113 (25)
International career
2003–2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 (1)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Cibalia (youth)
2016–2017 Bedem Ivankovo
2017–2018 Cibalia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2007

Mladen Bartolović (born 10 April 1977) is a Bosnian retired football player.[1] A Bosnian Croat by descent, Bartolović opted to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina national team internationally.

Club career[edit]

Bartolović never played football before he was 16. He loved basketball, but during the Bosnian War, there were no basketball club active, so he decided to try himself as a football player. He formerly played for HNK Čapljina, Cibalia Vinkovci, Dinamo Zagreb, 1. FC Saarbrücken,[2] Segesta Sisak, NK Zagreb and spent three seasons with Hajduk Split. He scored 78 goals in 338 Croatian Football League matches.[3]

He moved to Foolad Khuzestan in summer 2009, becoming a player in the starting lineup for the team in his first season in the Iran Pro League.

International career[edit]

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a June 2003 European Championship qualification match away against Romania and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring one goal.[4] His final international was a November 2008 friendly match against Slovenia.[5]

Personal life[edit]

In 2021 it was reported Bartolović was seriously ill.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Club[7] League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2000–01 1. FC Saarbrücken 2. Bundesliga 33 6 1 0 - - 34 6
Total Iran 33 6 1 0 0 0 34 6
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2009–10 Foolad Persian Gulf Cup 27 1 1 0 - - 28 1
Total Iran 27 1 1 0 0 0 28 1
Career total 60 7 2 0 0 0 62 7

International goals[edit]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 September 2006 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali  Malta 3–1 5–2 Euro 2008 qualifier

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mladen Bartolović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. ^ German career stats - FuPa
  3. ^ Tolić, Josip (2 November 2021). "Baka: Vjerujem da će Mladen dobiti i u najvažnijoj utakmici. Uvijek bi dolazio s osmijehom". 24Sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  4. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Mladen Bartolović, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. ^ Gabelić, Tomislav (30 October 2021). "Legenda Cibalije teško bolesna: 'Bartol je pobijedio u puno teških utakmica, dobit će i ovu'". 24Sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Bartolovic, Mladen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

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