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Cracks that wore the Dinamo Zagreb shirt

Mark Viduka

The Melbourne striker was in the Croatian team after leaving his native country when he was in the ranks of the Melbourne Knights.

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Luka Modric

The Real Madrid midfielder is a youth squad player for Dinamo Zagreb. He was in his ranks until Tottenham signed him in the 08/09 season for 22.50 million euros.

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Mario Mandzukic

NK Zagreb sold the striker to Dinamo in the 07/08 season for 1.50 million euros. He has been in teams like VfL Wolfsburg, Bayern, Atlético de Madrid, Juventus or Milan.

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Mateo Kovacic

Another of the greatest homegrown players of Dinamo Zagreb. Inter noticed him in the 12/13 season and paid 11 million euros to sign him.

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Marcelo Brozovic

Current Inter Milan player. He was signed by Dinamo Zagreb from NK Lokomotiva in exchange for €2.40 million.

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Alen Halilovic

Barcelona bet very heavily on the Croatian player as he was one of the greatest European promises of the moment. He finally did not explode in the Catalan club.

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Marko Pjaca

Juventus of Turin paid almost thirty million euros in the 16/17 season to sign the attacking midfielder born in Zagreb.

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Prosinecki

Dinamo Zagreb youth squad. After going through Red Star he ended up playing for Real Madrid for three seasons.

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Davor Suker

Before arriving at Real Madrid, the striker from Osijek went through Sevilla, which bought him from Dinamo for 1.05 million euros.

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Vedran Corluka

In the 07/08 season, Manchester City paid 13 million euros to Dinamo to sign the defender.

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Jeremy Menez and Dinamo Zagreb’s Sime Vrsaljko battle for the ball (Photo by Joe Giddens – PA Images via Getty Images)

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Daniel Olmo

One of the greatest promises of Spanish football was at Dinamo Zagreb after leaving the FC Barcelona youth academy.

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Dejan Lovren

Dinamo Zagreb youth squad who went to Lyon in the 09/10 season for 9 million euros.

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Josko Gvardiol

One of the greatest promises of European football today. The defender, a youth player from Dinamo, has left this year for RB Leipzig for 18.80 million euros.

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