Dino Halilović

Dino Halilović
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-08) 8 February 1998[1]
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Al-Tai
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2016 Dinamo Zagreb
2016–2017 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Istra 1961 24 (0)
2018–2020 Lokomotiva 31 (3)
2019 → Rudeš (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 Istra 1961 17 (0)
2021–2022 Esbjerg fB 7 (0)
2022–2023 FC Den Bosch 24 (1)
2023 Tabor Sežana 12 (2)
2023–2025 Velež Mostar 54 (6)
2025– Al-Tai 0 (0)
International career
2013 Croatia U16 1 (0)
2015 Croatia U17 4 (0)
2015 Croatia U18 4 (1)
2016 Croatia U19 4 (1)
2018–2019 Croatia U20 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025

Dino Halilović (born 8 February 1998) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi club Al-Tai.

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Halilović started his youth career with the academy of Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 12.[1] Although in March 2014, reports emerged of him joining FC Barcelona B,[3] In early 2016, he joined the academy of Italian club Udinese Calcio. In spite of him linked with Spanish club UD Las Palmas and German club Hamburger SV,[4] he moved to Croatian club Istra 1961 on a two-year contract on 28 June 2017.[5]

On 19 June 2018, Halilović moved to fellow league club Lokomotiva.[6] On 25 January 2019, Halilović was loaned out to NK Rudeš for the rest of the season.[7]

On 16 August 2021, Halilović joined Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB on a deal until June 2023.[8] However, on 10 January 2022 Esbjerg confirmed, that they had terminated the contract of Halilović by mutual agreement.[9]

On 12 January 2022, Halilović signed with FC Den Bosch in the Netherlands until the summer of 2023.[10]

On 10 September 2025, Halilović joined Saudi FDL club Al-Tai.[11]

International career

Halilović represented the Croatian under-17 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where his team reached the quarter-finals.[12] Although he was named in the squad for the 2015 under-17 World Cup,[13] he failed to feature in the competition.[2]

Personal life

His father, Sejad Halilović, is a Bosniak, and his mother, Vanessa, is a Croat.[14] His father is a former Croatian and Bosnian international.[14] Dino has two brothers, Damir and Alen, the latter being a Croatian international who also played for FC Barcelona.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Istra 1961 2017–18[2] Prva HNL 240322[a]0292
Lokomotiva 2018–19[2] Prva HNL 813000111
2019–20[2] Prva HNL 2113100242
2020–21[2] Prva HNL 21001[b]031
Total 3136110384
Rudeš (loan) 2018–19[2] Prva HNL 1600000160
Istra 1961 2020–21[2] Prva HNL 1704000210
Esbjerg fB 2021–22[2] 1st Division 70100080
Career total 953143301126
  1. ↑ Appearances in relegation play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "El Barça ficha también a Dino Halilovic, otro crack como su hermano Alen" [The Barça also tab Dino Halilovic, another crack as his brother Alen] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "D. Halilović". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Barcelona ficha también a Dino Halilovic hermano de Alen" [The Barcelona tab also to Dino Halilovic brother of Alen] (in Spanish). Peru. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Primavera, Halilovic piace a due squadre spagnole" [Spring, Halilovic likes two Spanish teams] (in Italian). Mondo Udinese. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ufficiale: il Primavera Halilovic ceduto all'Nk Istra" [Official: Primavera Halilovic sold to NK Istra] (in Italian). Mondo Udinese. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tomić okupio Lokose: Kajzerica upoznala četvoricu pojačanja" [Tomić gathered Lokos: Kajzerica met four reinforcements] (in Croatian). Sportarena. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Rudeš dobio još jedno pojačanje, stigao Halilović iz Lokomotive, sportnet.rtl.hr, 25 January 2019
  8. ↑ EfB tilknytter Dino Halilovic, efb.dk, 16 August 2021
  9. ↑ Halilovic forlader EfB, efb.dk, 10 January 2022
  10. ↑ "DINO HALILOVIĆ VERSTERKT FC DEN BOSCH" (Press release) (in Dutch). Den Bosch. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "أنهت إدارة الطائي إجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب الوسط الكرواتي دينو خليلوفيتش".
  12. ↑ "Croatian U-17 internationals, Dino Halilović and Matej Hudećek, await the quarterfinal clash with Belgium". Croatian Football Federation. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Izbornik Dario Bašić objavio je konačni popis putnika za Čile, a uoči puta na SP održana je konferencija za medije" [Manager Dario Bašić announced the final list of Chilean passengers, and a press conference was held on the way to the SP.] (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Tata Halilović za Max!: Nismo htjeli da Alen ode u Real ili Juventus". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 8 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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