Ivica Ivušić

Ivica Ivušić (born 1 February 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Croatian club Hajduk Split and the Croatia national team.^[3]

Ivica Ivušić

Ivušić in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Ivica Ivušić[1]
Date of birth	(1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Hajduk
Number	1
Youth career
2001–2009	Rijeka
2009–2014	Inter Milan
2011	→ Seregno (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Inter Milan	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Prato (loan)	11	(0)
2015–2018	Istra 1961	44	(0)
2018	Olympiacos	0	(0)
2018–2023	Osijek	114	(0)
2023–2025	Pafos	79	(0)
2025-	Hajduk	2	(0)
International career‡
2009	Croatia U14	2	(0)
2010	Croatia U15	3	(0)
2010	Croatia U16	1	(0)
2010–2011	Croatia U17	6	(0)
2013	Croatia U19	1	(0)
2015	Croatia U20	2	(0)
2021–	Croatia	6	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Croatia FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar UEFA Nations League Runner-up 2023 Netherlands
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:33, 19 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2024

Club career

Born in Rijeka, Ivušić started his youth career with local club Rijeka. He spent eight years with the academy before signing for Internazionale academy in 2009.^[4] In July 2014, he was loaned off to Lega Pro club Prato.^[5] On 30 August 2014, he made his debut against San Marino Calcio.^[6] He later joined Prva HNL side Istra 1961 on 17 August 2015. On 18 January 2018, Greek club Olympiacos announced the signing of Ivušić for an undisclosed fee.^[7]

On 12 June 2018, Ivušić returned to Croatia and joined NK Osijek on a four-year contract.^[8]

He now plays for Pafos.

International career

On 17 May 2021, Ivušić was named in the preliminary 34-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020,^[9] but did not make the final 26.^[10] He made his debut for the Croatia national team on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory.^[11]

On 9 November 2022, Ivušić was named in Zlatko Dalić's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup,^[12] where he remained an unused substitute as Croatia finished third.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2025^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Prato	2014–15[15]	Serie C	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
Istra 1961	2015–16[15]	Prva HNL	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2016–17[15]		22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2017–18[15]		15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
	Total		42	0	2	0	—		—		44	0
Olympiacos	2017–18[15]	Superleague Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Osijek	2018–19[15]	Prva HNL	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2019–20[15]		36	0	3	0	2	0	—		41	0
	2020–21[15]		36	0	1	0	1	0	—		38	0
	2021–22[15]		26	0	1	0	4	0	—		31	0
	2022–23[15]		16	0	0	0	2	0	—		18	0
	Total		114	0	5	0	9	0	—		128	0
Pafos	2022–23[15]	Cypriot First Division	16	0	4	0	—		—		20	0
	2023–24[15]		36	0	5	0	—		—		41	0
	2024–25[15]		27	0	5	0	17	0	1	0	50	0
	Total		79	0	14	0	17	0	1	0	111	0
Hajduk Split	2025–26[15]	HNL	2	0	—		3	0	—		5	0
Career total			250	0	23	0	29	0	1	0	300	0

International

As of match played 23 March 2024^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Croatia	2021	2	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	0	0
	2024	1	0
	2025	0	0
Total		6	0

Honours

Pafos

• Cypriot First Division: 2024–25
• Cypriot Cup: 2023–24^[17]

Croatia

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2022^[18]
• UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2022–23
• FIFA World Series ACUD Cup: 2024^[19]

Individual

• FIFA World Series ACUD cup :2024 Best goalkepper^[20]