Josip Tadic
Personal information
Full name	Josip Tadić
Date of birth	22 August 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 22)
Place of birth	Đakovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Grenoble Foot 38
Number	9
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2009 2009-	NK Osijek Bayer Leverkusen II Dinamo Zagreb Grenoble Foot 38	200(7) 180(5) 59 (20)
National team2
2006-	Croatia U21	16 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 27, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 19, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Josip Tadić (born August 22, 1987 in Đakovo) is a Croatian football striker currently playing for Grenoble.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early life 1.2 Dinamo Zagreb 1.3 Grenoble 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early life

Tadić started his career with local side NK Osijek in the Croatian First League. In 2005, he moved to German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, but only made one first-division appearance as a late substitute and generally played for the club's reserve squad in the Regionalliga, the third tier of German football.

[edit] Dinamo Zagreb

In December 2006, a transfer to Croatian First League side Dinamo Zagreb was announced. He subsequently signed a contract until 2011 with the Croatian champions and became part of their squad at the beginning of the 2007 season.

On May 10, 2008, he scored a hat-trick in his sides 6-1 win over NK Rijeka.

[edit] Grenoble

On July 4, 2009 he signed a four years contract with French first league side Grenoble Foot 38. On September 11, 2009 it was announced that Tadić would be sidelined in order to undergo surgery for an ankle injury received during a friendly match against Servette the previous week.^[1]

[edit] International career

Tadić is an active player in the Croatian national under-21 team, but he is yet to feature for the Senior team.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Bellon calls for focus". http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8924_5549578,00.html. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 

[edit] External links

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