Kristijan Jakić

Kristijan Jakić (born 14 May 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Prva HNL club Dinamo Zagreb, and the Croatia national team.

Kristijan Jakić
Personal information
Full name Kristijan Jakić
Date of birth (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
(on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2009 Mračaj Runović
2009–2013 Imotski
2013–2016 RNK Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 RNK Split 31 (0)
2017–2020 Lokomotiva 54 (5)
2018 → Istra 1961 (loan) 13 (0)
2020–0000 Dinamo Zagreb 34 (2)
2021–0000 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 25 (1)
National team‡
2015–2016 Croatia U19 7 (0)
2018 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2021– Croatia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:24, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

Early career and RNK Split

A native of Runovići, he started training at the age of 7,[2] at the local Mračaj.[3] Subsequently, he moved to the nearby, bigger Imotski, where he would spend four seasons,[4] qualifying for the Croatian Academy Football League in 2013.[5] He moved, however, to the RNK Split academy that summer. In 2015, he debuted for the Croatia U19 team,[6] and the following and in December of the same year, for the RNK Split senior team, in a 1–1 home draw with Osijek, coming in the 66th minute for Miloš Vidović.[7]

Istra 1961 and Lokomotiva

In the May 2017, following the relegation of RNK Split, Jakić moved to Lokomotiva.[8] Struggling during his first half-season at the club, Jakić requested a loan to Istra 1961 from club's director of football Božidar Šikić. He spent the second half of the 2017–18 season in Pula, where he regained form thanks to Istra coach Darko Raić-Sudar. He returned to Lokomotiva at the end of the season, where he turned into one of the best players during coach Goran Tomić's tenure at the club.[9]

Dinamo Zagreb

His good performances for Lokomotiva drew attention from Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, who signed him for €1.2 million on 24 July 2020.[10][11] He was forced to miss the beginning of the season due to COVID-19 infection. He made his Dinamo debut on 12 September in a 2–1 victory over Hajduk Split.[9] In his Europa League debut, in a goalless draw with Feyenoord on 22 October, he fouled Mark Diemers and caused a penalty, which Dinamo goalkeeper Dominik Livaković saved.[12][9] On 8 November, scored his first goal for Dinamo in a 5–0 routing of Istra 1961.[13] By the end of the first half-season, Jakić had already established himself as the important part of Dinamo's starting lineup.[9]

On 20 July 2021, in Dinamo's Champions League second qualifying round against Omonia, Jakić assisted Lovro Majer and scored himself as Dinamo won 2–0.[14] Ahead of Dinamo's Champions League play-off against Sheriff Tiraspol on 25 August, Jakić was dropped from the squad, with coach Damir Krznar claiming he had injured his ankle in the 1–0 league victory over Lokomotiva the weekend before.[15] However, Sportske novosti published that Jakić was removed from the squad as a disciplinary measure after he was dissatisfied by the club refusing Eintracht Frankfurt's offer to buy him.[16] He was unexpectedly named in the starting lineup in the 29 August league derby against Osijek, and scored the opener as Dinamo won 2–0.[17]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 30 August 2021, Jakić officially signed a loan deal with Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, with an option to buy at the end of the season.[1][18] He made his debut on 12 September in a 1–1 draw with VfB Stuttgart, coming off the bench for Ajdin Hrustić.[19] He scored his first goal for Eintracht on 12 December in a 5–2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen.[20]

International career

Jakić earned his first call-up to the Croatia national team on 20 September 2021, when coach Zlatko Dalić called him up for the October World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Slovakia.[21] He made him debut on 8 October against the former opponent, getting substituted on in the 84th minute of the 3–0 victory.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 May 2022[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RNK Split 2015–16 Prva HNL 7000——70
2016–17 24030——270
Total 31030——340
Lokomotiva 2017–18 Prva HNL 2010——30
2018–19 25120——271
2019–20 27420——294
Total 54550——595
Istra 1961 (loan) 2017–18 Prva HNL 13000—2[lower-alpha 1]0150
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 2913114[lower-alpha 2]0—462
2021–22 51007[lower-alpha 3]1—122
Total 34231211—584
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2021–22 Bundesliga 2510010[lower-alpha 4]0—351
Career total 15781113112020110
  1. Appearances in Prva HNL relegation play-offs
  2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, thirteen appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 26 March 2022[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 202120
202210
Total30

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

References
  1. "Eintracht verpflichtet Kristijan Jakic". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Splitov Jaki iz Runovića: Volim Kaku, beskrajno vjerujem treneru Sabliću at DalmacijaNews
  3. Splitov Jaki iz Runovića: Volim Kaku, beskrajno vjerujem treneru Sabliću at DalmacijaNews
  4. NK Kamen Ivanbegovina: Klub na kojem favoriti "lome zube" at Imotske Novine
  5. Sjajna generacija kadeta NK Imotski – najbolji već prodani u Hajduk i Split Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Radio Imotski
  6. Kristijan Jakić at Croatian Football Federation official page
  7. Split-Osijek at Soccerway
  8. Kristijan Jakić novi je igrač Lokomotive at NK Lokomotiva official site
  9. Olivari, Davorin (15 January 2021). "Novi 'Brozović' otkrio: 'Dinamo je iznad svih u Hrvatskoj, a ja želim dostići vrh i zaigrati u Realu'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Kristijan Jakić potpisao za Dinamo!". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. Dobrinić, Damir (21 October 2020). "Dinamo napravio 4. najbolji transfer u povijesti i zaradio deset puta više od Hajduka, rekord Lokosa!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Lipovac, Nikola; Mršnik, Patrik (22 October 2020). "Totalna ofenziva i drama protiv Feyenoorda: Dinamo s igračem više promašio pobjedu u zadnjim minutama". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Razigrani Dinamo, pet golova, Jakić slavi prvijenac". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. Tolić, Josip (20 July 2021). "Majer: Ma ovo bismo potpisali; Jakić: Teren baš nije kako treba". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Novi problemi u kadru Dinama uoči uzvrata sa Šerifom, ali Krznar ostaje optimist: "Možemo do Lige prvaka!"". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. Ničota, Tomo (24 August 2021). "Pomutnja u Dinamu: Prvotimac poručio da želi transfer i razljutio Krznara koji ga stavlja na 'led'!?". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. Đukarić, Gradimir (29 August 2021). "VIDEO: Slavlje Dinama u Osijeku! Jakić se oprostio pogotkom, Livaković obranio penal, nesretni autogol..." Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "Kristijan Jakić potpisao za Eintracht, iz kluba oduševljeni: 'Dobili smo igrača kakvog još nismo imali'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Korać, Branimir (13 September 2021). "Jakić debitirao u susretu protiv Sose, Hertha odnijela pobjedu iz Bochuma". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. HINA (12 December 2021). "VIDEO Fantastičan prvijenac Jakića: Golman je mogao samo pogledom ispratiti let lopte". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. "Dalić objavio popis za nastavak kvalifikacija: Pozvao mladog asa iz Bayerna, vratio Brekala, nema Rebića i Petkovića!". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. Bradovski, Mihaela (8 October 2021). "Debitant Jakić: 'Trenutno proživljavam svoje najbolje nogometne trenutke'". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "K. Jakić". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  24. "Kristijan Jakić, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  25. "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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