Domagoj Vida was born on 29 April 1989 and is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club AEK Athens and the Croatia national team.
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He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a center-back or a right-back.
He is the first Croatian football player to win the championship title in four different European football leagues (with GNK Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia, Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, Besiktas in Turkey, and AEK in Greece).
Vida began his youth career in Croatia, rising through the Osijek youth system and being first featured with the senior team in the 2006–07 season, at the age of 17.
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He then went on to make 12 appearances in the season. In the 2007–08 season, Vida further solidified his credentials, being featured more regularly for his club. He was linked with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.
On 9 November 2022, Vida was named in Croatia’s final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he remained an unused substitute as Croatia finished third. On 16 November 2022, he played his 100th match for Croatia in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia.
Ivana Vida: Who Is Domagoj Vida’s Wife?
Vida is married to Ivana Gugic, who is most notable for winning Miss Croatia in 2014. The two met in a Zagreb nightclub and have been together ever since. Vida was actually by Gugic’s side when she won the Miss Croatia crown, and one year later, the pair brought a child into the world.
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