Vedran ĆORLUKA | FC Lokomotiv Moscow

Vedran ĆORLUKA

Defender Croatia

Height	Weight	Born
192 sm	84 kg	05 February 1986

144

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goals

First match: FC Mordovia - FC Lokomotiv20 July 2012

Joined Lokomotiv: 26 June 2012

Former club: Tottenham (London)

Player Info

Vedran Corluka was born on February 5, 1986 in Doboj, Bosnia. When Vedran turned 8 he enrolled with the Dynamo Zagreb football academy. Ten years later, Vedran signed his first contract as a professional player. On loan, he spent a year in FC Inter Zapresic and then returned to Dynamo. In just two years he became one of the team’s leaders and won gold medals of the Croatian championship twice, and won the Croatian Cup and Croatian Supercup.

In summer 2007, Corluka joined “Manchester City”. There, he quickly felt at home and became a regular pick for the main squad. After a successful year with the Citizens Vedran became a target for the Tottenham scouts. As a result, soon the Croatian put on the Spurs’ jersey.

During four years at White Hart Lane Vedran made over a hundred appearances. The last half-season, he spent on loan in Bayer Leverkusen.

At the age of 20, Corluka made his debut for Team Croatia. Since then, he has played in more than 50 games for his country in different tournaments, including Euro-2008 and Euro-2012.

Corluka can play on different positions which is his main skill. He has played as a central defender, right defender and midfielder so far.

In June 2012, Vedran signed a contract with Lokomotiv. At the end of the season-2014/2015 fans recognized Corluka the best player on the team. During the summer training camp before the season-2015/2016 Vedran was appointed captain of the team.

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Statistics

Tournaments	Ap	A	YC	RC	SI	WS
Friendlies	3 (1)	—	—	—	3	1
Europa League	2 (2)	—	—	—	—	1
ROSGOSSTRAKH Russian Football Championship	4 (4)	—	1	—	—	—
Total	6 (6)	—	1	—	—	1

Ap: Appearances (starting line-up)
G: Goals (pen)

A: Assists
YC: Yellow cards
RC: Red Cards

SI: Sub Ins
WS: Was substituted

Honours

Year	Honours
2006	Croatian First Football League champion
2006	Croatian Supercup champion
2007	Croatian First Football League champion
2007	Croatian Cup champion
2014	Russian Premier League bronze medalist
2015	Russian Cup champion
2017	Russian cup champion

Career

Year	Club	Ap	G
2003 - 2007	Dinamo Zagreb	67	7
2004 - 2005	Inter Zaprešić	27	4
2007 - 2009	Manchester City	44	1
2008 - 2012	Tottenham (London)	109	1
2012 - 2012	Bayer 04	8
2012 -	FC Lokomotiv (Moscow)