Mladen Petrić
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{{Football player infobox
| playername= Mladen Petrić
| image = [[Image:Mladen Petric.jpg|200px]]
| fullname = Mladen Petrić
| dateofbirth = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|1|}}
| cityofbirth = [[Brčko]], [[SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| countryofbirth = [[Yugoslavia]]
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| currentclub = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| clubnumber = 10
| position = [[Striker|Second striker]]
| youthyears = 1986–1996<br>1996–1998
| youthclubs = [[FC Neuenhof]]<br>[[FC Baden]]
| years = 1998–1999<br>1999–2004<br>2004–2007<br>2007–
| clubs = [[FC Baden]]<br>[[Grasshopper-Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]<br>[[FC Basel]]<br>[[Borussia Dortmund]]
| caps(goals) = {{0}}22 {{0}}(4)<br>114 (30)<br>{{0}}72 (39)<br>{{0}}29 (13)
| nationalyears = 2001–
| nationalteam = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}27 {{0}}(9)
| pcupdate = [[May 7]] [[2008]]
| ntupdate = [[June 20]] [[2008]]
}}
'''Mladen Petrić''' [{{IPA|ˈmladɛn ˈpɛːtritɕ}}] (born [[January 1]] [[1981]]), is a [[Croats|Croatian]] [[association football|football]] [[striker]] who currently plays for [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] and the [[Croatia national football team]].
==Early life==
Born in Dubrave (inside [[Brčko (city)|Brčko]] municipality, [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]), Petrić first moved with his family to [[Vinkovci]], Croatia, due to war and then later to [[Neuenhof, Switzerland|Neuenhof]], [[Switzerland]], where he started to play football at the local club [[FC Neuenhof]] before moving to [[FC Baden]] and starting his professional career at the club in the summer of 1998. He left FC Baden after one season and went on to sign with [[Grasshopper-Club Zürich|Grasshoppers Zürich]] in the summer of 1999.
==Club career==
===Youth years in Switzerland===
At club level, Petrić spent five seasons with Grasshoppers Zürich before leaving the club for [[FC Basel]] in the summer of 2004 with lots of critics that are still active against him, because he burned a [[FC Basel]] scarf during the Swiss Champion celebration of Grasshoppers Zürich almost exactly one year before leaving Grasshoppers, for a transfer fee of three million [[euro]]s and signing a four-year contract until June 2008. Playing for Grasshoppers, he made a total of 114 [[Swiss Super League|domestic league]] appearances and scored 30 goals for the club in the league.
Petrić was the fourth best goalscorer of the Swiss Super League for the 2005–06 season, scoring 15 goals in 31 matches. In the same season, he also appeared for FC Basel in all of their 12 [[UEFA Cup]] matches and managed to score three goals before the club was eliminated by [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] in the quarterfinals of the competition. He continued to perform well for FC Basel in the 2006–07 season of the Swiss Super League. In their first-round UEFA Cup game that year, he netted a brace in a 6-2 home victory over [[FK Rabotnički|Rabotnički Kometal]].
In the final moments of FC Basel's UEFA Cup group-stage match versus [[AS Nancy-Lorraine]] on [[November 23]], [[2006]], Petrić was installed in goal after Basel's keeper [[Franco Costanzo]] was sent off for a foul on Nancy's [[Issiar Dia]] and the team had already made all three substitutions. The foul resulted in a penalty kick that gave Nancy the final chance for an away victory, but Petrić was able to make an amazing save and stopped the penalty kick taken by [[Mickaël Chrétien]], helping his team to drive home one point with a 2-2 draw. <nowiki>[</nowiki>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UWYPQDwO3I watch video]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
He ended the [[Swiss Super League 2006/07]] as the top goalscorer, with 19 goals for FC Basel.
===Borussia Dortmund===
On [[June 11]], [[2007]] Petrić signed for [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] team [[Borussia Dortmund]] along with fellow national team player [[Robert Kovac]] as part of the sides squad rebuilding. He enjoyed a good start to the season, scoring a [[brace]] in Dortmund's 3-0 victory against [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. He was one of the league's top scorers in his first season in Germany, and also made a notable assistance to his side reaching the [[DFB-Pokal]] final in which he scored a stoppage time equalizer against eventual winners and champions [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]].
==International career==
In 2001, Petrić was spotted in Switzerland by [[Mirko Jozić]], head coach of the [[Croatia national football team|Croatian national team]] at the time, and made his international debut for Croatia during the team's [[South Korea]]n tour in November 2001, where they played two friendly matches against the [[Korea Republic national football team|Korean national team]]. Petrić appeared in both of the two matches as a second-half substitute, but was subsequently nevertheless not called up to be part of the Croatian squad at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] finals. He scored his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] on [[August 21]], [[2002]] in [[Varaždin]], which ended in a 1-1 draw. He subsequently made his competitive international debut as a second-half substitute in Croatia's opening match of the [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] qualifying against [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]], but did not play any international matches at the A-team level for three and half years following this match.
In early 2006, Petrić made his international comeback with the Croatian national team by appearing as a second-half substitute in the team's friendly matches against Korea Republic at the [[Carlsberg Cup]] in [[Hong Kong]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in [[Basel]]. He was eventually omitted from the final 23-man squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] finals, but received a pre-invitation.
In early August 2006, he was called up by the Croatian national team's new coach [[Slaven Bilić]] to be part of the team in their friendly match against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] on [[August 16]], [[2006]] in [[Livorno]] and appeared in the match as a second-half substitute. He was an active member with his national side in their [[2008 European Football Championship|Euro 2008]] qualifying campaign, appearing in almost all of the team's qualifying matches. In the second qualifier, against [[Andorra national football team|Andorra]] on [[October 7]], [[2006]] in [[Zagreb]], he scored four goals in only 60 minutes of playing and became the first ever player to score four goals for the Croatian national football team in a competitive match. Croatia won the match 7-0, celebrating their highest competitive victory ever.
In the return leg against Andorra on [[September 12]], [[2007]], he scored twice.
On [[November 21]], the last day of [[Euro 2008]] Qualifiers, Petrić was brought on as a substitute in the away fixture against England. With Croatia already qualified and the match tied at 2-2, Petrić scored the winning goal from about 25 yards to send England out of [[Euro 2008]]. It was England's first competitive defeat at the [[Wembley Stadium|New Wembley]]. After the match, he refused to swap his jersey, going on to say "this is the proudest moment of my career. I didn't want to swap this jersey for anything".
Because of his impressive qualifying campaign, he was named in Croatia's [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] squad. Croatia won their first round group, winning all their matches, including a surprise win over a strong [[Germany national football team|German side]], but were knocked out by [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] in the quarter-finals after a penalty shootout.
===International goals===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
!#
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
!Competition
|-
|01.
|[[21 August]], [[2002]]
|[[Stadion Varteks]], [[Varaždin]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Wales}}
|<center>'''1''' – 1
|<center>1 – 1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|02.
|[[7 October]], [[2006]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|03.
|[[7 October]], [[2006]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>'''2''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|04.
|[[7 October]], [[2006]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>'''3''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|05.
|[[7 October]], [[2006]]
|[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>'''4''' – 0
|<center>7 – 0
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|06.
|[[7 February]], [[2007]]
|[[Kantrida Stadium]], [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]]
|{{fb|Norway}}
|<center>'''1''' – 0
|<center>2 – 1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|07.
|[[12 September]], [[2007]]
|[[Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall|Estadi Comunal]], [[Andorra la Vella]], [[Andorra]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>0 – '''2'''
|<center>0 – 6
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|08.
|[[12 September]], [[2007]]
|[[Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall|Estadi Comunal]], [[Andorra la Vella]], [[Andorra]]
|{{fb|Andorra}}
|<center>0 – '''3'''
|<center>0 – 6
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|09.
|[[21 November]], [[2007]]
|[[Wembley Stadium]], [[London]], [[England]]
|{{fb|ENG}}
|<center>2 – '''3'''
|<center>2 – 3
|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|-
|}
==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [http://www.mladenpetric.com/ Official Website] {{de icon}}
* [http://www.croatia.ch/drustva/hkk/libra_040227.php Interview with Mladen Petrić in a Croatian-Swiss magazine] {{hr icon}}
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6594&b=true&pn=Mladen_Petrić Profile on FootballDatabase.com]
{{Croatia Squad 2008 Euro Cup}}
{{Borussia Dortmund Squad}}
{{BD|1981| |Petric, Mladen}}
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