Currently playing for Italian club Internazionale (commonly known as Inter Milan outside of Italy), Croatian footballer Marcelo Brozovic also plays for his country’s national football team.
Brozovic has appeared in two FIFA World Cups so far in his career. He was part of the squads that represented Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was also part of the squad that represented Croatia at UEFA Euro 2016.
Marcelo Brozovic Bio
Brozović was born in the Croatian capital, Zagreb to parents – Sanja and Ivan Brozovicon on November 16, 1992. He has two siblings, a brother named Patrick Brozovic and a sister named Ema Brozovic.
Marcelo Brozović graduated from Hrvatski’s young club Dragovoljac would make his professional debut with the Croatian club in July 2010 playing throughout the 90-minute game against Dinamo Zagreb which ended in a 4-1 loss. His first goal for the club came in March the following year in a game against Karlovac.
He signed on Lokomotiva in July 2011 after Dragovoljac sat him down for nearly four months. With the club, Marcelo took part in 27 games and scored four goals, which allowed Lokomotiva to reach a very comfortable mid-table position.
In August 2012, he signed a seven-year contract with Croatian professional football club Dinamo Zagreb, replacing Milan Badelj who left the club for another Croatian club, Hamburger SV. He made his debut for the club in September as a second-half substitute in a game against NK Osijek which ended goalless. Less than a week after the NK Osijek match, Brozović made his first UEFA Champions League appearance playing 90 minutes in a game against Porto which ended in a 0–2 home loss.
His first goal for Dinamo Zagreb came in April the following year, in a game that ended in a 2–0 home win over Inter Zaprešić. By the end of his first season with Dinamo, Marcelo Brozovic had played a total of thirty games, 23 of them in the league, scoring twice. This season, Dinamo Zagreb won the Croatian Football League, reached the 2nd round of the 2012-2013 Croatian Football Cup, but were knocked out in the Champions League group stage.
In January 2015, Marcelo Brozovic joined the Italian side (Inter Milan) on a loan deal for a year and a half. The contract came with a conditional clause stating that Inter can buy the player. They did and Brozovic chose the number 77 shirt which was worn at the club by Sulley Muntari.
He made his official debut for the club in February 2015 as a substitute in the last 20 minutes. The game was against Sassuolo Calcio. He scored his first goal for the club in a game against Empoli which ended in a 4–3 win. By the end of his debut season, Marcelo Brozovic had made 15 league appearances from 13 and saw the back of the net once in the process.
Inter signed him on a permanent deal when his loan expired and he remained with the Italian side. In the 2017-2018 season, Marcelo played his 100th Serie A match in a game against Sassuolo which ended in a 1-2 loss.
International career
Apart from playing professionally in the league, Marcelo Brozovic has also represented his home country Croatia at various levels on the international stage. He has played with Croatian Under-18, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 teams.
Marcelo made several appearances for the Under-21 team in 2013, scoring seven goals in eight of those appearances. In 2014, he was on coach Niko Kovač’s final squad list to represent the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In May 2018, Brozovic was also on Croatia’s 32-man squad for the Cup World Cup 2018 in Russia.
Marcelo also represented the country in the UEFA European Championship. He was also part of the squad that represented Croatia at UEFA Euro 2016.
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His wife
Brozović whose playing style has always been compared to that of England manager and former professional footballer, Frank Lampard has been married to Silvija Brozović since 2016 and the couple welcomed a daughter, Aurora, a year later.
Marcelo Brozovic height, weight and body measurements
The Croatian player well known for his running speed, passing skills and stamina stands at a height of 1.81m (5ft 11in) and weighs 68kg. Other details of his body measurements are yet to be confirmed.