Tin Jedvaj is a Croatian footballer who holds the defensive position for the German football club Bayer Leverkusen and for the Croatian football team.
Before signing with German football club Bayer Leverkusen in 2014, Tin Jedvaj played for Croatian football club Dinamo Zagreb (where he started his professional career) and Italian club Roma. He also represented Croatia at different youth levels before being selected in the 32 senior squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia.
Who is Tin Jedvaj?
Tin Jedvaj was born in Croatia, on November 28, 1995, to former Croatian player Zdenko Jedvaj, who played for several Croatian and Austrian clubs during his active days.
His family moved from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Croatian capital of Zagreb during the 1992 Bosnian War, this was before Tin was born. There is no information online about his mother and siblings (if any).
Career League
Jedvaj started playing football at the age of six, but it wasn’t until the age of eighteen that he made his first professional appearance for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, after graduating from their academy in soccer. His first match was against Osijek, playing the central defensive position. He scored his first goal in the game against Cibalia.
During his rookie season with the club, he became a recipient of the Croatian Prva HNL trophy. The following season, he won another trophy with the club after defeating another Croatian club, Hajduk Split, in the Croatian Supercup. He made a total of 14 appearances for the club before being courted by Italian club Rome at the end of the season.
Dinamo’s board initially refused to release TinJedvaj to Roma but in July 2013 it was confirmed that the defender had signed with the Italian side. He made his debut for the club in December 2013, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute in a game against Genoa. The match ended in a 4-0 victory. Their first game was also starting against Genoa, but this time it was the last leg of the A season and they unfortunately lost the game against Genoa.
These were Jedvaj’s only two appearances in the entire 2013–14 season, as he was beaten 33 times. In June 2014, German football club Bayer Leverkusen announced that they had reached an agreement with all parties involved for Jedvaj to be loaned to the club until the end of the 2015–16 season.
During his debut for Bayer, which was the title of the club. First official match of the season, Tin played all 90 minutes against Alemannia Waldalgesheim. The match ended in a 6-0 victory. About a week later he made his debut for the German team in the UEFA Champions League. He replaced Giulio Donati in the 46th minute. The match also ended in a 2–3 win over Copenhagen.
Tin Jedvaj then made his Bundesliga debut in a game against Borussia Dortmund. His first goal for the club was in the second match of the season against Hertha BSC. Bayer’s 50th-minute goal was their first goal of the match, which eventually ended in a 4-2 home win. This was followed by a powerful curled goal he scored in a match against Werder Bremen, giving his club a 1–0 lead. Jedvaj would later assist Son Heung-min with the goal which tied the game with a 3–3 draw.
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In January 2015, Bayer Leverkusen announced that Rome’s Tin Jedvaj is on a permanent basis and the contract will keep the German defender on until 2020. Unfortunately, Jedvaj only made one appearance for the German side in the first half of the 2015/16 season due to multiple injuries. His only appearance was in a game against Hamburger SV and his next appearance would be in October 2016, in a game against VfL Wolfsburg, where he scored the winning goal which ended the game with a 2-1 victory .
International career
In May 2016 he was confirmed as a member of the Croatian squad to represent the country at UEFA Euro 2016 and in the tournament he played the game against Spain which ended in victory of 2-1.
Jedvaj also represented Croatia on several youth occasions before ending up in the senior 32 squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He was first invited to a friendly match against Cyprus when he was eighteen. He came on in the last 13 minutes of the game.
His height, weight and measurements
The Croatian footballer stands at the height of 6ft 0 in which translates to 1.84m and weighs 81kg. His other body stats are unknown.