Dinko_Horkaš
Dinko Horkaš
Croatian footballer
Dinko Horkaš (born 10 March 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dinko Horkaš | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sisak, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2011 | Segesta | ||
| 2011–2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 68 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Zrinjski Mostar (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Varaždin (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Posušje (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– 2024 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 47 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Croatia U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Croatia U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Croatia U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | Croatia U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:11, 29 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2023 | |||
Horkaš started playing football in HNK Segesta in his native Sisak, before moving to the GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy, aged 12.[2] Since late 2016, Horkaš started playing for the Dinamo Zagreb reserve team, featuring also in Dinamo's UEFA Youth League 2016/17 and 2018/19 campaigns. After featuring in 68 matches for the second-tier reserves, he was loaned out to Zrinjski Mostar at the beginning of 2020, as backup for the injured Ivan Brkić[3] His loan was renewed in the summer of 2020, and featured in 8 matches overall for the team before Brkić recovered. With further playing time becoming unlikely, his loan was cancelled in October 2020.[4] The same month, Horkaš moved on to a loan to NK Varaždin.[5]
On 5 July 2022, Horkaš joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv, signing a two-year contract.[6]
Horkaš amassed 26 caps for Croatia's youth teams between 2014 and 2019.[7]
In November 2022, Bulgarian media reported that Horkaš is applying for Bosnia and Herzegovina passport as his family is from there.[8]
Best goalkeeper in Bulgarian football - 2023[9]
- gnkdinamo.hr. "Dinko Horkaš". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- tportal.hr. "Dinamo je za svojeg dragulja odbio ponudu od čak četiri milijuna eura, a sada ga je 'parkirao' na posudbu u klub u kojem se kalio Luka Modrić". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- sportske.jutarnji.hr. "MLADI VRATAR DINAMA IMA NOVI KLUB Igrač za kojeg su interes pokazali i ugledni bundesligaški klubovi karijeru nastavlja u susjedstvu". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- sportsport.ba. "Dinko Horkaš napustio HŠK Zrinjski". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- Dinko Horkaš na posudbi u Varaždinu Archived 1 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine at the NK Varaždin official website
- topsport.bg. "Хърватски вратар подписа с Локомотив (Пловдив)". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- Dinko Horkaš at the Croatian Football Federation website
- Kichukov, Simeon (18 March 2024). "Три зад Бербатов, една зад Стоичков: Кирил Десподов e Футболист №1 за четвърти път". dnevnik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- Dinko Horkaš at Soccerway
- Dinko Horkaš at the Croatian Football Federation