vinovo.magnify.net Mladen Petrić (born January 1 1981) is a Croatian football striker. He has dual Croatian-Swiss citizenship. Born in Dubrave (village close to Brčko) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petrić first moved with his family to Vinkovci, Croatia, due to war and then later to 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 Grasshoppers Zürich in the summer of 1999. In 2001, Petrić was spotted in Switzerland by Mirko Jozić, head coach of the Croatian national team at the time, and made his international debut for Croatia during the team's South Korean tour in November 2001, where they played two friendly matches against the 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 World Cup finals. He scored his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against 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 Euro 2004 qualifying against Estonia, but did not play any international matches at the A-team level for three and half years following this match. At club level, Petrić spent five seasons with Grasshoppers ...
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