The club that created Croatia’s World Cup team - Dinamo Zagreb’s Amazing Sold Players XI

Many of Croatia's stars played for Dinamo Zagreb
Many of Croatia's stars played for Dinamo Zagreb

Forwards - Mario Mandžukić (Juventus), Marko Pjaca (Juventus) and Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim)

Mandzukic and Pjaca are teammates at Juventus
Mandzukic and Pjaca are teammates at Juventus

Mario Mandzukic played for two other Croatian clubs before joining Zagreb in 2007. He scored 63 goals in 128 games for the Croatian giants before joining Wolfsburg in 2010.

After only two seasons with Wolfsburg, Mandzukic was signed by Bayern Munich and he won the treble with the Bavarian club in his first season as the club’s first choice striker. In fact, he scored the first goal in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final.

After leaving Bayern, he has gone on to play for Atletico Madrid and Juventus; and has found success at both clubs.

With 30 goals for Croatia in 85 games, he is the country's second highest goalscorer behind the great Davor Šuker.

Marko Pjaca is Mandzukic’s teammate at Juventus although the youngster has only played 20 games for Bianconeri and spent the second half of last season on loan at Schalke.

Pjaca moved to Zagreb from Lokomotiva in 2014, scoring 28 goals in 93 games for the club as well as winning the domestic double twice. Still only 23, he has a bright future ahead of him.

Kramaric is an important player at Hoffenheim
Kramaric is an important player for Hoffenheim

The last player in this XI, Andrej Kramarić, played two games for Leicester in their title-winning season but that wasn’t enough for him to get a winner’s medal.

He started his career with Zagreb but left the club in 2013 to join Rijeka in the same league. For Rijeka, he scored 55 goals in 65 games before joining Leicester City.

Kramaric’s time with Leicester wasn’t productive but he is a big hit at his current club Hoffenheim. For the German side, he has scored 36 times in 93 games.

The 27-year-old has also played 33 times for Croatia and scored 9 goals.

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Edited by Aakanksh Sanketh
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