Domagoj Vida

Football player Domagoj Vida is a member of the triumphal performance of the Croatian national team at the 2018 World Cup For the first time in its history, the team managed to reach the World Cup final. Starting his career at the age of 17, Vida managed to play as a defender in Croatian clubs, Bayer 04, Dynamo Kiev and Turkish Besiktas, with which he signed a contract in 2017.

During the world championship, he became famous not only for his performances on the field, but also for a political scandal. In the center of attention was an unofficial video, where the "checkers" player said: "Glory to Ukraine!" This caused a stir in the nationalist circles of the said country and Russia. The Croatian athlete had to explain his reasons to avoid disqualification from FIFA.

Domagoj was born in 1989 in the family of a Yugoslavian and later a Croatian footballer Rudyka Vida, date of birth - April 29. Vida Sr. achieved his greatest success in the 1993/1994 season, when, playing for Belisce, he scored 26 goals. The forward entered the field and for the club from his hometown of Osijek, located 25 km from Belisce. The career of his son Domagoj also started with the Osijek team. Both he and his brother Hrvoe have been fond of football since childhood.

From 7 to 14 years old the boy trained in the youth team of the "Unity" club, located in the neighboring town of Donji Mikholyats. And in 2003 he joined the youth team "Osijeka". In the same year, the legendary Croatian striker Davor Shuker announced his retirement, whose career also began with Osijek. Despite his "star" example, Domagoi chose to play on defense rather than offense.

At the age of 17, Vida joined the main team of Osijek. For four seasons, the defender played 90 matches for the "blue-white", in which he scored 6 goals. For the team, this period was one of the most productive in modern history: in 2010, Osijek climbed to the fifth line in the results of the Croatian championship, and in 2008 took third place. However, they failed to win the national championship.

At the same time Domagoj was called up to the youth national teams of Croatia. His game attracted the attention of European breeders, and in 2010 the footballer transferred to Bayer 04. The club from Leverkusen at that time had a strong main line-up (at the end of the season the team finished second in the Bundesliga, losing only to Borussia), so the newcomer could only hope to participate in the Europa League games.

Horvath appeared on the field in 8 games of the tournament, and in March 2011 he made his debut in the Bundesliga. He was chosen as a replacement for injured Manuel Friedrich, and Vida played against Wolfsburg.

For Vida, this game remained the only one in the German championship. The triumph of Bayer, which regained the right to play in the Champions League, barely touched the reservist. And after a year in Germany, the athlete decided to return home. The contract with him was signed by the Zagreb club "Dynamo". Together with the new defender, the team won the national championship for the 7th time in a row in 2012 and won the Croatian Cup for the 19th time in its history.

Since 2013, Vida began playing for Dynamo (Kiev). For the transfer of the 23-year-old defender, the Ukrainian club gave € 6 million. The team was coached by Oleg Blokhin, later his leadership is recognized as one of the most unfortunate in the history of the team. One of the most painful defeats was the loss of Kiev to Bordeaux in the very first playoff game of the Europa League. The Croatian defender made his debut in the game with the French.

Vida won the hearts of fans in a month. In March 2013, in a duel against Vorksla from Poltava, the footballer scored a goal already on the 4th minute of the meeting. At the same time, the goal scored was the only one: Dynamo gave the fans a long-awaited reason for celebration.

Further performances by the Kievites, however, upset more and more, and in the spring of 2014 Blokhin was fired by the leadership. His place was taken by Sergei Rebrov. He did not manage to significantly improve the state of affairs in the national championship before the season finale, but the new mentor led the capital team to a triumph in the Ukrainian Cup. And the decisive goal, bringing the score to 2: 1, was scored by Vida again.

On the account of the Croat in five years in Kiev there were 9 goals. Domagoi scored most of his headers when serving from a corner or free kick. But the brightest ball, ironically, turned out to be a kicked one.

Vida put him into the gates of Dnipro during the final match in the Ukrainian championship. And again the defender turned out to be the author of the only goal for the fight, and again his actions gave the team a significant victory. Along with Rebrov, Vida turned out to be a symbol of the team's rebirth.

His performance for Dynamo is also associated with the player receiving a severe injury. The defender smashed his head when he collided with the footballer of the Young Boys team, with which the Kievites met in the Europa League. They tried to sew up the open wound on the field, but then they decided to replace the injured football player and gave Vid to the doctors.

The footballer is married. I met my future wife Ivana Gugich in 2013 in one of the nightclubs in Zagreb. Later, the girl became famous by winning the beauty pageant "Miss Croatia - 2014". In the fall of 2015, the couple had a son, while the father was present at the birth. The boy was named David.

Ivana officially became the wife of Domagoy Vida in 2016. A year later, a magnificent wedding ceremony and wedding took place. A friend of the footballer Ognen Vukoevich was also present at the celebration.

Both the athlete and his spouse maintain accounts on Instagram. The footballer posts photos from training sessions and matches, Ivana posts mostly selfies.

In February 2018, the defender made his debut for Turkish Besiktas. The contract for four and a half years was signed by the parties a month earlier. At the 2018 World Cup, Vida played in the main squad of the Croatian national team, playing matches in full.

A particularly significant contribution to the promotion of the national team was his defensive play during the meeting with the Argentines. In addition, in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, Domagoi scored one of two goals that led to a draw with an opponent - the hosts of the championship, the Russians. Vida also scored the ball in the penalty shootout. In the semifinal match, he successfully resisted the British attack led by Harry Kane.

The Croatian defender is the champion of the current generation of the national team in terms of the frequency of getting into scandalous stories. Back in 2011, he was detained for participating in a street fight. This was followed by a football scandal related to the major defeat of Dynamo Zagreb from Lyon in the Champions League match.

The Croatians lost 7: 1, and the French, thanks to such a major victory, bypassed Ajax in the standings and got into the playoffs. At the same time, the broadcast recorded how, after another goal, Vida winked at the Lyon player. This gave rise to rumors about an intentional loss to Dynamo, but UEFA has not appointed any proceedings.

In 2012, the same Dynamo ordered the player to pay a fine for opening a can of beer in the team's transport. Four years later, the athlete's biography was replenished with a court verdict - he was left without the right to drive a car for 12 months, since the police in Kiev caught Domagoy drunk at the wheel.

After the match with Russia at the 2018 World Cup, Vida sent a video message to friends in Ukraine. The recipients of the video made it public on the Internet, which led to a scandal. The phrase “Glory to Ukraine!” By Vida sparked a debate about attempts to link football and politics. The footballer was threatened with disqualification. In an interview, he explained that the remark is devoid of political motives. FIFA limited itself to a warning.

Later, another video appeared on the Web, in which, in addition to Vida, the former CSKA player, and now an employee of the coaching staff of the Croatian national team, Ivica Olic, also appeared. In a conversation with him, Domagoi uttered a phrase that was translated as "Belgrade, burn!"

However, from the context of the conversation, it becomes clear that they did not mean the capital of Serbia, but the eponymous Kiev restaurant, popular with football fans. And the correct translation sounded like “Belgrade, burn!”, So the incident did not develop.

Russian fans have complaints about the two yellow cards received by Vida in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup, because in this case the player should be sent off. Later, the representatives of the Russian national team explained that Vida received one yellow card, the second referee showed Josip Pivarich. However, the broadcast belatedly demonstrated this fact, which caused confusion.

2012 - Champion of Croatia (with Dynamo Zagreb) 2012 - Croatian Cup winner (with Dynamo Zagreb) 2014 - Ukrainian Cup winner (with Dynamo Kiev) 2015 - Ukrainian Cup winner (with Dynamo Kiev ) 2015 - Champion of Ukraine (as part of Dynamo Kiev) 2016 - Champion of Ukraine (as part of Dynamo Kiev) 2015 - Winner of the Ukrainian Super Cup (as part of Dynamo Kiev)

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