30-year-old Croatian international footballer, Bruno Petkovic was born and raised in Metković where his football career started before going on to play for several clubs, including Trapani, Bologna and currently Dinamo Zagreb. He made his debut for Croatia’s national team a few months before his 25th birthday in March 2019 and has represented the country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The striker is currently dating a Croatian TV personality and model, Iva Šarić, and shares a son, Adrian.
Early Life and Background of Bruno Petkovic
Bruno Petkovic was born on September 16, 1994, in Metković, Croatia to Jakov Petkovic and Ruza Nizic, and is currently 30 years old. He has three siblings; two brothers, Matej Petkovic and Aleksandar Petkovic, and a sister, Iva Petkovic.
Even though details about his family are elusive to the media, the Croatian striker has a little bit of Bosnian and Herzegovinian blood running in his veins through his mother who is a Herzegovinian Croat from Cerveni Grm, a village in Ljubuski.
Here is An Overview of His Career
In 2003 at the age of nine, Bruno Petkovic began his youth career at home with Metkovic’s local clubs, ONK Metkivc and Neretva.
He moved to Dinamo Zagreb when he turned thirteen, and by fifteen, he switched to NK Zagreb. Subsequently, the Metkovic native played for NK HASK and Hrvatski Dragovoljac before his transfer to Italian club Catania a month before his 18th birthday in August 2012.
After being with the club’s youth academy for nearly five months, he made his senior team debut in January 2013, and league debut on the last day of the then 2012/2013 Seria A season. Three years later, he joined Trapani, a Seria B side, and moved to Bologna in January 2017 for €1.2 million.
He was subsequently loaned to Hellas Verona in January 2018, and Dinamo Zagreb in August of the same year. Moreover, the latter had the option to buy the striker’s contract at the end of the loan deal. He finally signed a contract with Dinamo Zagreb in September 2019 to expire in 2024.
Beyond his club career, Petkovic has represented the Croatia U-21 team in 2013 before making his national team debut some months before his 25th birthday in March 2019. Since then, he played for the Vatreni in UEFA Euro 2020, and the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he has been named alongside Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Mislav Orsic, Ante Budimir, and Marko Livaja as attacking options.
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A Summary of Bruno Petkovic’s Stats
The Metkovic-born striker made his senior professional career debut some 12 years ago and has played in more than 300 games and scored over 50 goals for Catania, Varese (loan), Reggiana (loan), Virtus Entella (loan), Trapani, Bologna, Hellas Verona, and Dinamo Zagreb as of December 2022. Similarly, he has recorded 58 assists.
In his international career, Petkovic has been playing for Croatia for 6 years. As indicated, he has represented the country at the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. So far, he made more than 20 appearances and scored 6 goals.
As time goes on, these stats will change as more games, goals, and assists will come for the club and country.
Meet His Girlfriend, Iva Šarić
Iva Šarić is the girlfriend of Bruno Petkovic. She was born sometime in 1989 in Croatia and is currently 36 years old.
Despite the fame she enjoys for being his girlfriend, Šarić on her own rights is also famous as a model and a TV host.
Moving forward, Petkovic and Šarić crossed paths during the filming of a TV program sometime in 2020. They immediately became friends and began to date toward the end of 2020.
By the end of January 2021, news flew around the that pair will be welcoming their first child. On 3rd April 2021, Petkovic’s girlfriend gave birth to their son, Adrian who is 4 at the moment.
Apart from the son together, Šarić has two more sons, Carlos, and Leon from her marriage with ex-husband Jerko Leko.
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