Matej Delač

Matej Delač

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

International career

After earning 8 caps for Croatia's U-17 and U-19 teams between 2007 and 2008, Delač was called up by Croatia manager Slaven Bilić on 30 August 2009 to join the squad as third-choice goalkeeper (behind Vedran Runje and Danijel Subašić) for their 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and England, breaking the record for the youngest Croatian player ever called up for international duty.

Career statistics

As of match played 30 November 2025

Club career

Inter Zaprešić

A product of Inter Zaprešić youth academy, Delač started to impress very early on and after only a few appearances for Croatia U-15 he attracted attention from bigger clubs across Europe. During summer 2008, Delač went on trial at Portuguese Primeira Liga club Benfica and came very close to joining them, but the two clubs could not agree terms so he stayed at Zaprešić. He had his professional debut for Inter Zaprešić in the 2008–09 season on 22 February 2009 against NK Zagreb, becoming the youngest player ever to appear in the Croatian first division (at 16 years and 186 days of age). He impressed football pundits in his debut by miraculously saving a penalty from Davor Vugrinec in the 85th minute, contributing to Inter's 1–0 victory and becoming man of the match. Delač continued with good performances and finished the 2008–09 season with 15 appearances, as the club's first-choice goalkeeper.

Chelsea

On 11 September 2009, two days after Croatia's defeat at Wembley, Croatian news reports revealed that Delač had stayed in London for a medical examination and was on the verge of signing a pre-contract with Premier League club Chelsea. Reports claimed that Chelsea scouts had been following Delač's performances in the Croatian first division for months and that their Director of Football Frank Arnesen previously went to Zagreb to agree terms of the transfer. It was announced at a press conference held by Inter on 17 September 2009 that Delač had…

Club
FK Sarajevo (2014–2014)
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NK Inter Zaprešić (2008–2009)
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Chelsea F.C. (2009–)
Club
NK Inter Zaprešić (2009–2010)
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SBV Vitesse (2010–2011)
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SK Dynamo České Budějovice (2011–2012)
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Vitória S.C. (2012–2013)
Club
NK Inter Zaprešić (2013–2013)
Club
FK Vojvodina (2013–2013)
Club
AC Arles (2014–2015)
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FK Sarajevo (2015–)
Club
Croatia national under-17 football team (2008–2008)
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Croatia national under-21 football team (2010–2013)
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Chelsea F.C. (2010–2010)
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SBV Vitesse (2010–2010)
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SK Dynamo České Budějovice (2011–2011)
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Vitória S.C. (2012–2012)
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Croatia national under-19 football team (2008–2011)
Club
Croatia national under-20 football team (2010–2013)
Club
AC Arles (2014–2014)
National team
Croatia

Legacy

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães

Taça de Portugal: 2012–13 Sarajevo

Bosnian Premier League: 2014–15 Bosnian Cup: 2013–14

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Croatian footballer

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Matej Delač is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Horsens.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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