Marko Livaja

Youth career

Livaja began at the lower-tier Croatian side GOŠK Kaštel Gomilica when he was 4 years old, and subsequently NK Omladinac Vranjic before getting a call to the Dinamo Zagreb Academy in the summer of 2008. However, before he was registered for Dinamo he received a call from Hajduk Split Academy, long-standing rivals of Dinamo, and moved there. At the beginning of 2010, he was promoted to the full Hajduk team.

Inter Milan

Later in 2010 (after joining the full Hajduk team) Livaja was sold to Internazionale, who loaned him to Swiss side FC Lugano in 2011. He was loaned again to Cesena in summer 2011 through a €250,000 deal from Hajduk Split, and made his Serie A debut for Cesena against Fiorentina in October 2011. Livaja played for Cesena in both their primary team and their youth team. In January 2012 he returned to Inter when Cesena partially sold him to them for 11 million in a co-ownership deal. After Andrea Stramaccioni was appointed the coach of the first team, Livaja became a member of Inter Primavera, winning the 2011–12 NextGen series. Livaja received his first call-up as a member of the first team on 1 April 2012, where he was an unused substitute in a match against Genoa won 5–4 at San Siro. In the 2012–13 season, Livaja made his first appearance in the opening season match against Pescara and played his first game as a team starter against Roma in January 2013. He appeared in a total of six Serie A games during the first half of the…

Club

As of match played 30 July 2026

International

As of match played 25 March 2023

Croatia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Livaja goal.

On 20 August 2018, as a result of his exceptional performances with AEK Athens, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić included the uncapped Livaja in his squad for the friendly versus Portugal (1–1 draw), and the Nations League clash against Spain, which ended up as Croatia's biggest defeat in history. On 17 May 2021, Livaja was named in the preliminary 34-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020, but did not make the final 26. After three years of absence, he was recalled by Dalić for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in September 2021. He scored his first international goal on 7 September against Slovenia, giving the lead in an eventual 3–0 victory. On 31 October 2022, Livaja was named in Croatia's final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 27 November 2022, Livaja scored his first goal for Croatia at a major tournament in a 4–1 victory over Canada, becoming the first ever current Hajduk Split player to score for Croatia at a FIFA World Cup in the process. On 17 December, in the third place play-off against Morocco, Livaja provided Mislav Oršić with an assist for the winning goal, as Croatia won 2–1 and claimed their second bronze and third overall World Cup medal in history. On 5 June 2023, Livaja was named in Dalić's final 23-man squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals; on the same day, during Croatia's open training at the Rujevica Stadium, he confronted a group of spectators who were hurling insults at him. The next day, Livaja voluntarily withdrew from the…

AEK Athens

Super League Greece: 2017–18 Hajduk Split

Croatian Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23 Croatia

FIFA World Cup third place: 2022 Individual

Super League Greece Player of the Season: 2019–20 Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2019–20 AEK Athens Player of the Season: 2019–20 Croatian First Football League Player of the Year: 2021–22, 2022–23 Croatian First Football League Top scorer: 2021–22, 2022–23 Croatian First Football League Team of the Year: 2021–22, 2022–23 Croatian First Football League top assist provider: 2022–23