Dino Halilović


Dino Halilović is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Lokomotiva as a midfielder. He is the younger brother of Alen Halilović.

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Halilović started his youth career with the academy of Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 12. Although in March 2014, reports emerged of him joining FC Barcelona B, however he was not selected after a month long trial as the club found him to be physically weak. In early 2016, he joined the academy of Italian club Udinese Calcio. In spite of him linked with Spanish club UD Las Palmas and German club Hamburger SV, he moved to Croatian club Istra 1961 on a two-year contract on 28 June 2017.
On 19 June 2018, Halilović moved to fellow league club Lokomotiva. On 25 January 2019, Halilović was loaned out to NK Rudeš for the rest of the season.

International career

Halilović represented the under-17 team in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and reached the quarter-finals. Although he was named in the squad for the 2015 under-17 World Cup, he failed to make any appearance in the competition.

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Personal life

His father, Sejad Halilović, is a Bosniak, while his mother Vanessa is a Croat. His father is a former Bosnian and Croatian international who also played for Dinamo Zagreb. Dino has two brothers - younger brother Damir and elder brother Alen, Croatian international who amongst other clubs represented FC Barcelona.