Duje Caleta-Car

**Duje Ćaleta-Car** ( born 17 September 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer He plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Croatia national team. He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

## Club career

He started with his local club HNK 	Šibenik. Then he went on to FC Pasching in Austria. Ćaleta-Car joined FC Liefering in 2014 on loan from Red Bull Salzburg.. He made his Austrian Football First League debut with FC Liefering on 25 July 2014 against FAC Team für Wien.

### Red Bull Salzburg

From 2015 till 2028 he played for FC Red Bull Salzburg 84 matches with four goals in the Austrian Bundesliga. 2017-18 he was part of the team which reached the Europa-League semifinals.

### Olympique de Marseille

On 20 July 2018  Ćaleta-Car went to Olympique de Marseille on a five-year deal for a transfer fee of €19 million. Upon his arrival, Ćaleta-Car was given the squad shirt number 15. On 29 September 2019 he scored his first goal for Marseille, the equalizer in a 1–1 draw with Rennes.

## Southampton F.C.

A year before the end of his contract he moved to Southampton FC.

## International career

He played for Croatia U17, U18, U19 and U21 national football team. In October 2015, Ćaleta-Car received a first call-up for the senior national team for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Malta. He was in the first 27 players team called for the Euro 2016 but was dropped.

In May 2018, he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On 3 June  he made his international debut in a friendly match against Brazil, coming on as a substitute for Vedran Ćorluka in the 52nd minute.

Ćaleta-Car was selected in the 23-man squad that travelled to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He made his World Cup debut in Croatia's final group game, a 2–1 win over Iceland. Croatia finish second in the tournament.

## Personal life

He is married and father of a son.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Šibenik|2012–13|Druga HNL|17|0|0|0|—|—|—|17|0|||||
|Pasching|2013–14|Austrian Regionalliga|15|3|0|0|—|—|—|15|3|||||
|rowspan="3"|Liefering (loan)|2014–15|Erste Liga|19|0|0|0|—|—|—|19|0||||
|2015–16|Erste Liga|1|0|0|0|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg|2014–15|Austrian Bundesliga|7|0|1|0|—|1|0|—|9|0|||
|2015–16|Austrian Bundesliga|31|2|4|0|—|2|0|—|37|2|||||
|2016–17|Austrian Bundesliga|18|0|5|0|—|8|0|—|31|0|||||
|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|28|2|6|0|—|19|0|—|53|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Marseille|2018–19|Ligue 1|20|0|1|0|0|0|5|0|—|26|0||
|2019–20|Ligue 1|23|1|2|0|1|0|—|—|26|1|||||
|2020–21|Ligue 1|33|2|1|0|—|4|0|1|0|39|2||||
|2021–22|Ligue 1|26|2|3|0|—|9|0|—|38|2|||||
|2022–23|Ligue 1|1|0|0|0|—|0|0|—|1|0|||||
|Southampton|2022–23|Premier League|13|1|2|1|4|0|—|—|19|2||||
|Lyon (loan)|2023–24|Ligue 1|4|0|0|0|—|—|—|4|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Croatia|2018|2|0|
|2019|3|0|||
|2020|5|0|||
|2021|10|1|||
|2022|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ćaleta-Car goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|11 November 2021|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|20||2–0|7–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

- _Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ćaleta-Car goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|11 November 2021|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|20||**2**–0|7–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Austrian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

**Croatia**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018
**Individual**
- Austrian  Bundesliga Team of the Year:  2017–18
**Orders**
- Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Duje Ćaleta-Car
- **fullname**: Duje Ćaleta-Car
- **image**: Lens - Marseille (03-02-2021) 26.jpg
- **caption**: Ćaleta-Car warming up for Olympique de Marseille, Marseille in 2021
- **birth place**: Šibenik, Croatia
- **height**: 1.92 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#centre-back, Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon (on loan from Southampton F.C., Southampton)
- **clubnumber**: 55
- **youthyears1**: 2005–2012
- **youthclubs1**: HNK Šibenik, Šibenik
- **years1**: 2012–2013
- **clubs1**: HNK Šibenik, Šibenik
- **caps1**: 17
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2013–2014
- **clubs2**: FC Pasching, Pasching
- **caps2**: 15
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2014–2018
- **clubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps3**: 84
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2014–2015
- **clubs4**: → FC Liefering, Liefering (loan)
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2018–2022
- **clubs5**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps5**: 103
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2022–
- **clubs6**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps6**: 13
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2023–
- **clubs7**: → Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon (loan)
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam1**: Croatia national under-17 football team, Croatia U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2013–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Croatia national under-18 football team, Croatia U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–2015
- **nationalteam3**: Croatia national under-19 football team, Croatia U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 10
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2014–2018
- **nationalteam4**: Croatia national under-21 football team, Croatia U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 17
- **nationalgoals4**: 3
- **nationalyears5**: 2018–
- **nationalteam5**: Croatia national football team, Croatia
- **nationalcaps5**: 23
- **nationalgoals5**: 1
- **club-update**: 07:44, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:42, 3 June 2022 (UTC)