Mate Dugandžić
Dugandzic playing for Melbourne Victory in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mate Dugandzic | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2004 | St Albans Saints | ||
| 2005 | Melbourne Knights | ||
| 2009 | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Melbourne Knights | 28 | (6) |
| 2008–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 14 | (6) |
| 2009 | Melbourne Knights | 21 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Melbourne Victory | 36 | (7) |
| 2011–2015 | Melbourne City | 75 | (13) |
| 2015–2016 | Adelaide United | 18 | (1) |
| 2017– | Dandenong City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Australia U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2014 |
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Mate Dugandzic (Croatian: Mate Dugandžić; born 22 October 1989) is an Australian football player. He is known for being the first player to make a direct switch between both Melbourne clubs in the A-League when he moved from Melbourne Victory to join Melbourne Heart in 2011. He was also part of the Adelaide United squad that went on to win both the 2015–16 A-League Premiers Plate and the 2016 A-League Grand Final.
Dugandzic debuted for the Melbourne Knights as a 16-year-old in 2006. In 2007, he played an important role in helping the club secure second spot in the Victorian Premier League. After an impressing performance throughout the 2007 play-off series, where which Melbourne Knights had finished in third place, Dugandzic's performance had attracted the attention of A-League clubs, A.S. Roma, and the Australian Institute of Sport. The Croatian Football Federation also expressed their interest. Consequently, Melbourne Knights him organised a trial with Dinamo Zagreb and colleague Daniel Visevic. Dugandzic himself had stated that he would have rather signed for Dinamo Zagreb instead of AS Roma. Mate then underwent a three-week trial with the Dinamo Zagreb's first-team in December 2007.
Despite the interest of other clubs, Dinamo Zagreb were favourites to land a deal with Dugandzic because of his Croatian background. After he had completed his trial Dugandzic was offered a five-year contract. He was considered a European player due to his Croatian citizenship. Until July 2008, Dugandzic had been a part of the reserve team of Dinamo before he was loaned out to Second Division outfit Lokomotiva. Dugandzic failed to break into the first-team at Dinamo Zagreb and therefore returned to Melbourne Knights in January for the 2009 Victorian Premier League season.
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