Ante Rebić

He made a debut on 30 September, coming on as a 36th-minute substitute for injured teammate Giuseppe Rossi, in a 2–2 home draw against Parma.

During his debut he sustained an injury, causing him to be sidelined for three weeks.

Ante Rebić (born 21 September 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.

Mainly a winger, he can be deployed at any forward position.

Rebić started his career playing at youth level for Vinjani before he moved to Imotski in 2008, where he spent two seasons.

After his good performances at a tournament in Italy in 2010, where he went with Hajduk Split youth team, Rebić was brought to RNK Split by Darko Butorović.

Rebić made his debut for the first team against Dinamo Zagreb on 21 May 2011 in the last round of the 2010–11 Prva HNL as a second-half substitute.

The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Rebić scoring the late equalizer.

In August 2011, Rebić signed a professional three-year contract with RNK Split.

In the 2011–12 season, Rebić scored 5 league goals in 20 appearances, four of them when coming off the bench.

In the 2012–13 season, Rebić scored 10 league goals in 29 appearances.

He began his senior career at RNK Split, and in 2013 signed for Serie A club Fiorentina for an undisclosed fee.

Rebić made his senior international debut for Croatia in 2013.

That same year, he was voted Croatian Football Hope of the Year.

On 28 August 2013, Rebić signed a five-year contract with Italian side Fiorentina, for an undisclosed fee.

Upon passing the medical exams, he was given the number 9 shirt.

He represented them at the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, reaching the final of the latter, as well as at the UEFA Euro 2020.

Rebić made three more appearances for Fiorentina before he scored his first goal on 8 January 2014, starting and scoring the second goal of a 2–0 Coppa Italia last-16 home win against Chievo Verona.

On 18 May, he scored his first goal in Serie A in 2–2 draw against Torino at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, two minutes after replacing Manuel Pasqual.

On 3 August 2014, Rebić joined 2. Bundesliga club Leipzig for a season-long loan deal.

After his loan spell with Leipzig ended, Rebić returned to Fiorentina and was given the number 11 shirt, previously worn by Juan Cuadrado, and was used primarily on the left wing.

He made his European debut with the club on 1 October in a 4–0 defeat of Belenenses in the Europa League.

In their next match in that competition, Rebić was sent off for a reckless challenge in stoppage time in a 2–1 defeat to Lech Poznań.

On 1 November, he scored his first goal in Serie A, in a 4–1 win against Frosinone.

After only making six appearances and scoring once for Fiorentina, Rebić was loaned to Hellas Verona on 14 January 2016.

However, he failed to score in nine appearances, and Verona were relegated to Serie B.

On 20 March, on as a halftime substitute for Giampaolo Pazzini, he was sent off for two yellow cards at the end of a 2–1 loss to Carpi in the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.

Rebić joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan on 11 July 2016, reuniting with former national team manager Niko Kovač.

After a short battle with mononucleosis, Rebić made his debut on 17 September against Bayer Leverkusen, coming on as a substitute and assisting Marco Fabián for the winning goal in a 2–1 victory.

On 5 February 2017 he scored his first goal for his new team to conclude a 2–0 win over fellow Hesse team SV Darmstadt 98 at the Commerzbank Arena.

On 27 May, he equalised in the 2017 DFB-Pokal Final, though Frankfurt lost 2–1 to Borussia Dortmund.

On 31 August 2017, Rebić joined Eintracht a second time on loan for another year with an option to buy.

Across all competitions, he scored nine goals and assisted three that season.

He spent most of his time there out on loan to RB Leipzig, Hellas Verona, and Eintracht Frankfurt, before joining the latter permanently in July 2018.

This included two goals on 19 May in the 2018 DFB-Pokal Final, a 3–1 victory that gave his club their first cup since 1988 and denied Bayern Munich to complete their double.

At the conclusion of the season, Eintracht Frankfurt exercised their option to purchase Rebić permanently for €2 million.

On 10 August 2018, Rebić signed a new contract to last until June 2022.

He had been tracked by clubs including Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and Sevilla, and Eintracht had lost several of their star players in addition to Kovač, who joined Bayern.

Two days later, Eintracht lost the 2018 DFL-Supercup at home to precisely that team, with Rebić a 64th-minute substitute.

In September 2019, he returned to Italian football, joining AC Milan, initially on a two-year loan, before joining permanently a year later.