Danijel Subašić

Danijel Subašić (born 27 October 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Subašić began his career in Croatia with Zadar and Hajduk.

Subašić started his professional career in his hometown club Zadar during the 2003–04 season.

Following Zadar's relegation from the top flight at the end of the 2004–05 season, he became a first-team regular during the club's time in the Croatian second division.

Subašić made his international debut with the Croatian under-21 national team, in a friendly match against Denmark on 1 March 2006.

During the same year, he won a total of 6 international caps with the team, including two competitive appearances in the qualifying for the 2007 European Under-21 Championship.

In the summer of 2008, he was loaned to Hajduk Split and immediately became a regular at the club, appearing in all of their 18 league matches in the first half of the 2008–09 season.

During the winter break of the season, the club decided to convert the loan into a permanent transfer.

Subašić kept his place as a regular in the second half of the season, making a further 13 league appearances for the club.

Early in the season, he also made three appearances for the club in the UEFA Europa League qualifying.

Subašić made his senior international debut for Croatia in 2009.

He was part of their squads for two FIFA World Cups and as many UEFA European Championships.

During his second season with Hajduk, in 2009–10, he made a total of 28 league appearances, as well as another two appearances in the UEFA Europa League qualifying, and also helped the club win the Croatian Cup.

In 2009, he was called up to the Croatia national team at the full international level, and made his debut for the team on 14 November 2009 in a friendly match against Liechtenstein in Vinkovci, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet in Croatia's 5–0 win.

In the 2010–11 season, he made 20 appearances in the league.

He had a knee injury in early November which kept him out of action until just prior to the new year.

He was the first choice keeper before and after the injury.

In that season, Hajduk also qualified for the UEFA Europa League where Danijel kept for all the league games bar one.

In May 2010, he won another two international caps in friendly matches, in the away fixtures at Austria and Estonia, keeping clean sheets in both matches.

He made 17 appearances for the club during the 2011–12 season, keeping five clean sheets.

In Monaco's last Ligue 2 match of the 2011–12 season, he scored the winning goal from a free kick in a 2–1 away victory over Boulogne.

In January 2012, he joined Monaco, and went on to make 292 competitive appearances for them over eight-and-a-half years.

He won Ligue 2 in 2012–13 and Ligue 1 in 2016–17, also being named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in the latter season.

In January 2012, Subašić joined AS Monaco in Ligue 2.

In the 2012–13 season, Subašić played an important part in winning the Ligue 2 title and earning promotion to Ligue 1.

He missed only 3 league matches.

On 10 August 2013, he made his Ligue 1 debut for Monaco in a 2–0 win against Bordeaux.

During the 2013–14 season, which was his first season in Ligue 1, Subašić kept four clean sheets and experienced only one defeat in Monaco's first 13 Ligue 1 matches.

Subašić played 35 matches in Ligue 1 as Monaco finished runner-up in 2013–14 season.

After Stipe Pletikosa retired from international football in 2014, Subašić became Croatia's first-choice goalkeeper.

During the 2014–15 season, Subašić kept eight consecutive clean sheets in Ligue 1 matches; on 8 February 2015, his run of not conceding a goal in Ligue 1 ended after 842 minutes in an away match against Guingamp.

In the 2016–17 season, Subašić played an important part in winning the first Ligue 1 title after 17 years, as well reaching the Champions League semi-finals, and was named Ligue 1's Goalkeeper of the Year.

In May 2016, Subašić was selected in Croatia's final 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016 in France.

He was a member of the Croatian squad which ended as runners-up to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Subašić missed the beginning of the 2019–20 season due to a hamstring injury and was replaced by Benjamin Lecomte, who joined Monaco in July 2019.

However, Lecomte continued to play in the starting formation despite poor performances, even after Subašić had recovered for his injury.

Subašić was relegated to a backup role and did not appear in any games during the whole season.

On 8 June 2020, his departure was announced, after having spent eight-and-a-half years at Monaco.

After one year without a contract, Subašić rejoined his old club Hajduk Split on 22 September 2021.

On 28 May 2023, Subašić announced his retirement from professional football.