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Club:Inter Zapresic

Nationality:Croatia

Age:17

Height:1.9 m / 6.23 ft

Weight:80 kg / 176 lbs

Position:Goalkeeper

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Matej Delac is one of the most talented young goalkeepers in Europe today. Even though he is very young; he is already a regular member in the first XI for his club Inter Zapresic.

 

Delac was born in Gornji Vakuf (Bosnia and Herzegovina), close to Donji Vakuf, where another great goalkeeper, Fahrija Dautbegovic was born. Despite being the first team goalkeeper for a team in the top division in Croatia, Delac is still at school and is now extremely popular with his fellow students eager to meet him and be pictured in photos with this new star.

 

Club career: Throughout his entire career Metaj Delac has been at Inter Zapresic and he played in all of the club's youth teams. His first club coach was Franjo Rau, who recommended that he play in goal, due to his great height (Delac is currently 6.2ft).

 

The teenage custodian made his debut in the Croatian league when he was 16 years and 182 days old, making him the youngest player to have played in the history of the 1.HNL.

 

His debut went like a dream. Inter played Dinamo Zagreb, they had a 1-0 lead and in the last minute the referee blew for a penalty for Zagreb and Delac saved the penalty kick from former Croatian international Davor Vugrinec and was credited with confirming a sensational victory.

 

In the next round, Delac saved another penalty kick from Hajduk Split striker Nikola Kalinic and after the match he said in an interview: "I have been watching many clips of Kalinic's penalties and spent a lot of time studying how he shoots and it worked."

 

International career: Delac is a member of the Croatian Under-19 team, and previously he played for the Under-15s and Under-17 side as well.

 

Technical skills: Matej Delac has all the qualities to become a great goalkeeper. He has excellent reflexes, good positioning, great aerial ability and he is great in one-on-one situations.

 

Many goalkeepers play for a number of years and don’t save two penalties, Delac has already proved his ability at saving penalties but he is not just highly-rated because of that. His skills and performances prove that he is likely to play at a very high level.

 

Thanks to his great height, Delac is excellent in the air but it also means he sometimes struggles with low shots on the ground and he needs to improve this aspect of his game. For such a young goalkeeper he is also shy and does not yet command his box and needs to force his authority on his team mates, be more assertive and loud.

 

Since he is just 16, his more experienced team mates don’t always listen to his instructions but this will surely come with age and experience.

Personality: Matej Delac is a very ambitious guy, who is humble and a true professional in his attitude towards the game; he takes his training very seriously and puts tremendous effort in training and improving his game, he doesn't go out to night clubs like most teenagers.

 

Delac plans to have an international career abroad and his dream is to play in the English Premier League, as he recently said in an interview: "If I could pick a player to deny from the penalty spot, it would be Cristiano Ronaldo. He's a superb player and I would love to save one of his shots once in my life.”

 

Value: According to Scouting, Delac is valued at 400k Euros. Last summer he underwent a trial at Benfica Lisbon, but even though he impressed scouts, the two clubs couldn't agree terms and he returned to Zapresic.

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