Dominik Kotarski

Dominik Kotarski
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Zabok, Croatia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 42
Youth career
2006–2011 Tondach Bedekovčina
2011–2018 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Jong Ajax 60 (0)
2019–2022 Ajax 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Gorica (loan) 24 (0)
2022– PAOK 81 (0)
International career‡
2014 Croatia U14 4 (0)
2015 Croatia U15 4 (0)
2015–2016 Croatia U16 14 (0)
2016–2017 Croatia U17 12 (0)
2018 Croatia U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Croatia U19 7 (0)
2019 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2020–2023 Croatia U21 15 (0)
2024– Croatia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Dominik Kotarski (Croatian pronunciation: [dôminik kôtarskiː, domǐ-];[2][3] born 10 February 2000) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League club PAOK and the Croatia national team.

Club career

Ajax

Kotarski with his local club NK Tondach Bedekovčina at the age of 6, and after impressing, moved to Dinamo Zagreb's academy in 2011.[4] On 7 July 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Ajax but had to wait until he turned 18 to officially sign with the club, and he is contracted until 30 June 2023.[5]

Kotarski made his professional debut for Jong Ajax in a 3–0 Eerste Divisie loss to Jong PSV on 30 March 2018.[6] Kotarski was made the third keeper of the first team ahead of the 2018–19 Eredivisie season. Due to good health of first and second choice keepers André Onana and Kostas Lamprou, he continued to ply his trade with the reserves.[7]

Gorica (loan)

On 16 June 2021 it was announced that Kotarski would be loaned to HNK Gorica on a season-long loan spell, competing in the 1. HNL, the top-tier of professional football in his native Croatia.[8] He featured 24 times in the league and 4 times in the cup, keeping a clean sheet in 8 of those matches.

PAOK

Οn 27 June 2022, Kotarski signed a four-year contract with Greek club PAOK.[9]

International career

Kotarski is a youth international for Croatia, and was the standout player for the Croatia U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[10]

On 31 October 2022, Kotarski was named in Croatia's preliminary 34-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup,[11] but did not make the final 26.[12]

He made his debut on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against Egypt, substituting another debutant Nediljko Labrović at half-time.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 4 0 — — 4 0
2018–19 30 0 — — 30 0
2019–20 13 0 — — 13 0
2020–21 13 0 — — 13 0
Total 60 0 — — 60 0
Gorica (loan) 2021–22 Prva HNL 24 0 4 0 — 28 0
PAOK 2022–23 Super League Greece 34 0 5 0 2[b] 0 41 0
2023–24 34 0 2 0 16[b] 0 52 0
2024–25 11 0 0 0 10 0 21 0
Total 79 0 7 0 28 0 114 0
Career Total 163 0 11 0 28 0 203 0
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Football Cup, Greek Football Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 15 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2024 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Club

Jong Ajax[14]

Ajax[14]

PAOK

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Dominik Kotarski". WorldFootball.net.
  2. ^ "Dȍminik". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 28 November 2018. Dȍminik (Domìnik)
  3. ^ "kȍtār". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 28 November 2018. Kȍtarskī
  4. ^ www.virtuabit.hr, Metro m.k. (8 September 2023). "VELIKI TRANSFER: Dominik Kotarski potpisao za moćni Ajax".
  5. ^ "Ajax contracteert Dominik Kotarski".
  6. ^ "Jong Ajax vs. Jong PSV – 30 maart 2018 – Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ "Ajax breekt contract van derde keeper Kotarski open". AjaxShowtime. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "HNK Gorica nieuwe club - Ajax verhuurt keeper Dominik Kotarski". De Telegraaf.
  9. ^ "Ο Άγιαξ άνοιξε τον δρόμο του ΠΑΟΚ για τον Κοτάρσκι!". talentabout.gr. 17 June 2022.
  10. ^ "MLADA ZVIJEZDA POTPISALA ZA VELIKANA I VEĆ SADA NAPUŠTA MAKSIMIR Jedan od najvećih inzisitrao na njegovom dolasku: 'Njegovo iskustvo je neprocjenjivo'". 5 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Dalić objavio prošireni popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo: Evo tko ima šansu putovati u Katar". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Zlatko Dalić objavio popis igrača za SP, ovo su 26 imena koje vodi u Katar". Večernji list (in Croatian). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Egypt v Croatia game report". ESPN. 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Dominik Kotarski - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  15. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ 4Χ4 και... 1,2, 4 ως αουτσάιντερ: από 75-68 το έκανε 78-80!". Gazzetta (in Greek). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Technical Report – Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Αυτή είναι η καλύτερη ενδεκάδα της περσινής σεζόν". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 9 December 2024.