Ivan Perišić

Early career

Perišić played in the youth ranks of the club he grew up supporting, Hajduk Split. He received interest from a number of clubs, including Anderlecht, PSV, Ajax and Hamburger SV, before French club Sochaux paid €360,000 to sign him in the summer of 2006. His physical and technical attributes led to comparisons to former Croatia international Aljoša Asanović by some journalists. He was a member of the Sochaux youth team which won the Coupe Gambardella in 2007. During his time at Sochaux, he failed to make a first-team appearance, but did play for the B team. In January 2009, Perišić was sent on loan to Belgian top flight club Roeselare for six months. At the end of the 2008–09 season, there were reports that Perišić wanted to join Belgian side Anderlecht.

Club Brugge

On 26 August 2009, Belgian club Club Brugge signed Perišić from Sochaux for €250,000 on a three-year deal. Prior his move, Perišić was linked with a move to German side Hertha BSC, having gone on trial.

In the opening game of the season, Perišić scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Genk, then scored his second in two consecutive games and provided assists in a 4–1 win over Westerlo. Overall, Perišić scored 9 goals in 33 league appearances, also making eight appearances in Brugge's UEFA Europa League campaign, scoring four goals. At the end of the season, Perišić signed a three-year deal at Brugge, keeping him until 2015.

Belgian football critics predicted a bright future for Perišić. In the 2010–11 season, he was the top scorer of the Belgian Jupiler Pro League after scoring 22 goals for Club Brugge, also being named Player of the Year in Belgium. During the season, Perišić scored four goals in a match and provided an assist as Brugge thrashed Charleroi on 29 December 2010.

Borussia Dortmund

Perišić at Dortmund

On 23 May 2011, Perišić signed a five-year contract to play for German side Borussia Dortmund, for an estimated transfer fee of €5 million. He made his debut for the club in their 3–1 home victory over Hamburger SV on 5 August, coming on for Chris Löwe in the 75th minute. During a UEFA Champions League match on 13 September 2011, he scored a late equaliser with a volley from 20 yards against Arsenal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. On 14 October, he scored the first goal in a 2–0 win against Werder Bremen, a match in which he was later sent off for a second bookable offence. On 21 April 2012, he scored the important 1–0 goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach and opened the door to the eighth national championship for Dortmund. The game ended 2–0 (the second was scored by Shinji Kagawa).

Perišić started the 2012–13 Bundesliga season scoring a brace in a 3–2 loss against Hamburger SV on 22 September 2012. Perišić, however, soon found his first team opportunities limited, having played less in the first team and soon told Croatian channel Nova TV that he had received no support from Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp and accused him of favouring other players. In response, Klopp criticised his actions as childish and Perišić faced a fine, due to his comment.

VfL Wolfsburg

On 6 January 2013, it was reported that Perišić transferred for €8 million to VfL Wolfsburg. Perišić scored his first goal for Wolfsburg in a friendly match against Standard Liège on 10 January. He made his competitive debut for Wolfsburg against VfB Stuttgart on 19 January 2013. In March, he suffered a left knee injury that sidelined him throughout March and April. He made his comeback in May in the match against Hamburger SV, coming on as a substitute and providing an assist. On 11 May 2013, he faced his former club Borussia Dortmund, scoring two goals.

On 3 August 2013, Perišić scored his first cup goal for Wolfsburg in their 3–1 win against Karlsruher SC. On 26 October 2013, Perišić opened his goal scoring form in the 2013–14 season in their 3–0 win against Werder Bremen, also creating an assist on a goal. On matchday 30, he scored a brace in Wolfsburg's 4–1 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg. Perišić finished the season with ten league goals, second-best on the team behind fellow countryman Ivica Olić.

Internazionale

On 30 August 2015, Perišić signed with Italian Serie A club Internazionale on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of €16 million. He was presented on 10 September alongside Adem Ljajić, where he was assigned squad number 44, stating "Inter were too big an opportunity to turn down."

2015–16 season

Perišić made his competitive debut for the club three days later, starting and playing 85 minutes in a 1–0 win against cross-city rivals Milan in the Derby della Madonnina. He opened his scoring account on 4 October in his fifth league appearance in the 1–1 away draw against Sampdoria, proffiting from Mauro Icardi's assist, which was followed by another goal against Palermo two weeks later.

On 15 December, Perišić made his Coppa Italia debut in the Round of 16 match against Cagliari at home, appearing as a second-half substitute and scoring the team's third goal of the match in an eventual 3–0 win. He kicked-off 2016 on 6 January in the match away against Empoli; his cross from close range was finished home by Icardi for the only goal of the match, which kept Inter top to the table. On 7 February, during the match against Hellas Verona, Perišić came on as an 46th-minute substitute to change the fate of the match, providing an assist for Icardi and also scoring for himself to level the result 3–3, rescuing a point for his side.

March was Perišić's best month in personal terms, scoring four goals and providing three assists. On 2 March, in the returning leg of Coppa Italia's semi-final against Juventus at San Siro, Perišić scored the team's second goal of the match to help Inter overturn the 3–0 defeat and equal the aggregate 3–3, which led the match into the penalty shootouts; but Inter lost 5–3 on penalty shootouts and eventually was eliminated from the competition. Perišić scored Inter's last goal of 2015–16 season in a 2–1 home win against Empoli on the final matchday.

Perišić finished his first Inter season by playing 37 matches, including 34 in league, scoring 9 goals, which 7 of them were in league, as Inter finished fourth in Serie A, returning in European competitions after one year abstence and was eliminated in the semi-final in the Coppa Italia. He was also Inter's top assist provider with 6 assists.

2016–17 season

Perišić opened his second Inter season by playing in the last 30 minutes of the first matchday as fell away at Chievo. Then he scored his first goal of the new season in the Derby d'Italia against Juventus at home, entering in the 69th minute and heading home an Mauro Icardi cross 9 minutes later to give Inter second win of the season, also the first in league against Juventus since November 2012.

Perišić played his first European match for Inter on 29 September in team's second UEFA Europa League group stage match against Sparta Prague, appearing in the last 27 minutes of a 3–1 away defeat. Later on 20 November, in the Derby against lifetime rivals Milan, he first provided the Antonio Candreva's long-range strike before scoring himself a last minute equalizer, as Inter took one point in the very last moments.

On 8 January of the following year, in team's first match of 2017, Perišić provided a Man of the Match performance by scoring both goals in a 2–1 away win at Udinese; it was his first Inter brace which took his tally up to 6 goals. This was followed by another splendid individual performance against Chievo six days later, as he netted his team's second goal after an invididual effort in an eventual 3–1 win.

On 5 February, in the matchday 23 against Juventus at Juventus Stadium, Perišić received his first-ever career red-card as Inter was defeated 1–0. Then he was banned for 2 matches by FIGC for aggressive confrontation at referee, which made Inter to appeal the decision, which was later recuded to only 1 match. He returned to action on 19 February in the 1–0 win at Bologna, and scored his second brace on 5 March in a 5–1 thrashing of Cagliari at Stadio Sant'Elia.

On 22 April, he reached double-figures for the first time with Inter by scoring in a 5–4 away defeat against Fiorentina. On the final matchday, he provided a stunning individual performance by providing 2 assists after individual efforts, also scoring his 11th goal of the season as Inter thrashed Udinese 5–2 at home end the season on a high. Perišić finished his second Inter season by making 42 appearances in all competitions, including 36 in league, which 31 were as starter, as Inter finished the Serie A in 7th position, remaining out of UEFA Champions League once again. He scored 11 goals, which was his highest tally since 2010–11 season with Club Brugge, and also provided 10 assists, including 8 in Serie A, breaking his last season record.

Perišić playing for Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, contesting for the ball against Brazil's Neymar

Perišić has appeared internationally for the Croatian national under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams. He participated in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification for Croatia, where he scored two goals.

UEFA Euro 2012

On 26 March 2011, at the age of 22, Perišić made his debut for the senior Croatia national team against Georgia. He was a member of Croatia's squad for UEFA Euro 2012, starting in the team's opening two matches against the Republic of Ireland and Italy, and appearing as a substitute in the team's final match, a 1–0 loss to Spain.

2014 FIFA World Cup

During 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, Perišić appeared in 12 matches for Croatia, and scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw with Belgium.

On 14 May, Perišić was named in Croatia's 30-man preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup. On 31 May, he netted a brace in a 2–1 win against Mali in a World Cup warm-up match in Osijek. Perišić was confirmed as a member of Croatia's final 23-man World Cup squad on 2 June. Perišić was in Croatia's starting team for the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a controversial 3–1 defeat to tournament hosts Brazil at the Arena Corinthians, São Paulo. In the following match, he scored Croatia's second goal as they defeated Cameroon 4–0. On 23 June, he scored a consolation goal in the team's final group match, 3–1 defeat to Mexico which eliminated them from the tournament. Despite Croatia's early elimination, Perišić was ranked as the second-best performing player of the group stage by FIFA.

UEFA Euro 2016

Perišić was Croatia's top goalscorer in Euro 2016 qualifying, scoring six goals in nine matches as Croatia qualified in second place in Group H. In Croatia's second Euro 2016 group match, Perišić scored the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with the Czech Republic. Five days later, he scored the winning goal against Spain, which secured qualification to the knockout stage as group winners for Croatia. He was booked for removing his shirt in his goal celebration.

Club

International

International goals

Ivan Perišić – goals for Croatia
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 September 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	0–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	31 May 2014	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	Mali	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3.				2–0
4.	18 June 2014	Arena Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	Cameroon	0–2	0–4	2014 FIFA World Cup
5.	23 June 2014	Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil	Mexico	1–3	1–3	2014 FIFA World Cup
6.	13 October 2014	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	Azerbaijan	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
7.				3–0
8.	16 November 2014	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
9.	28 March 2015	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	Norway	2–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
10.	10 October 2015	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	Bulgaria	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
11.	13 October 2015	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	0–1	0–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
12.	23 March 2016	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia	Israel	1–0	2–0	Friendly
13.	4 June 2016	Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka, Croatia	San Marino	6–0	10–0	Friendly
14.	17 June 2016	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	Czech Republic	1–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2016
15.	21 June 2016	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France	Spain	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016
16.	6 October 2016	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania	Kosovo	5–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Club

• Bundesliga: 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal: 2011–12

• DFB-Pokal: 2014–15
• DFL-Supercup: 2015

Individual

• Belgian Pro League Top Goalscorer: 2010–11
• Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2010–11
• Vatrena krila: 2014

Perišić took part at the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour for the Porec Major tournament, a professional competition, partnering Niksa Dellorco. The pair lost their first match against Álvaro Morais Filho and Saymon Barbosa.