Alen Halilović

Alen Halilović

Alen Halilović (born 18 June 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Birmingham City. He is the Prva HNL’s youngest ever goalscorer and the youngest ever debutant for the Croatian national team. On 27 March 2014, Barcelona reached an agreement with Dinamo Zagreb for a five-year transfer to the club. He made his debut for Barcelona on 29 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Carlos Carmona in a 0–0 away draw against Real Sociedad. He then had a season-long loan to Sporting Gijón, before signing for Hamburg in July 2016. In January 2017, he joined Las Lasmas Pal

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Summary Alen HalilovićAlen Halilović (born 18 June 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Birmingham City. He is the Prva HNL’s youngest ever goalscorer and the youngest ever debutant for the Croatian national team. On 27 March 2014, Barcelona reached an agreement with Dinamo Zagreb for a five-year transfer to the club. He then had a season-long loan to Sporting Gijón, before signing for Hamburg in July 2016. In January 2017, he joined Las Lasmas Palmas on loan for 18 months, with an option to buy him for a further 18 months. He made his debut for Barcelona on 29 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Carlos Carmona in a 0–0 away draw against Real Sociedad.

He also made his European debut in the 90th minute of the encounter against the French team Paris Saint-Germain at Maksimir Stadium on 24 October 2012. He became the club’s youngest player ever to feature in a Champions League match, and second youngest player in the history of the UEFA Champions League. On 19 July 2016, it was announced that he would join Bundesliga side Hamburger SV for €5. 5 million, with a buy-back clause of €10 million. On 22 August 2016, he scored his first goal for the club on his debut in a DFB-Pokal cup match against FSV Zwickau.