Gordon Schildenfeld

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Gordon Schildenfeld
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Schildenfeld in 2012
Personal information
Full name Gordon Schildenfeld [1]
Date of birth (1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Šibenik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Šibenik
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2007 Šibenik 94 (2)
2007–2008 Dinamo Zagreb 35 (2)
2008–2010 Beşiktaş 9 (0)
2008–2009 → MSV Duisburg (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 → Sturm Graz (loan) 34 (1)
2010–2011 Sturm Graz 36 (2)
2011–2012 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 (1)
2012–2015 Dynamo Moscow 6 (0)
2013 → PAOK (loan) 15 (1)
2013–2015 → Panathinaikos (loan) 57 (2)
2015–2017 Dinamo Zagreb 27 (0)
2017–2021 Anorthosis Famagusta 104 (9)
2021 Šibenik 21 (0)
2021–2022 Aris Limassol 14 (0)
International career
2006 Croatia U-21 1 (0)
2009–2016 Croatia 29 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Schildenfeld [1] (born 18 March 1985) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a centre-back. He was capped 29 times for the Croatia national team. [2]

Contents

Club career

Šibenik

Schildenfeld began playing football at his hometown club HNK Šibenik. The club's then manager Stanko Mršić gave him his senior debut at age 16 against Kamen Ingrad. In the 2005–06 season, Schildenfeld helped Šibenik win promotion to the top flight.

Dinamo Zagreb

Midway through his first season in the Croatian first division, the country's top clubs Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split became interested in signing Schildenfeld and his Šibenik teammate Ante Rukavina. It first seemed likely that Schildenfeld and Rukavina would move to Hajduk together, but then Dinamo entered the race for the two players. In the end, on 2 January 2007, Schildenfeld moved to Dinamo while Rukavina joined archrivals Hajduk. Despite only having five months of top-flight experience at the time, Schildenfeld quickly managed to establish himself as a regular at Dinamo and helped the club winning both Croatian league and cup titles, also netting the crucial away goal against Slaven Belupo in the second leg of the cup final.

In the first part of the 2007–08 season, Schildenfeld was also one of the regulars in Dinamo's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup campaign, appearing in five Champions League qualifying matches and four UEFA Cup matches before the club was knocked out of the latter competition in the group stage. Schildenfeld became an unlucky figure in Dinamo's 2–1 defeat at Norwegian side Brann in their second match in the UEFA Cup group stage, causing a penalty and being sent off for a professional foul in the final moments of the first half. He missed the last two group matches, against Hamburger SV and Rennes, because of the red card.

Beşiktaş

Although he was initially set to stay at Dinamo Zagreb, Schildenfeld was signed by Turkish top club Beşiktaş under unexpected circumstances on 1 February 2008. Beşiktaş were actually ready to sign Schildenfeld's teammate Dino Drpić, but the deal fell through due to Drpić's behaviour after a Croatian league match between Dinamo and Hajduk Split almost two years earlier.

Schildenfeld made his Süper Lig debut on 9 February 2008, coming on as a late substitute in Beşiktaş's 2–0 defeat at Kayserispor. [3] He played his first full Süper Lig match a week later as Beşiktaş beat Ankaraspor 3–2 at home. [4]

Duisburg

In September 2008, Schildenfeld joined MSV Duisburg of the German 2. Bundesliga on loan until the end of the season. He made his league debut for the club on 16 November 2008 in a 4–3 defeat at SpVgg Greuther Fürth, entering as a substitute for Olcay Şahan in the 83rd minute. [5] He made just four appearances for the club in the league, all of them as a substitute.

Sturm Graz

Schildenfeld in duel with Vakhtang Pantskhava Vakhtang Pantskhava & Gordon Schildenfeld.jpg
Schildenfeld in duel with Vakhtang Pantskhava

In July 2009, Schildenfeld joined Sturm Graz of the Austrian Bundesliga on a season-long loan from Beşiktaş. He made his league debut for the club on 26 July 2009 in a 3–0 win at home to Magna Wiener Neustadt, entering as a substitute for Ferdinand Feldhofer in the 89th minute. [6] He later managed to find his place as a regular at the club, appearing in 34 league matches during the season. His only goal in the league during the season came on 27 March 2010 when he netted the opening goal in a 3–0 win at Kapfenberger SV. [7]

During his first season with Sturm Graz, he also made ten appearances for the club in the UEFA Europa League and was also a regular feature in their run to the Austrian Cup title, making six appearances in the competition. On 15 August 2009, he netted a brace against TSV St. Johann in the Austrian Cup, helping Sturm to grab a 4–2 extra-time win in the first-round match. He also completed the full 90 minutes in the Cup final on 16 May 2010, which Sturm won 1–0 against Magna Wiener Neustadt. On 8 June 2010, he signed a three-year contract with Sturm Graz.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 7 July 2011, Schildenfeld returned to the 2. Bundesliga to join Eintracht Frankfurt. He played there in his first season 33 out of 34 possible matches, helping the club earn promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga. He scored one goal during the 2011–12 campaign.

Dynamo Moscow

On 11 July 2012, Schildenfeld signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow for an undisclosed fee. [8]

PAOK

After struggling to become regular starting center back in Dynamo, Schildenfeld moved on loan to Superleague Greece side PAOK.

Panathinaikos

On 2 August 2013, Schildenfeld went on a loan to Panathinaikos. He stayed for two years being one of the most famous players of the club, winning the Greek Cup against his other Greek club PAOK.

Dinamo Zagreb

In the summer of 2015, Schildenfeld returned to Dinamo Zagreb with a contract running until summer 2018. In summer 2016 he was linked with Panathinaikos. [9]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 6 July 2017, Anorthosis Famagusta officially announced the acquisition of the Croatian international on a year contract for an undisclosed fee. [10]

International career

On 1 March 2006, Schildenfeld won his only international cap for the Croatia national under-21 team, coming on as a substitute in a friendly match against Denmark. [11]

Schildenfeld went on to make his full international debut for Croatia on 14 November 2009, coming on as a substitute for Darijo Srna in the 58th minute of a friendly match against Liechtenstein in Vinkovci.

In 2010, he made a total of six international appearances, of which four were in friendlies. His competitive international debut came on 9 October 2010 in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier at Israel, in which he played the full 90 minutes. In November 2011, he played the full 90 minutes in both play-off matches against Turkey, helping Croatia to qualify for the finals after a 3–0 aggregate win. He went on to play in all three Croatian matches at Euro 2012.

Ten days after his 30th birthday, on 28 March 2015 coming in as a second-half substitute for midfielder Ivan Rakitić in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match against Norway, Schildenfeld scored his first goal for the national side with a header off of a Darijo Srna corner kick to make the score 4–1 in the 87th minute. Croatia went on to win the match 5–1.

After Euro 2016 finished, he had not received any further call ups for the national team. [12]

Personal life

Schildenfeld's family on his father's side is originally from Slovenia and is of Austrian origin. [13] Schildenfeld met his wife Christina Marsellou [14] in 2014 in Athens. [15] On 22 March 2017, their son Alexander Marsellos Schildenfeld was born. [16] Two years later, on 9 September 2019, they welcomed their second child, Bella Marsellou Schildenfeld . [17] He has two daughters from his previous marriage with Ivana Škugor. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb 2006–07 Prva HNL 18100——181
2007–08 1710090—261
Total3520090—441
Beşiktaş 2007–08 Süper Lig 9000——90
MSV Duisburg (loan) 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 4000——40
Sturm Graz (loan) 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga 34162100—503
Sturm Graz 2010–11 3622141—424
Eintracht Frankfurt 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 33120——351
Dynamo Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 600040—100
PAOK (loan) 2012–13 Superleague Greece 15140——191
Panathinaikos (loan) 2013–14 28051——331
2014–15 2922090—402
Total5727190—733
Dinamo Zagreb 2015–16 Prva HNL 1103000—140
2016–17 1604090—290
Total2707090—430
Anorthosis Famagusta 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 35341——394
2018–19 3023120—353
2019–20 23441——275
2020–21 1601010—180
Total1049123300011912
Career total360194074410044427

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia [19] 200910
201060
201120
201280
201320
201420
201521
201660
Total291
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schildenfeld goal. [19]
List of international goals scored by Gordon Schildenfeld
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2015 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, CroatiaFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 4–15–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Honours

Club

Šibenik

Dinamo Zagreb

Sturm Graz

Eintracht Frankfurt

Panathinaikos

Individual

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