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Josko Gvardiol Biography, Career, Family, Salary, Net Worth

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Robert Clark

Updated on January 02, 2026

Josko Gvardiol Biography – Josko Gvardiol is a professional footballer form Croatia who plays his club football at Budesliga side Red Bulls Leipzig. He also plays for the Croatia national team. In this article we cover the biography, career, stats and many other things about Josko Gvardiol.

Josko Gvardiol Biography

Gvardiol began playing football at the age of eight with the youth team of Trešnjevka, Croatia. He started to play a defensive role for DInamo academy in 2010. He caught the eyes from big clubs including Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Borrusia Dortmund, Lille and others.

During the last quarter of 2019, he was called to the senior team and signed for RB Leipzig in 2021. He made his debut in 20th August, 2021 and has become a key player in the first team.

In October, 2019, he got his first call up into the Croatia national U-21 team. He was called up and included in the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. On 6th June, he made is first debut for the senior team against Belgium.

With 19 years, four months and 21 days, he became the youngest ever player to play for Croatia at a major tournament, surpassing Mateo Kovačić.

On 9 November 2022, Gvardiol was named in Zlatko Dalić’s 26-man squad for the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup. He had a very good performance in the group stage, which he was applauded for by various pundits This helped Croatia qualify for the knockout stage for the third time in history.

Josko Gvardiol Stats

Gvardiol has made 122 appearances in his career club football and has scored 7 goals as at 12th November, 2022. In his International duty, he has represented Croatia in 16 caps and scored 1 goal. Gvardiol earned the Best Prva HNL U-21 player in 2021 and also part of Team of the Year 2021.

Josko Gvardiol Age; How old is he?

Gvardiol was born on 22rd February, 2002 in Zagreb, Croatia. He is 20 years of age. He plays as a center back or left back of defense.

Josko Gvardiol Height and Wieght

Josko Gvardiol’s height is 1.85 meters. He has a weight of 80 Kilo gram.

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Josko Gvardiol parents; Who are his parents?

Gvardiol was born to Tihomir Gvardiol, his father, and mother Sanja Gvardiol. The Croatian professional footballer is one among three children (himself and two sisters), all born to the marital union between their Mother and father.

Josko Gvardiol Wife or Girlfriend

Josko Gvardiol is currently not married. As a successful young talented footballer, he may be flooded with girls or women, however, as far as we are concern, there is no known girlfriend of Gvardiol. We can say, he is single and not dating as at now.

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Josko Salary and Net Worth

Gvardiol current earns around €6.5 million as his annual salary. He is a professional Croatian footballer who has an estimated net worth of $20.90 million.

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