Edin Julardžija
Edin Julardžija is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak First Football League club Košice.
Club career
Julardžija was born in the Zagreb neighbourhood of Ferenščica. His father Dino, who hails from Bešpelj near Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was a coach at Dinamo Zagreb academy, which Edin joined when he was six years old. He started attracting attention of prominent European clubs such as Chelsea, Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Valencia.Julardžija made his senior debut for Dinamo Zagreb on 17 November 2018, in a friendly against Široki Brijeg. He was a key part of Dinamo's 2019–20 UEFA Youth League campaign, notably scoring a Panenka in a penalty shoot-out in the round of 16 against Bayern Munich. On 1 April 2020, he signed a professional contract with Dinamo. On 18 July 2020, he made his competitive senior debut in a 0–0 draw with Istra 1961, replacing Lovro Majer in the 85th minute. On 30 November 2020, Julardžija was named amongst twenty best players of the Youth League by UEFA, alongside teammate Bernard Karrica.
In February 2021, Julardžija was loaned out to Slaven Belupo, to replace his Dinamo teammate Niko Janković whose loan deal got terminated by Slaven due to injury. In July, he was sent on another loan, this time to Šibenik.
Julardžija signed a four-year contract with Gorica in the summer of 2022.
On 12 January 2026, it was announced that Julardžija would be joining Slovak club FC Košice, becoming their first signing of the winter transfer window.