Leon Belcar
{{short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Leon Belcar
|image =
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|1|4|df=y}}
|birth_place = Varaždin, Croatia
|height = 1.86 m{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/leon-belcar/#google_vignette|title=Leon Belcar|website=worldfootball.net}}
|currentclub = Dinamo Zagreb
(on loan from Varaždin)
|clubnumber = 23
|position = Defensive midfielder
|youthyears1 = –2012
|youthclubs1 = Varaždin
|youthyears2 = 2012–2013
|youthclubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb
|youthyears3 = 2013–2021
|youthclubs3 = Varaždin
|years1 = 2021–
|clubs1 = Varaždin
|caps1 = 80
|goals1 = 8
|years2 = 2025–
|clubs2 = → Dinamo Zagreb (loan)
|caps2 = 2
|goals2 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2022
|nationalteam1 = Croatia U20
|nationalcaps1 = 5
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2024
|nationalteam2 = Croatia U21
|nationalcaps2 = 6
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|club-update = 20 March 2025
|nationalteam-update = 20 March 2025
}}
Leon Belcar (born 4 January 2002) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the HNL club Dinamo Zagreb, on loan from Varaždin.
Club career
Dinamo Zagreb signed Belcar on a loan in February 2025 with the option to buy him permanently at the end of the season.{{cite web | url=https://gnkdinamo.hr/hr/vijesti/clanak/leon-belcar-novi-igrac-dinama|title=Leon Belcar novi igrač Dinama}} The coach of Dinamo Zagreb, Fabio Cannavaro, chose Belcar to replace injured midfielder Josip Mišić{{cite web | url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/transferi/otkrivamo-detalje-dramaticnog-posla-na-maksimiru-da-nije-dosao-belcar-u-dinamo-bi-se-vratilo-poznato-lice-15554732|title=Otkrivamo detalje dramatičnog posla na Maksimiru: Da nije došao Belcar, u Dinamo bi se vratilo poznato lice?}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 15 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Varaždin
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|Croatian Football League |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|Croatian Football League |27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25
|Croatian Football League |20 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 3 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!80 | 8 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 86 | 8 | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb (loan)
|Croatian Football League |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!82 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 8 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway player|leon-belcar/685461}}
- {{CFF player|191713/leon-belcar}}
{{GNK Dinamo Zagreb squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Belcar, Leon}}
Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb players