Leon Jakirović
{{short description|Croatian association football player (born 2008)}}
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|position = Defender
|currentclub = Dinamo Zagreb
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Leon Jakirović (born 16 January 2008) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb.{{cite web|title= Leon Jakirović|url= https://int.soccerway.com/players/leon-jakirovi/932484/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=30 January 2025}}
Career
A youth product of GNK Dinamo Zagreb, he started training with the first-team squad at the age of 16 years-old. {{cite web|website=Vecernji.hr|date=16 May 2024|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/amp/sport/jakirovicev-sin-mogao-bi-debitirati-za-dinamo-poguranac-ma-kakvi-mali-je-jedan-od-najtalentiranijih-1769649|title=Jakirovićev sin mogao bi debitirati za Dinamo. Poguranac? Ma kakvi, mali je jedan od najtalentiranijih~access-date=30 January 2025}} He made his senior
league debut in a 3-2 win over Slaven Belupo on 18 May 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.zgportal.com/sport/slaven-belupo-dinamo-23-plavi-su-u-35-kolu-hnl-a-preokretom-dosli-do-svoje-11-uzastopne-prvenstvene-pobjede/ |website=zgportal.com|accessdate=30 January 2025|title= Slaven Belupo – Dinamo 2:3 - The Blues achieved their 11th consecutive championship victory in the 35th round of the HNL with a turnaround|date=May 18, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://gol.dnevnik.hr/amp/clanak/rubrika/nogomet/dinamo-dobio-sve-preokret-i-pobjeda-u-zadnjim-minutama-plus-promocija-talenata---849726.html |website=gol|accessdate=30 January 2025|title= Dinamo dobio sve: Preokret i pobjeda u zadnjim minutama plus promocija talenata|date=21 May 2024}} He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League on 29 January 2025 in a 2-1 win against AC Milan.{{cite web|title=Dynamo Zagreb vs. Milan 2-1|url= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/01/29/europe/uefa-champions-league/nk-dinamo-zagreb/ac-milan/4526895/ |date=29 January 2025|website=Soccerway|accessdate=30 January 2025}}
Personal life
He is the son of the Bosnian footballer and manager Sergej Jakirović.{{cite web|url= https://net.hr/sport/nogomet/jakirovic-svojeg-16-godisnjeg-sina-ubacuje-u-prvu-momcad-dinama-90df2446-134e-11ef-83d9-7ad3e6e027ff#google_vignette|website=net.hr|accessdate=30 January 2025|title= Jakirović is putting his 16-year-old son in the Dinamo first team?|date=16 May 2024}} His grandfather, Enver, was also a professional footballer.{{cite web |title=Jakirović: Trener porijeklom iz mostarske ulice Braće Balaća |url=https://bljesak.info/sport/nogomet/jakirovic-trener-porijeklom-iz-mostarske-ulice-brace-balaca/334031 |website=Bljesak.info |access-date=30 January 2025 |date=27 December 2020}}
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Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Croatian Football League players