Matko Zirdum
{{short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matko Zirdum
| image =
| fullname = Matko Zirdum
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|07|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Koprivnica, Croatia
| height = 1.95 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Kuala Lumpur City
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013
| youthclubs1 = Slaven Belupo
| youthyears2 = 2013–2016
| youthclubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb
| years1 = 2016–2022
| clubs1 = Slaven Belupo
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = → Novigrad (loan)
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Gorica (loan)
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2023–2024
| clubs4 = Kuala Lumpur City
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 2
| club-update = 16 December 2023
}}
Matko Zirdum (born 21 July 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
Career
=Youth=
As a youth player, Zirdum played for Dinamo Zagreb.{{Cite web|url=https://glaspodravine.hr/kroz-glavu-mi-je-prolazilo-hocu-li-se-vise-uopce-vratiti-na-teren-nisam-mogao-ni-hodati/|title=‘Kroz glavu mi je prolazilo hoću li se više uopće vratiti na teren. Nisam mogao ni hodati…’|publisher=glaspodravine.hr}} After that, Zirdum played for the youth academy of Slaven Belupo.{{Cite web|url=https://drava.info/2016/01/intervju-matko-zirdum-u-potpunosti-sam-se-posvetio-slavenu/|title=Matko Zirdum: U potpunosti sam se posvetio Slavenu|publisher=drava.info}}
=Slaven Belupo=
=Gorica=
=Slaven Belupo=
In 2021, he signed for Slaven Belupo.{{Cite web|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/hnl/promjene-u-slaven-belupu-slijedi-rezanje-igrackog-kadra-a-senatori-ce-dio-svojih-minuta-ustupiti-mladima-15139462|title=PROMJENE U SLAVEN BELUPU: SLIJEDI REZANJE IGRAČKOG KADRA, A SENATORI ĆE DIO SVOJIH MINUTA USTUPITI MLAĐIMA|publisher=sportske.jutarnji.hr}} He suffered an injury while playing for Slaven Belupo.{{Cite web|url=https://prigorski.hr/uoci-utakmice-s-dinamom-teska-ozljeda-stopera-slaven-belupa/|title=UOČI UTAKMICE S DINAMOM Teška ozljeda stopera Slaven Belupa|publisher=prigorski.hr}}
=Kuala Lumpur City=
Before the 2023 season, he signed for Kuala Lumpur City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.klikaj.hr/matko-zirdum-potpisao-s-novim-klubom-hvala-slavenovim-navijacima-sad-sam-i-ja-jedan-od-njih/|title=Matko Zirdum potpisao s novim klubom: ‘Hvala Slavenovim navijačima, sad sam i ja jedan od njih’|publisher=kilkaj.hr}}
References
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Category:Footballers from Koprivnica
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:Slovenian Second League players
Category:Malaysia Super League players
Category:NK Slaven Belupo players
Category:Kuala Lumpur City F.C. players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Category:Men's association football defenders
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