Filip Krovinović

Filip Krovinović (born 29 August 1995) is a Croatian professional football midfielder who plays for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split.

[4] He went to Portugal at the late end of summer transfer window and joined Rio Ave team who by then had a series of positive results.

Young midfielder was in process of adjusting to demands of Primeira Liga and Rio Ave gradually receiving more and more playing time.

[9] After winning the league title with Benfica, Krovinović was loaned out to West Bromwich Albion in the EFL Championship, initially for one season.

[17] On 1 September 2016 at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica Krovinović played 90 minutes for Croatia U21 in 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 home match against Sweden.

Match ended in 1–1 draw with Krovinović missing to complete a goal at the opening when his shot was off target by a thin margin thus failing to gain advantage from Croats better start.

Draw was a bit of disappointment and compromised the position and chances to qualify for European Under-21 Championship even though Croatia remained group leader.