Josip Misic, born on 28 June 1994 (age 32), is a Croatian central defensive midfielder with Dinamo Zagreb. His career has been built less on flash than on steady midfield work, with early loan spells giving him the senior football that shaped a player suited to structure and responsibility.
Those moves mattered. Rather than being a straight-line rise, Misic’s development came through time away from his parent club, the kind of route that can either stall a player or harden him up. In his case, it helped establish him as a reliable first-team midfielder, eventually taking him to PAOK, where his most productive league season came in 2019-20: five goals in 26 appearances.
At Dinamo Zagreb, he has settled into a senior role at the base of midfield. In 2026-27, he has made 15 appearances across all competitions for Dinamo, including seven in the HNL, six in Champions League qualifying, where he scored once, and two in the Europa League. He has also played twice for Croatia in the Nations League this season.
His current market value is around £2m, according to Transfermarkt. Misic’s career has been that of an established Croatian midfielder: loan football early on, a productive spell at PAOK, and a settled place in Dinamo Zagreb’s midfield.
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