Background
Ćorić was born in Zagreb to Herzegovian Croat parents from Široki Brijeg. His father Miljenko is a football manager in the Zagreb area with whom Ante attended training sessions starting at a very young age.
Ćorić was born in Zagreb to Herzegovian Croat parents from Široki Brijeg. His father Miljenko is a football manager in the Zagreb area with whom Ante attended training sessions starting at a very young age.
Early years
Ćorić started playing football at the age of 5 at Hrvatski Dragovoljac. When he was 9 years old, he signed for the youth academy of NK Zagreb. In 2009, Ćorić joined the youth academy of Red Bulletin Salzburg despite interest from other clubs including Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Barcelona.
On joining the club Corić commented "I wanted to become a Red Bulletin Salzburg player because my team-mates here are better than players of the same age anywhere else.
We train better and more often than others And I was very impressed by how warmly I was welcomed." After four years in Salzburg, he returned to Croatia and signed with Dinamo Zagreb for a transfer fee of 900 000 euros in 2013.
Senior years
Ćorić made his senior debut against RNK Split, coming as a 69th-minute substitute for Ivo Pinto on 16 April 2014. He made his first start in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiva Zagreb on 26 April 2014.
On 10 May 2014, Ćorić scored his first senior goal for Dinamo in a 1-2 loss to NK Istra 1961.
With this goal, he became the youngest goal scorer in Europa League history at the age of 17 years and 157 days.