Mario Pasalic, born on 9 February 1995 (age 31), is a Croatian central midfielder whose career has settled most firmly at Atalanta. His current market value is around £11m, according to Transfermarkt.
The early part of his career was shaped by loan football, the sort of route that can either blur a player’s identity or harden it. In Pasalic’s case it seems to have done the latter. He developed into a midfielder with a useful sense of timing in the box, offering more goals than the standard central-midfield brief usually promises.
Atalanta is where that became properly established. Across nine seasons he has made 267 league appearances and scored 50 league goals for the club. His best scoring league season came in 2021-22, when he struck 13 times in 37 appearances – a hefty return from midfield rather than a statistical quirk.
He remains part of the first-team picture in 2026-27, with six Atalanta appearances across all competitions, including four in Serie A and two in Conference League qualifying. He has also stayed involved with Croatia, with appearances in World Cup, World Cup qualifying and Nations League fixtures this season.
Pasalic’s career is now largely read through his long Atalanta spell: durable, productive from midfield, and still relevant rather than merely retained. It is not a flashy profile, but it is a substantial one.
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