Despite spending five years at Dinamo’s academy between 2004 and 2009, though, Pjaca had to take a couple of detours before breaking through at Croatia’s most successful club. He returned to ZET, the club at which he kicked a ball for the very first time.
“I didn’t want to sit on the bench,” Pjaca recalled. “When I found myself in such situation at Dinamo, I decided to return to ZET. There I could play and continue my development. I was thinking then and I am thinking the same now, it is better for me to play in a smaller team than warming the bench in a bigger and more famous club.”