Ivan Perišić a product of the Hajduk Split and Sochaux youth academies, Perišić made a name for himself while playing for Club Brugge, where he was the Belgian Pro League top goalscorer and was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2011.
This earned him a transfer to Borussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 2011–12 Bundesliga, before signing with VfL Wolfsburg for €8 million in January 2013. He remained there for two and a half seasons, winning the 2015 DFB-Pokal Final, before moving to Inter for €16 million.
Perišić has appeared internationally for the Croatia national under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams. He participated in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification for Croatia, where he scored two goals.
On 26 March 2011, at age 22, Perišić made his debut for the senior national team against Georgia. He was a member of Croatia’s squad for UEFA Euro 2012, starting in the team’s opening two matches against the Republic of Ireland and Italy, and appearing as a substitute in the team’s final match, a 1–0 loss to Spain.
During the 2014 World Cup qualification, Perišić appeared in 12 matches for Croatia and scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw with Belgium
On 14 May, Perišić was named in Croatia’s 30-man preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup. On 31 May, he scored a brace in a 2–1 win against Mali in a World Cup warm-up match in Osijek. Perišić was confirmed as a member of Croatia’s final 23-man World Cup squad on 2 June.
Perišić was in Croatia’s starting team for the opening match of the 2014 World Cup, a controversial 3–1 defeat to tournament hosts Brazil at the Arena Corinthians, São Paulo. In the following match, he scored Croatia’s second goal as they defeated Cameroon 4–0.
On 23 June, he scored a consolation goal in the team’s final group match, 3–1 defeat to Mexico which eliminated them from the tournament. Despite Croatia’s early elimination, Perišić was ranked as the second-best performing player of the group stage by FIFA.
Perišić was Croatia’s top goalscorer in Euro 2016 qualifying, scoring six goals in nine matches as Croatia qualified in second place in Group H.
In Croatia’s second Euro 2016group match, Perišić scored the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with the Czech Republic. Five days later, he scored the winning goal against Spain, which secured qualification to the knockout stage as group winners for Croatia
Perišić appeared regularly in Croatia’s successful 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, as they finished runner-up in Group I which sent them to second round.
The team played Greece, winning the first leg 4–1, with Perišić scoring the third goal in 33rd minute. Croatia booked their spot to the World Cup final stages in Russia on 12 November by playing a goalless draw in the returning leg.
In May 2018, Perišić was named in Croatia’s final squad for the 2018 World Cup. In the third group stage match, Perišić scored in the last minute of the regular time in the 2–1 win over Iceland as Croatia topped Group D on full points
Perišić took part at the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour for the Porec Major tournament, a professional competition, partnering Niksa Dellorco. The pair lost their first match against Álvaro Morais Filho and Saymon Barbosa