Antonini Čulina

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Antonini Čulina (born 27 January 1992) is a Croatian former[1] football player who last played as a midfielder for Hapoel Afula in Israel, as of July 2021 working as HNK Rijeka's assistant sporting director.[2]

Antonini Čulina
Personal information
Full name Antonini Čulina
Date of birth (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Zadar, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rijeka (assistant sporting director)
Youth career
2003 Zadar
2004–2005 Hajduk Pridraga
2005–2008 Dalmatinac Crno
2008–2011 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Rijeka 71 (9)
2013–2015Spezia (loan) 17 (1)
2015Varese (loan) 10 (1)
2015–2017 Lugano 33 (10)
2018 Cracovia 16 (0)
2019 Inter Zaprešić 12 (0)
2019–2020 Viterbese 13 (0)
2020 Padova 4 (0)
2020–2021 Hapoel Afula 18 (3)
International career
2008–2009 Croatia U17 5 (0)
2010–2011 Croatia U19 9 (2)
2012–2013 Croatia U20 4 (2)
2012–2013 Croatia U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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Čulina has spent the first three years of his career with HNK Rijeka, scoring 9 goals and becoming a regular starter.[3] In July 2013, Rijeka loaned Čulina to Spezia in Italy's Serie B. Following two seasons on loan with Spezia and Varese, in mid-2015 Čulina signed for Lugano.

On 13 September 2019, he returned to Italy, signing with Serie C club Viterbese.[4]

On 31 January 2020, he signed a contract with Padova until the end of the season, with the club holding an option to extend it for the 2020–21 season.[5]

On 7 December 2020 signed in Hapoel Afula.[6]

On 2 July 2021 HNK Rijeka announced Čulina's retirement from professional football and that he would join the club as assistant to their sporting director, Robert Palikuća.[7]

International

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He has also been capped for Croatia's Under-19 and Under-21 side.

References

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  1. ^ Antonini Čulina preuzeo ulogu asistenta sportske administracije at HNK Rijeka official site
  2. ^ Antonini Čulina preuzeo ulogu asistenta sportske administracije at HNK Rijeka official site
  3. ^ HRnogomet.com
  4. ^ "MERCATO GIALLOBLU – ANTONINI ČULINA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA VITERBESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Viterbese. 13 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Antonini Čulina è un giocatore del Calcio Padova" (Press release) (in Italian). Padova. 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ "הפועל עפולה: קשר קרואטי סיכם ויצטרף השבוע לקבוצה". Emeknews (in Hebrew). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ Antonini Čulina preuzeo ulogu asistenta sportske administracije at HNK Rijeka official site
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