Andrej Prskalo

Andrej Prskalo

Personal information
Full name	Andrej Prskalo
Date of birth	(1987-05-01) 1 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Labin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Opatija
Number	32
Youth career
?–2001	Jedinstvo Omladinac
2001–2005	Rudar Labin
2005–2006	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Rijeka	0	(0)
2006	→ Rudar Labin (loan)
2007–2008	→ Orijent (loan)	33	(0)
2009–2010	→ Pomorac (loan)	39	(0)
2010–2013	Istra 1961	43	(0)
2014–2022	Rijeka	81	(0)
2022–	Opatija	55	(0)
International career‡
2017	Croatia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2017

Andrej Prskalo (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎndrejpř̩ːskalo] ; ^{[1] [2]} born 1 May 1987) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, who plays for NK Opatija.

Career

Early years in HNK Rijeka

Prskalo signed his first professional contract with HNK Rijeka on 5 August 2005. During his first season at the club they won the 2006 Croatian Cup. Prskalo was the third choice goalkeeper and did not play a single match. During his next four seasons at the club he was loaned out to low tier clubs NK Rudar Labin, NK Pomorac Kostrena and NK Orijent Rijeka. ^[3]

NK Istra 1961

On 2 July 2010 Prskalo signed to NK Istra 1961 on a free transfer. ^[4]

Prskalo played his first match during the first match of the season against Hajduk Split coming in as a substitute for Igor Lovrić who had conceded five goals. The match ended 6:1 for Hajduk with Prskalo conceding a goal from a penalty kick in the '81 minute. ^[5]

Prskalo competed in 49 competitive matches for Istra. ^[6]

HNK Rijeka

On 14 January 2014 Prskalo returned to HNK Rijeka on a free transfer. ^[7]

Prskalo made his debut for the club 5 days later on 19 January in a friendly match against Videoton FC in which the match ended in 2:2 draw. ^[8] He made his competitive debut for the club on 10 May against Lokomotiva Zagreb in 1:5 win for HNK Rijeka. ^[9] Prskalo spent the next two seasons as a substitute for Ivan Vargić playing 18 matches in official competitions.

He played his first European match during the Third qualifying round of the 2014-15 Europa League against Víkingur Gøta. Rijeka won the match 4:0. ^[10] Prskalo played in a notable 3:0 win against Hajduk Split on 18 February 2015. The match was the last Adriatic derby to be played on Rijeka's stadium Kantrida. ^[11]

At the beginning of the 2016–17 season Prskalo became the first choice goalkeeper for the club. During the season due to the injury of captain Mate Maleš Prskalo captained his side to winning the clubs first league title and first double. ^[12] Prskalo was the best goalkeeper of the league that season having 21 clean sheets. ^[13] Prskalo missed out on the next season due to a muscle injury. He was only able to play 14 matches in all competitions and was replaced by Simon Sluga. ^[14]

International

He made his debut and played his sole international game for Croatia in a January 2017 China Cup match against the hosts. ^[15]

Personal life

His father Mirko was also a football player. He is the nephew of former handball player Mladen Prskalo.

Career statistics

Club

Season	Club	League			Cup1		Continental2		Other3		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2005–06	Rijeka	Prva HNL	–		–		–		–		0	0
2006–07			–		–		–		1	0	1	0
2007–08			–		–		–		4	0	4	0
2008–09			–		–		–		3	0	3	0
2009–10			–		–		–		4	0	4	0
2006–07	Rudar Labin (loan)	Treća HNL	–		1	0	–		–		1	0
Rudar Labin total			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007–08	Orijent (loan)	Treća HNL	33	0	–		–		–		33	0
Orijent total			33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
2008–09	Pomorac (loan)	Druga HNL	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
2009–10			29	0	2	0	–		–		31	0
Pomorac total			39	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	41	0
2010–11	Istra 1961	Prva HNL	4	0	1	0	–		13	0	18	0
2011–12			13	0	4	0	–		7	0	24	0
2012–13			19	0	1	0	–		6	0	26	0
2013–14			5	0	2	0	–		3	0	10	0
Istra 1961 total			41	0	8	0	0	0	29	0	78	0
2013–14	Rijeka	Prva HNL	2	0	0	0	–		5	0	7	0
2014–15			8	0	3	0	1	0	5	0	17	0
2015–16			2	0	2	0	–		10	0	14	0
2016–17			36	0	4	0	2	0	14	0	56	0
2017–18			9	0	1	0	4	0	8	0	22	0
2018–19			1	0	1	0	–		10	0	12	0
2019–20			18	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	27	0
2020–21			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021–22			4	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	13	0
Rijeka total			81	0	12	0	14	0	74	0	181	0
Career total			194	0	23	0	14	0	102	0	333	0
Last Update: 8 October 2021. [16]

¹ Played in Croatian Cup and Croatian Super Cup with HNK Rijeka , Rudar Labin , Pomorac and Istra 1961 .

² Played in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League with HNK Rijeka .

³ Includes friendly matches with Istra 1961 and HNK Rijeka . ^[17]

International appearances

Croatia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	1	0

Honours

Rijeka

• Prva HNL: 2016–17
• Croatian Cup: 2006, ^[18] 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020
• Croatian Super Cup: 2014 ^[19]

Performance

• Most clean sheets in Prva HNL: 2016–17 season
• Best goalkeeper in Prva HNL: 2016–17 season
• HNK Rijeka goalkeeper of the decade (2010-2020) ^[20]

References

1. "Àndrija". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Àndrej
2. "pŕskati". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Pŕskalo
3. "Andrej Prskalo postao novi vratar Rijeke". www.labin.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
4. "Prskalo potpisao za Rijeku". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
5. "Sudar razbijenih europskih snova". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
6. "Andrej Prskalo iz Istre 1961 odlazi u Italiju". www.5portal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
7. "Prskalo potpisao za Rijeku". www.rijekadanas.com (in Croatian). 14 January 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
8. "Rijeka - Videoton 2:2; pogledajte golove na videu". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
9. "Lokomotiva 1:5 Rijeka". hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
10. "Rijeka - Víkingur 4:0 (1:0)". www.hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
11. "Andrej Prskalo: Bit ću kao tata, branit ću do 45". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
12. Euroart (30 May 2017). "Mate Maleš i Andrej Prskalo: 'Još nismo svjesni da smo napravili to što smo napravili'". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
13. "NAJBOLJI VRATAR HNL-a Andrej Prskalo u jednom trenutku htio prekinuti karijeru". www.sportcom.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
14. "Loša vijest: Vratar Andrej Prskalo upitan za sutra zbog aduktora, Čanađija ide u "Olimpiju"?". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
15. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
16. "Andrej Prskalo" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
17. "Prskalo" . Retrieved 7 September 2019.
18. "NEOČEKIVANI HEROJ Znate li tko je najtrofejniji igrač u povijesti Rijeke?". Novi list. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
19. "NEOČEKIVANI HEROJ Znate li tko je najtrofejniji igrač u povijesti Rijeke?". Novi list. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
20. "Andrej Prskalo najbolji vratar proteklog desetljeća". nk-rijeka.hr. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

External sources

• Andrej Prskalo at the Croatian Football Federation
• Andrej Prskalo at Soccerway
• Andrej Prskalo at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
• Andrej Prskalo at nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian)
• Andrej Prskalo at National-Football-Teams.com