Ante Crnac

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Ante Crnac
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sisak, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Norwich City
Number 17
Youth career
–2013 Moslavina
2013–2021 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Dinamo Zagreb II 18 (2)
2022–2023 Slaven Belupo 53 (11)
2023–2024 Raków Częstochowa 31 (9)
2024– Norwich City 28 (5)
International career
2017 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2017–2018 Croatia U15 8 (1)
2018 Croatia U16 2 (0)
2019 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2021 Croatia U19 2 (0)
2022 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2022– Croatia U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024

Ante Crnac (born 17 December 2003) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City. [1] [2]

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Club career

On 24 January 2022, Crnac moved from Dinamo Zagreb and signed a three-year contract with Slaven Belupo. [3]

On 1 September 2023, he joined defending Polish champions Raków Częstochowa on a five-year deal, for a fee reported to be over €1 million. [4]

On 22 August 2024, he joined Norwich City on a four-year contract, [5] for a reported fee of €11 million. [6]

International career

He has been capped for various Croatian youth national teams. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2020–21 2. HNL 42122
2021–22 2. HNL140140
Total182182
Slaven Belupo 2021–22 Prva HNL 122122
2022–23 Prva HNL35630386
2023–24 Prva HNL6363
Total5311305611
Raków Częstochowa 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 268306 [c] 0358
2024–25 Ekstraklasa510051
Total3193060409
Norwich City 2024–25 Championship 2851010305
Career total1302770106014427

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References

  1. "Croatia - A. Crnac- Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  2. "City complete signing of Ante Crnac". Norwich City F.C. 22 August 2024.
  3. "Ante Crnac novi je igrač Slaven Belupa". nk-slaven-belupo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. "Oficjalnie: Raków Częstochowa rozbił bank. Napastnik Ante Crnac dołączył do drużyny Dawida Szwargi za ok. milion euro". gol24.pl (in Polish). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. "City complete signing of Ante Crnac". Norwich City. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. "PKO Ekstraklasa: Ante Crnac sprzedany do Norwich. Nowy rekord transferowy". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. Croatian Football Federation