Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antonini Čulina | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Zadar, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 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) |
2013–2015 | → Spezia (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2015 | → Varese (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) |
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]
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]
He has also been capped for Croatia's Under-19 and Under-21 side.
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