Branimir Kalaica

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Branimir Kalaica
Personal information
Full name Branimir Kalaica
Date of birth (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Lokomotiva Zagreb
Number 20
Youth career
2011–2016 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2022 Benfica B 100 (3)
2017–2022 Benfica 1 (1)
2023– Lokomotiva Zagreb 27 (1)
International career
2012 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2013 Croatia U15 7 (1)
2014 Croatia U16 6 (1)
2013–2015 Croatia U17 20 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U18 5 (1)
2014–2017 Croatia U19 12 (1)
2018–2019 Croatia U20 5 (0)
2019 Croatia U21 9 (1)
2023 Croatia U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2023

Branimir Kalaica (born 1 June 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Croatian side Lokomotiva Zagreb in HNL.

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Club career

Born in Zagreb, Kalaica started his football career at local club Dinamo Zagreb. In June 2016, he moved to Portugal and signed a six-year contract with defending champions Benfica, as a free agent. [1] On 11 September, he debuted for Benfica's reserve team in a 2–1 home win against Académico de Viseu in LigaPro. [2]

Honours

Benfica [3]

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References

  1. "Vi os festejos do título e achei espetacular" Archived 21 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese)
  2. Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
  3. Branimir Kalaica at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg