Antonini Čulina
Personal information
Full name Antonini Čulina
Date of birth (1992-01-27) 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]

Club career

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

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

References

  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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