Ante Puljić

Ante Puljić (born 5 November 1987) is a Croatian footballer who plays as defender for Romanian club Dinamo București.

Ante Puljić
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-05) 5 November 1987
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo București
Number 66
Youth career
–2005 HNK Ljubuški
2005–2006 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Zadar 106 (4)
2011–2012 Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 (0)
2011 → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2013 Dinamo Zagreb 10 (1)
2013 → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) 8 (2)
2013 Lokomotiva Zagreb 15 (1)
2014–2016 Gent 18 (1)
2015–2016 → Dinamo București 21 (1)
2016–2018 Tom Tomsk 44 (7)
2018–2019 Al-Faisaly 21 (3)
2019– Dinamo București 38 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020

Club career

Born in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Puljić spent most of his career in Croatia, first passing through the ranks of Hajduk Split's academy, and them joining second-level side Zadar on a free transfer in the summer of 2006. After establishing himself as a first team regular and helping the club win promotion to top level at the end of the 2006–07 season, Puljić went on to spend the following five seasons at the club making 106 first league appearances for Zadar.[1]

In July 2011 his contract at Zadar ended and he signed for Dinamo Zagreb's farm team NK Lokomotiva and after only one appearance for Lokomotiva in the 2010–11 Prva HNL season, he was transferred on a year-long loan to Dinamo in August, but was returned to Lokomotiva in January 2012.[1] On December 23 he signed a contract binding him to KAA Gent till 2017, starting 3 January 2014.[2]

In September 2019, he signed a contract with Dinamo București.[3]

Statistics
As of 23 October 2020[4][5]
Season Team Competition Competition Cup International Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2007/08 NK Zadar 1.HNL 29 1 0 0 0 0 29 1
2008/09 25 2 0 0 0 0 25 2
2009/10 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2010/11 29 1 0 0 0 0 29 1
2011/12 Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
→Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012/13 Dinamo Zagreb 10 1 2 0 3 0 15 1
→Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 2 2 0 0 0 10 2
2013/14 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
AA Gent Jupiler Pro League 14 1 2 0 0 0 16 1
2014/15 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2015/16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015/16 →Dinamo București Liga I 21 1 7[lower-alpha 1] 1 0 0 28 2
2016/17 Tom Tomsk Russian Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2017/18 Russian Football National League 34 7 2 0 0 0 36 7
2018/19 Al-Faisaly Saudi Professional League 21 3 0 0 0 0 21 3
2019/20 Dinamo București Liga I 23 1 4 0 0 0 26 1
2020/21 Dinamo București Liga I 15 1 1 0 0 0 16 1
Career total 290 21 19 1 3 0 312 22
  1. Includes one match in the 2015–16 Cupa Ligii

Honours
Gent

References
  1. "Puljić Ante". Nogometni-magazin.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. "Ante Puljic tekent contract tot 2017" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. "Ante Puljic la Dinamo". fcdinamo.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. Ante Puljić at Soccerway
  5. Ante Puljić at WorldFootball.net
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