Ante Puljić

Ante Puljić
Personal information
Date of birth5 November 1987
Place of birthMostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Gent
Youth career
HNK Ljubuški
2005-2006Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2011Zadar124(4)
2011–2012Lokomotiva9(0)
2011Dinamo Zagreb (loan)1(0)
2012–2013Dinamo Zagreb10(1)
2013Lokomotiva (loan)3(1)
2014–Gent14(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 March 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ante Puljić (born 5 November 1987) is a Croatian football player currently playing for Gent in the Belgian Pro League.

Born in Ljubuški in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Puljić spent his entire 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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Puljić Ante". Nogometni-magazin.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. "Ante Puljic tekent contract tot 2017" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2013.

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