Tonći Kukoč

Tonći Kukoč
Personal information
Full nameTonći Kukoč-Petraello
Date of birth25 September 1990
Place of birthSplit, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
CSKA Sofia
Number77
Youth career
–2005Omladinac Vranjic
2005–2007RNK Split
2007–2009Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013Hajduk Split22(2)
2009Istra 1961 (loan)5(0)
2010Mosor (loan)12(2)
2011→ Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan)5(1)
2013–2014Brescia Calcio24(0)
2014–CSKA Sofia11(1)
National team
2011Croatia U213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2011

Tonći Kukoč-Petraello (born 25 September 1990 in Split) is a Croatian football defender, currently playing for CSKA Sofia in the Bulgarian A Football Group.

Club career

Kukoč started his career playing in youth level for his hometown club Hajduk Split. At the age of 18 he passed the trial with the Russian club Saturn, but Hajduk refused to release him as they had a scholarship contract with him until June 2009.[1]

After signing a four-year contract with Hajduk, Kukoč was loaned to Istra 1961 for the first part of 2009–10 season.[2] The rest of the season he spent on loan in the second division side Mosor. He made his professional debut for Hajduk the following season, when he replaced Ante Vukušić in the final minutes of the home match against NK Zagreb. In the midseason Kukoč was again loaned, this time to the last placed Hrvatski Dragovoljac in Prva HNL.[3] He played five games for Dragovoljac, and scored his first goal in Prva HNL, after coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat against Inter Zaprešić.[4]

Hajduk decided to keep him for the 2011-12 Prva HNL season and has worked as a rotational player, playing in a few different positions. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against NK Zagreb on 21 August 2011.

After spending one season at Italian side Brescia Calcio in Serie B, Kukoč joined CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria on 7 August 2014.[5] He made his league debut for CSKA on 16 August, in a 2–0 away loss against Ludogorets Razgrad, playing the full 90 minutes as a left-back. Kukoč netted his first goal on 22 August, in the 5–0 home rout against Marek Dupnitsa.[6] On 1 November 2014, he went close to opening the scoring in the 0–0 home draw against Slavia Sofia, hitting the crossbar with a powerful long-distance effort, but subsequently received a two-match ban following a post-match altercation with Georgi Petkov.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 December 2014
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Istra 1961 (loan) 2009–10 Prva HNL 500050
Mosor (loan) 2009–10 Druga HNL 12200122
Hajduk Split 2010–11 Prva HNL 100010
Hr. Dragovoljac (loan) 2010–11 510051
Hajduk Split 2011–12 2023010242
2012–13 10101030
Brescia 2013–14 Serie B 24020260
CSKA Sofia 2014–15 A Group 1111000121
Career Total 79 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 88 6

References

  1. Jurišić, Bernard (13 March 2009). "Tonči Kukoč ne može u Rusiju". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  2. Fiorentini, Dino (12 November 2009). "Tonći Kukoč: Nisam kod Scorije želio igrati lijevoga beka!". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. Knezović, Goran (20 January 2011). "Tonći Kukoč "dragovoljac": Ne želim sjediti na klupi". dalmacijanews.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. Zovko, Ante (15 April 2011). "Inter zakomplicirao dobiveno". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  5. "Former Brescia Kukoc joins CSKA Sofia". gianlucadimarzio.com. 7 August 2014.
  6. "Tonći Kukoč-Petraello player profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. "Кукоч отговори на БФС: трагедия! Защитникът беснее във Facebook". topsport.bg. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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