Ante Puljić

Ante Puljić
Personal information
Date of birth	5 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
0000–2005	HNK Ljubuški
2005–2006	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2011	Zadar
2011–2012	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2011	→ Dinamo Zagreb (loan)
2012–2013	Dinamo Zagreb
2013	→ Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan)
2013	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2014–2016	Gent
2015–2016	→ Dinamo București
2016–2018	Tom Tomsk
2018–2019	Al-Faisaly
2019–2021	Dinamo București
2021–2023	Bnei Sakhnin
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2023

Ante Puljić (born 5 November 1987) is a Croatian footballer who plays as defender.

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 23 December 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 9 April 2021^[4]^[5]

Season	Team	Competition	Competition		Cup		International		Total
Season	Team	Competition	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
2011–12	→Dinamo Zagreb		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012–13	Dinamo Zagreb		10	1	2	0	3	0	15	1
2012–13	→Lokomotiva Zagreb		8	2	2	0	0	0	10	2
2013–14	→Lokomotiva Zagreb		15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
2013–14	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^[a]	1	0	0	28	2
2016–17	Tom Tomsk	Russian Premier League	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2017–18	Tom Tomsk	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	22	1	4	0	0	0	26	1
2020–21	Dinamo București	Liga I	25	1	3	0	0	0	26	1
2021–22	Bnei Sakhnin	Israeli Premier League	28	2	2	0	0	0	30	2
2022–23	Bnei Sakhnin	Israeli Premier League	30	3	2	0	5	0	37	3
Career total			357	27	26	1	8	0	391	28

^ Includes one match in the 2015–16 Cupa Ligii

Honours

KAA Gent

Belgian First Division: 2014–15^[4]

References

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