Antonio Čolak
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antonio-Mirko Čolak | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | SGV Freiberg Fußball[1] | ||
2000–2008 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
2008–2010 | SGV Freiberg | ||
2010–2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Karlsruher SC II | 1 | (1) |
2012–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 59 | (29) |
2013–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 30 | (10) |
2015–2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 22 | (5) |
2016–2017 | → Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2017 | → FC Ingolstadt (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Rijeka (loan) | 40 | (18) |
2019–2020 | Rijeka | 36 | (20) |
2020– | PAOK | 10 | (1) |
2021– | → Malmö FF (loan) | 26 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (6) |
2011–2012 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (1) |
2020– | Croatia | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021 |
Antonio-Mirko Čolak (Croatian pronunciation: [tʃǒlak, tʃôlaːk];[2] born 17 September 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malmö FF, on loan from PAOK, and the Croatia national football team. Čolak was born and grew up in Germany.
Club career[]
The Čolak family immigrated to Germany in 1992 to avoid the war in the former Yugoslavia, where Antonio was born on September 17, 1993. Born in Ludwigsburg, In 2000 he switched to went Stuttgarter Kickers, where he remained for eight years before returning to Freiburg in 2008. From there he joined the youth academy at Hoffenheim in 2010 for just one year, and in 2011 moved to Karlsruhe, where he made his professional debut in the lower leagues. In 2012 he was signed by Nürnberg, initially for the reserve team. Čolak made his debut on 19 October 2013 in a Bundesliga game against Eintracht Frankfurt. He entered the field after 78 minutes for Tomáš Pekhart. He stayed in Nuremberg until 2015, playing in seven games, while for one season he was loaned out to Lechia Gdańsk, where he scored 10 goals in 31 games, also contributing two assists.
On summer of 2015 he signed a contract with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, but he didn't with the club throughout his contract. Initially he joined Kaiserslautern on a season-long loan. On 25 July 2016, Čolak joined Darmstadt 98 on a season-long loan [3] For the following season he was again sent out on loan, to 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt.[4] Following the mutually agreed termination of the loan at Ingolstadt, in January 2018, Čolak was loaned to HNK Rijeka in Croatia until June 2019.[5] Following the end of the loan, on 22 June 2019 Čolak officially joined HNK Rijeka on a 3-year contract.[6] in the 2019–20 season, he was the top scorer of the Croatian championship with 20 goals, while with Rijeka he also won two Croatian Cups. His performances also saw him win a place in the Croatian national team squad, although he is yet to make his official debut.
On 20 September 2020, PAOK agreed terms with Rijeka for the purchase of Čolak. The Greek club will pay a fee over €3,000,000, while Čolak will sign a four-year contract, worth €450,000 per year.[7]
On 6 March 2021, Čolak moved to Swedish side Malmö FF, on a loan deal until December 2021.[8] At Malmö, Čolak quickly established himself as a prolific goalscorer with 10 goals in his first 15 appearances. On 11 December 2021, after a fantastic season with Malmö as a loanee and champion, according to Croatia "Sportske Novosti", Čolak is in the radar of Dinamo Zagreb. The 28-year-old international forward, has to return to PAOK from the beginning of January 2022 as Malmö could not afford to pay the buy out of €3 million that has been set in its loan contract. In fact, they believe that this development can create the right conditions for Čolak to return home to play for Dinamo Zagreb after his transfer from Rijeka, but the club is not willing to pay the €3 million that PAOK is looking for in order to balance the money it spent to acquire him in the summer of 2020.[9]
International career[]
On 27 August 2020 Croatia national team head coach Zlatko Dalić included Čolak in the list of players for the Nations League fixtures against Portugal on 5 September 2020 and France on 8 September 2020.[10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 8 December 2021[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Karlsruher II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Nürnberg II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Bayern | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | 31 | 12 | |||
2013–14 | 26 | 16 | — | — | — | 26 | 16 | |||||
2014–15 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 58 | 28 | — | — | — | 58 | 28 | |||||
Nürnberg | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 10 | ||
Hoffenheim | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Kaiserslautern (loan) | 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||
Kaiserslautern II (loan) | 2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||
Darmstadt (loan) | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 24 | 7 | ||
Ingolstadt (loan) | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Ingolstadt II (loan) | 2017–18 | Regionalliga Bayern | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Rijeka (loan) | 2017–18 | Prva HNL | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | 16 | 6 | |||
2018–19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 19 | |||
Rijeka | 2019–20 | Prva HNL | 32 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 41 | 26 | |
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 76 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 92 | 51 | |||
PAOK | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
Malmö FF (loan) | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 41 | 22 | |
Career total | 251 | 103 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 290 | 127 |
International[]
- As of match played 7 September 2021[12]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Croatia | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours[]
Rijeka
Malmö FF
Individual
- Croatian First Football League Top scorer: 2019–20 (20 goals)
References[]
- ^ "Colak, Antonio-Mirko". kicker (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "čȍlāk". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Čòlak (Čȍlāk)
- ^ "Fix! Colak bei den Lilien gelandet". kicker (in German). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Neuzugang: Antonio Colak verstärkt den FC Ingolstadt 04". FC Ingolstadt (in German). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Antonio Čolak: Dolazak u Rijeku prava je odluka za mene". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Antonio Mirko Čolak potpisao trogodišnji ugovor s Rijekom i najavio još golova". Novi List (in Croatian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Οριστικό: Έκλεισε ο Τσόλακ στον ΠΑΟΚ, έρχεται σήμερα στη Θεσσαλονίκη" (in Greek). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Colak joins Malmo". PAOK FC Official Website. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: Ο Τσόλακ, η Ντιναμό Ζάγκρεμπ και η Μάλμε". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Antonio Čolak pozvan u reprezentaciju Hrvatske: 'Ovo je priznanje za mene i Rijeku'". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "A. Colak". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Antonio-Mirko Čolak profile". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links[]
- Antonio Čolak at Soccerway
- Antonio Čolak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Antonio Čolak at WorldFootball.net
- 1993 births
- Living people
- German people of Croatian descent
- Croatian footballers
- German footballers
- Croatia youth international footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- German expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Karlsruher SC players
- Lechia Gdańsk players
- 1. FC Nürnberg players
- 1. FC Nürnberg II players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 II players
- HNK Rijeka players
- PAOK FC players
- Regionalliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Super League Greece players
- Association football forwards