Antonio Čolak

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Antonio Čolak
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Personal information
Full name Antonio-Mirko Čolak
Date of birth (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 28)
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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2020 1 0
2021 2 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

Rijeka

Malmö FF

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Colak, Antonio-Mirko". kicker (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "čȍlāk". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Čòlak (Čȍlāk)
  3. ^ "Fix! Colak bei den Lilien gelandet". kicker (in German). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Neuzugang: Antonio Colak verstärkt den FC Ingolstadt 04". FC Ingolstadt (in German). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Antonio Čolak: Dolazak u Rijeku prava je odluka za mene". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Antonio Mirko Čolak potpisao trogodišnji ugovor s Rijekom i najavio još golova". Novi List (in Croatian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Οριστικό: Έκλεισε ο Τσόλακ στον ΠΑΟΚ, έρχεται σήμερα στη Θεσσαλονίκη" (in Greek). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Colak joins Malmo". PAOK FC Official Website. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: Ο Τσόλακ, η Ντιναμό Ζάγκρεμπ και η Μάλμε". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Antonio Čolak pozvan u reprezentaciju Hrvatske: 'Ovo je priznanje za mene i Rijeku'". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "A. Colak". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Antonio-Mirko Čolak profile". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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