Karlo Letica
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2008 | Omiš | ||
2008–2014 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Hajduk Split | 19 | (1) |
2015 | → Mosor (loan)[1] | 16 | (0) |
2015 | → Val (loan)[1] | 13 | (0) |
2016 | → Rudeš (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Club Brugge | 12 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → SPAL (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2021 | CFR Cluj | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:50, 12 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:13, 6 October 2017 (UTC) |
Karlo Letica (Croatian pronunciation: [kâːrlo lětitsa];[2][3] born 11 February 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career[]
Letica kicked off his career with Hajduk Split in 2015 after arriving to the academy in 2008. He spent the initial years in loan spells.[4] His first loan spell came in February 2015, when he joined NK Mosor of the third tier along with five other Hajduk players.[5] His second loan spell was to NK Val of the same tier.[6] In August 2016, he was loaned off again, this time to second tier club Rudeš where he made his debut in the Croatian Football Cup qualifiers.[7]
In August 2017, Letica made his debut for Hajduk when he featured in a 1–0 league victory against Slaven Belupo where he kept a clean sheet.[8][9] On 11 March 2018, Letica scored his first professional goal in injury time against Istra 1961 for a 3–2 victory.[10]
On 15 June 2018, Letica moved abroad and signed a four-year contract with Belgian club Club Brugge KV.[11]
On 20 August 2019, Letica joined Italian Serie A club SPAL on loan with an option to buy.[12]
On 11 October 2021, he moved to Romania to sign with defending Liga I champions CFR Cluj.[13]
International career[]
Letica was a part of the Croatia U19 team that played in 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[14] In August 2017, he was called to the Croatia U21 fot matches against Moldova and Austria.[15] He made his debut against Austria which ended in a 1–1 draw.[16]
In May 2018 he was named in the Croatia national team's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia,[17] but did not make the final 23.[18]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 22 May 2021
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rudeš (loan) | 2016–17[19] | Druga HNL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Hajduk Split | 2017–18[19] | Prva HNL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
Club Brugge | 2018–19[19] | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
SPAL (loan) | 2019–20[19] | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Sampdoria (loan) | 2020–21[19] | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
CFR Cluj | 2021–22[19] | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 60 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Belgian Supercup
Honours[]
Club Brugge
References[]
- ^ a b "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Kȃrlo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Kȃrlo
- ^ "Léto". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Lètica
- ^ "Karlo Letica, visoki Hajdukov golman: Hvala dragom Bogu da mi je dao priliku. Na meni je da je iskoristim [Karlo Letica, Hajduk goalkeeper: Thank you God for this opportunity]". Slobodan Dalmacija. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Prometno u Žrnovnici: Mosor doveo Luku Vučka i petoricu igrača [Traffic in Žrnovnica: Mosor brought the number of the Vučka and five players]". Dalmacija News. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Toni Gabric: Hajduk has the best goalkeepers in Croatia". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Golman Hajduka na posudbi u Rudešu [Hajduk goalman on loan to Rudeš]". Nogometplus. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Debi iz snova za Leticu: Bilo je treme, ali za ovo sam radio 15 godina [Dream Debi for Letica: It was tremendous, but for this I've been working for 15 years]". Goal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Karlo Letica: Thanks to my teammates for keeping a cleansheet in debut". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Karlo Letica zabio za Hajduk: Real me želi | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Karlo Letica naar Club Brugge [Karlo Letica to Club Brugge]" (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, preso Letica in prestito con diritto di riscatto". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "BUN VENIT, KARLO LETICA!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Karlo Letica pozvan na EP U-19!". Hajdučki Portal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Seven Hajduk players on international duty". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Hajduk players on international duties". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23 man and preliminary lists and when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "K. Letica". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links[]
- Karlo Letica at Soccerway
- Karlo Letica at the Croatian Football Federation
- Hajduk Split profile
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Association football goalkeepers
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia youth international footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatian First Football League players
- Croatian Second Football League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Serie A players
- Liga I players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- NK Mosor players
- NK Rudeš players
- Club Brugge KV players
- S.P.A.L. players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- CFR Cluj players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Romania