Leo Štulac

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Leo Štulac
Personal information
Full name Leo Štulac
Date of birth (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 26)
Place of birth Koper, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2011 Koper
2013 LIAC New York
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Koper 94 (8)
2013 → Jadran Dekani (loan) 13 (4)
2016–2018 Venezia 34 (6)
2018–2019 Parma 26 (0)
2019– Empoli 62 (5)
National team‡
2010 Slovenia U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 Slovenia U18 11 (1)
2012 Slovenia U19 7 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U21 12 (5)
2018– Slovenia 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2021

Leo Štulac (born 26 September 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Empoli and the Slovenia national team.[1]

Club career[]

Koper[]

Born in Koper, Štulac started his career at hometown club FC Koper. He made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut on 2 April 2011, aged only 16 years and 6 months, in a 3–0 victory against Maribor.[2]

In 2013, he joined third division side Jadran Dekani on loan, where he scored 4 goals in 13 games.[3]

With Koper, he won the Slovenian Cup during the 2014–15 season and the Slovenian Supercup in 2015.[1]

Venezia[]

On 15 July 2016, he joined the Lega Pro side Venezia. In his first season he gained promotion to the Serie B. He also won the Coppa Italia Lega Pro with the club.[4]

Štulac scored his first Serie B goal on 24 October 2017, in a 2–1 away defeat against Cittadella. On May 5, 2018 he scored the winner in a 2–1 victory against Foggia.[citation needed]

Parma[]

On 30 June 2018, Štulac signed for Serie A club Parma on a five-year contract.[5]

Empoli[]

On 26 July 2019, Štulac signed with Serie B club Empoli.[6]

International career[]

Štulac played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.[7]

In March 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior national team for the friendly matches against Austria and Belarus.[8] He made his senior debut against Cyprus on 9 September 2018.[9]

Honours[]

Koper

Venezia[10]

  • Lega Pro: 2016–17
  • Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2016–17

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Slovenia – L. Štulac". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Luka Koper 3–0 Maribor, 02.04.2011" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "3. slovenska nogometna liga zahod 13/14" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "The rebirth of Venezia FC". 19 April 2017.
  5. ^ Uredništvo (30 June 2018). "Uradno: Leo Štulac podpisal za Parmo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, presi Leo Stulac e Jacopo Dezi dal Parma". Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Leo Štulac" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. ^ STA; S. U. (14 March 2018). "Kavčič vpoklical nove obraze, Cesarja ni na seznamu". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Brdo pri Kranju. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  9. ^ S. J. (9 September 2018). "Slovenija povedla, a brez točk ostala tudi na Cipru" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  10. ^ Massimiliano Vitelli (26 April 2017). "Lega Pro, il Venezia vince la Coppa Italia. Ora Inzaghi sogna il Triplete" [Lega Pro, Venezia wins Coppa Italia. Now Inzaghi dreams with the Treble] (in Italian). gazzetta. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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