Hrvoje Sunara (born 4 August 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach of both the Croatia national under-21 team and Hajduk Split.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hrvoje Sunara | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth |
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Croatia U21 (goalkeeping coach) Hajduk Split (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hajduk Split | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Hajduk Split | 12 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Pomorac | 52 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Slavonac CO | 40 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Karlovac | 49 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | RNK Split | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | Croatia U21 | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019– | Croatia U21 (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2020– | Hajduk Split (goalkeeping coach) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2001 | |||
Career edit
A product of Hajduk Split youth academy, Sunara was promoted to their first squad in July 1999 at the age of 20. He spent the following five years with the club, mostly being their second or third choice goalkeeper, which saw him earning a mere 10 appearances for the club. In 2004, he was transferred to Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva, only to return to Croatia in July 2005. After stints with Croatian lower level sides Pomorac and Slavonac CO, he signed for NK Karlovac in July 2009, as one of the players brought in to reinforce the club for their first ever top flight season. After terminating his contract with Karlovac through arbitration in February 2012, he joined RNK Split.[1]
Sunara was considered a promising player when he was younger, and was capped seven times for Croatia's U-20 and U-21 selections between 1998 and 2001, and was part of the squad which competed at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2]
References edit
- ^ Rupnik, Borna (19 February 2012). "Split pojačao konkurenciju na golu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Hrvoje Sunara statistike" (in Croatian). Hrvatski nogometni savez. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
External links edit
- Hrvoje Sunara at the Croatian Football Federation
- Hrvoje Sunara at FBref.com
- Hrvoje Sunara at Soccerway.com
- Hrvoje Sunara at WorldFootball.net
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