Leo Štulac
![]() Štulac with Palermo in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Koper, Slovenia[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Reggiana (on loan from Palermo) | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Koper | ||
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) |
2019–2023 | Empoli | 83 | (7) |
2022–2023 | → Palermo (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2023– | Palermo | 21 | (4) |
2024– | → Reggiana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2010 | Slovenia U17 | 2 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Slovenia U18 | 11 | (1) |
2012 | Slovenia U19 | 7 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Slovenia U21 | 12 | (5) |
2018–2021 | Slovenia | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
Leo Štulac (born 26 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Reggiana, on loan from Palermo.[1]
Club career
[edit]Koper
[edit]Born in Koper, Štulac started his career at hometown club FC Koper. He made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut on 2 April 2011, aged 16, in a 3–0 victory against Maribor.[2]
In 2013, Štulac joined third division side Jadran Dekani on loan, where he scored four goals in 13 games.[3]
With Koper, Štulac won the Slovenian Cup during the 2014–15 season and the Slovenian Supercup in 2015.[1]
Venezia
[edit]On 15 July 2016, Štulac joined the Lega Pro side Venezia. In his first season, he gained promotion to 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 5 May 2018, he scored the winner in a 2–1 victory against Foggia.[citation needed]
Parma
[edit]On 30 June 2018, Štulac signed for Serie A club Parma on a five-year contract.[5]
Empoli
[edit]On 26 July 2019, Štulac signed with Serie B club Empoli.[6] With Empoli, he won promotion to Serie A in 2021, and played the 2021–22 Serie A with the Tuscanians.
Palermo
[edit]On 18 August 2022, Štulac was signed by Serie B club Palermo on a loan deal with a mandatory buying option to be exercised on certain conditions.[7]
Štulac's first season with the Rosanero was marred by injuries and was eventually cut short by a serious muscle injury that sidelined him from January until the end of the campaign.[8] Despite that, Palermo signed him permanently from Empoli and confirmed him in the first team roster.[9]
On 2 September 2023, Štulac scored his first league goal with Palermo in a 3–0 home win against Feralpisalò.[10]
Reggiana
[edit]On 2 August 2024, Štulac went on a two-year loan deal to fellow Serie B side Reggiana.[11][12]
International career
[edit]Štulac played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.[13]
In March 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior national team for the friendly matches against Austria and Belarus.[14] He made his senior debut against Cyprus on 9 September 2018.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 July 2023[1]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Koper | 2010–11 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2015–16 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
Total | 94 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 104 | 9 | |||
Venezia | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | Serie B | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||
Total | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 37 | 7 | |||
Parma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
Empoli | 2019–20 | Serie B | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
2021–22 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 83 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 90 | 7 | ||||
Palermo (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Career total | 248 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 269 | 23 |
- ^ Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Serie B play-offs
Honours
[edit]Koper
Venezia[16]
- Lega Pro: 2016–17
- Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2016–17[1]
Empoli
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Leo Štulac at Soccerway
- ^ "Luka Koper 3–0 Maribor, 02.04.2011" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "3. slovenska nogometna liga zahod 13/14" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "The rebirth of Venezia FC". 19 April 2017.
- ^ Uredništvo (30 June 2018). "Uradno: Leo Štulac podpisal za Parmo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, presi Leo Stulac e Jacopo Dezi dal Parma". TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Stulac è rosanero". Palermo FC (in Italian). 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Report clinico Stulac". Palermo FC (in Italian). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Il Palermo riscatterà Stulac dall'Empoli: raggiunte le condizioni necessarie" (in Italian). Numero Diez. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Palermo-Feralpisalò, Stulac: «Primo gol emozione indescrivibile, sono felice di far parte di questo gruppo»". Ilovepalermocalcio.com (in Italian). 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Vezist Leo Štulac zamenjal delodajalca, ne pa tudi države: Občasni slovenski reprezentant sklenil sodelovanje z Reggiano". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Stulac transferred to Reggiana". Palermo FC. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Leo Štulac" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ STA; S. U. (14 March 2018). "Kavčič vpoklical nove obraze, Cesarja ni na seznamu". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ S. J. (9 September 2018). "Slovenija povedla, a brez točk ostala tudi na Cipru" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Vitelli, Massimiliano (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]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- Leo Štulac at NZS (in Slovene)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Koper
- Men's association football midfielders
- Slovenian men's footballers
- Slovenia men's youth international footballers
- Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers
- Slovenia men's international footballers
- FC Koper players
- NK Jadran Dekani players
- Venezia FC players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- Empoli FC players
- Palermo FC players
- AC Reggiana 1919 players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Serie C players
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- Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy