Dejan Kulusevski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Kulusevski | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Parma (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2016 | Brommapojkarna | ||
| 2016–2019 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Atalanta | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Parma (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | North Macedonia U17 | 5 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Sweden U17 | 19 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Sweden U19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2019– | Sweden U21 | 5 | (2) |
| 2019– | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:34, 14 December 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Dejan Kulusevski (Macedonian: Дејан Кулушевски; born 25 April 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Parma in Serie A, on loan from Atalanta, and the Sweden national team.[1]
Club career
Early career
Kulusevski was born in Stockholm, and joined the youth academy of IF Brommapojkarna at the age of 6.[2]
Atalanta
He joined Atalanta youth system (under 17 squad) on 7 July 2016 from Brommapojkarna. He made his Serie A debut on 20 January 2019, coming on as a substitute of Marten de Roon in a 5–0 away win against Frosinone.
Loan to Parma
On 18 July 2019, Kulusevski signed to Serie A club Parma on loan until 30 June 2020.[3] He scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–2 win against Torino[4]
International career
Kulusevski was born in Sweden to North Macedonia parents. He is a youth international for Sweden,[5][6] and he also represented the North Macedonia under-17 national team.[7] He was called up to the Sweden national football team for the first time in November 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Romania and the Faroe Islands.[8]
Kulusevski made his international debut for Sweden on 18 November, coming in as a substitute for Ken Sema in a 3–0 win against the Faroe Islands in the last game of the Euro 2020 qualifying stage.[9] With his appearance in a competitive game, Kulusevski is now cap-tied to Sweden at the international level.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 December 2019[10]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Atalanta | 2018–19 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Parma (loan) | 2019–20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
References
- ^ Dejan Kulusevski at Soccerway
- ^ "Primavera: alla scoperta di... Dejan Kulusevski". www.atalanta.it.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Parma, presi Cornelius e Kulusevski dall'Atalanta". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Ny succé för Dejan Kulusevski – första målet i Serie A". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Alla scoperta di Dejan Kulusevski, il "predestinato" dell'Atalanta che verrà | Football Scouting". Football Scouting | Campionato Primavera | Calcio Giovanile (in Italian). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Kulusevski trascina l'Atalanta: soffiato all'Arsenal, studia da nuovo-Cristante". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Atalanta, tesserata la stellina Kulusevski - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Dejan Kulusevski uttagen i landslaget efter jättesuccén". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/sverige/nerver-gav-tunga-ben-i-debuten-for-kulusevski---som-sagar-planen-den-var-inte-/
- ^ "Dejan Kulusevski".
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