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Roberto Punčec
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Varaždin, Croatia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Kansas City
Number 4
Youth career
1999–2002 Trnje Trnovec
2002–2009 Varteks Varaždin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Varteks 53 (1)
2011–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 (0)
2012–2013 → Union Berlin (loan) 21 (0)
2013–2017 Union Berlin 100 (1)
2017–2019 Rijeka 58 (1)
2019– Sporting Kansas City 1 (0)
International career‡
2005 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2007 Croatia U16 4 (0)
2007–2008 Croatia U17 4 (0)
2009 Croatia U18 7 (0)
2009–2010 Croatia U19 10 (0)
2011 Croatia U20 3 (0)
2010–2011 Croatia U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:26, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:44, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Roberto Punčec (Croatian: [pûːntʃeːts]; born 27 October 1991) is a Croatian football player who plays as a defender for Sporting Kansas City in MLS. He is a Croatia youth international having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Croatia under-16 team.[1]

Club career

A product of Varteks youth academy, Punčec joined the first team in the 2008–09 season and had his professional debut on 2 November 2008 in a league match against Hajduk Split.[2] He went on to appear in 27 matches for the club in his first two professional seasons with Varaždin.[2]

After filing for arbitration to Croatian Football Federation his contract with Varaždin was terminated due to unpaid wages, and on 31 August 2011, Punčec signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3]

In July 2012, Punčec joined Union Berlin on a season-long loan with the option to buy.[4] Following five years with Union Berlin, in June 2017, Punčec joined Rijeka on a three-year deal as a free-agent.[5]

On 4 December 2019, it was announced Punčec would join MLS side Sporting Kansas City ahead of their 2020 season.[6]

International career

Punčec has been capped at every youth level for the Croatian national team, and was part of Croatia's squad at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, playing in all three of their group stage matches.[7]

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2019
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2008–09 Varteks Varaždin Prva HNL 6 0 – – 6 0
2009–10 21 1 5 0 – 26 1
2010–11 Varaždin 25 0 6 2 – 31 2
2011–12 1 0 – 2 0 3 0
Varteks Varaždin total 53 1 11 2 2 0 66 3
2011–12 Maccabi Tel Aviv Premier League 18 0 – 5 0 23 0
2012–13 Union Berlin 2. Bundesliga 21 0 2 0 – 23 0
2013–14 21 0 2 0 – 23 0
2014–15 30 0 1 0 – 31 0
2015–16 23 1 0 0 – 23 1
2016–17 26 0 2 0 – 28 0
Union Berlin total 121 1 7 0 0 0 128 1
2017–18 Rijeka HT Prva Liga 27 1 3 0 3 0 33 1
2018–19 22 0 4 0 2 0 28 0
2019–20 9 0 3 2 4 0 16 2
Rijeka total 58 1 10 2 9 0 77 3
Career total 250 3 28 4 16 0 294 7

Honours

Rijeka

References

  1. ^ "Statistics – Caps: Roberto Punčec". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Punčec, Roberto". Nogometni magazin (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ^ Strahija, Ivana (31 August 2011). "Punčec u Maccabiju". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. ^ "1. FC Union Berlin e.V. leiht Roberto Puncec von Maccabi Tel Aviv" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ Vujnović, Korado (16 June 2017). "Roberto Punčec novi igrač Rijeke". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Sporting Kansas City sign Croatian defender Roberto Puncec". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 4 December 2019.
  7. ^ Roberto Punčec – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ^ "KRAJ U PULI: Rijeka na krilima Simona Sluge i Zorana Kvržića stigla do sedmog Kupa u povijesti!". Novilist.hr (in Croatian). 22 May 2019.


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