Leonard Zuta

Leonard Zhuta

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Zhuta
Date of birth	(1992-08-09) 9 August 1992
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Rijeka
Number	8
Youth career
2005–2009	Västra Frölunda IF
2010–2012	BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Häcken	57	(0)
2015–	Rijeka	44	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Macedonia U21	3	(0)
2015–	Macedonia	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2016

Leonard Zhuta (Macedonian: Леонард Жута; born 9 August 1992 in Sweden) is a Macedonian footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Rijeka as a left back.

Club career

Zhuta spent the first four seasons of his professional career with BK Häcken in Allsvenskan. He made his official début on 13 April 2012, when he came in as a substitute in a home win against Mjällby AIF. Until late August 2015, Zhuta made 57 appearances with Häcken, often featuring in the starting line-up. On 31 August 2015, Zhuta signed a three-year contract with HNK Rijeka in Croatia's 1. HNL. He made his official début for the club on 19 September 2015, in a goalless home draw against NK Inter Zaprešić, when he entered as a substitute in the 87th minute.

International career

Zhuta made his début with the Macedonian national team on 15 June 2015 in an away loss to Slovakia.

International statistics

As of 12 November 2016

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macedonia	2015	7	0
	2016	8	0
Total		15	0

External links

• Leonard Zuta at Soccerway
• SvFF profile
• Leonard Zuta at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
• HNK Rijeka profile