Nicola Kuleski

Nicola Kuleski
Personal information
Full name	Nicola Kuleski
Date of birth	7 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Blacktown Spartans
Number	11
Youth career
	Marconi Stallions
	Blacktown City
	Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015	Manly United
2015–2017	Sydney FC NPL
2017	Sydney FC
2018–2021	Sydney Olympic
2022–2023	Rockdale Ilinden
2024-	Blacktown Spartans
International career‡
2015–2017	Macedonia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2017

Nicola Kuleski (Macedonian: Никола Кулески; born 7 May 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays as central midfielder for Blacktown Spartans in NSW League One. Born in Australia, he has represented North Macedonia at youth level.

Club career

Being born to a father who was a professional football player himself, Nicola started playing football at a very young age (when he was only 4 years old), and he first started training by the local club Marconi Stallions at the age of 7.^[1]

He primarily plays as a central midfielder, but he is also comfortable playing attacking or defensive midfield. His great ball skills and vision of the game make him a valuable asset to any team.

Sydney FC

In 2015 Kuleski joined Sydney FC where he started off by playing for the youth team, where he also served as co captain in the 2016–17 season. On 8 April 2017 he also made his debut for the first team of Sydney, arriving in the 80th minute as a substitute for Aaron Calver, in the A-League encounter against Wellington Phoenix which finished 1–1.^[2]

Sydney Olympic

On 11 October 2017, it was announced that Kuleski would be leaving Sydney FC to join NPL1 team Sydney Olympic for their upcoming 2018 season.^[3]

International career

Being born in Australia to Macedonian parents, Nicola was originally eligible to play for both - the Australian and Macedonian national team on international level, and he made his decision at the time to represent Macedonia. He started playing for Macedonia's U17 and U19 national teams. He is still eligible to represent both Australia and Macedonia at senior level.

On 5 September 2015, Kuleski made his debut for Macedonia U21 in a friendly against Australia U23 which Macedonia won with 3:1. Nicola played the game as a starter and played a solid game against his home country, he got substituted in the 81' minute.^[4]

Personal life

Nicola was born to a Macedonian father - Blagoja Kuleski who was a professional football player, having played the former Yugoslav First League and for several Australian NSL football clubs throughout his 20 year football career.

Aside from playing football, Nicola is also a part-time student at the Macquarie University doing a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology.^[5]

References

^ "5 questions with Sydney midfielder Nicola Kuleski". Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
^ "Sydney FC".
^ "Kuleski Commits to Olympic for 2018". Sydney Olympic. 11 October 2017.
^ "Триумф На Македонија До 21 На Пријателскиот Меч Против Австралија".
^ "Nicola Kuleski - North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Professional Profile | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Nicola Kuleski at Soccerway

[1] "5 questions with Sydney midfielder Nicola Kuleski". Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.

[2] "Sydney FC".

[3] "Kuleski Commits to Olympic for 2018". Sydney Olympic. 11 October 2017.

[4] "Триумф На Македонија До 21 На Пријателскиот Меч Против Австралија".

[5] "Nicola Kuleski - North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Professional Profile | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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