 Kalinić at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lovre Kalinić[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (age 35)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Solin | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2009 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Hajduk Split | 102 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | →Junak Sinj (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | →Novalja (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | →Karlovac (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Gent | 68 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Aston Villa | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | →Toulouse (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | →Hajduk Split (loan) | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Hajduk Split | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Croatia U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Croatia U16 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Croatia U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Croatia | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Lovre Kalinić (Croatian pronunciation:[lǒːʋrekǎlinitɕ];[3][4] born 3 April 1990) is a Croatian professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper.
Lovre Kalinić made hisHNK Hajduk Split debut on 23 April 2011, under managerAnte Miše at the age of 21 years and 20 days, in aPrva HNL match againstNK Slaven Belupo, which his side won, 2–1.[5]
After loans toJunak Sinj in 2009,Novalja in 2010 andKarlovac in 2012, Hajduk manager Igor Tudor brought Lovre Kalinić back toHajduk Split to be the number one goalkeeper for the 2013–14 season.
In the 2015–16 season, Kalinić set a new record for most consecutive minutes without a goal conceded in the1. HNL. The goalkeeper went eight games, or 775 minutes, without conceding a goal.[6] The previous record was held byZoran Slavica, who went 711 minutes without conceding a goal in the Prva HNL.
As a result of being part ofCroatia'sUEFA Euro 2016 squad, Kalinić missed the first three rounds of Hajduk's 2016–17 season, being granted an extended holiday by Hajduk bossMarijan Pušnik. He made his return on 28 July 2016, where Hajduk defeatedFC Oleksandriya 3–0 in the Third Round of the2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying atCSC Nika Stadium, keeping a clean sheet.[7] In September 2016, Kalinić signed a new five-year contract with Hajduk.[8] In his time at Hajduk, Kalinić made 134 official appearances across seven seasons.[9] In total, Kalinić spent 17 years of junior and senior football with Hajduk.[9]
On 27 December 2016, Hajduk announced that Lovre Kalinić had played his last game for the club, with a move toBelgian First Division A sideK.A.A. Gent completed.[9] The transfer fee is the highest fee for a goalkeeper in the history of thePrva HNL.[9] The €3.1m transfer fee will make Kalinić the most expensive player in Gent's history.[10] He was named Best Goalkeeper in the Belgian league for the 2016–17 season, after having played only half a season upon arriving in January to Gent from Hajduk Split.
On 21 December 2018, EnglishChampionship clubAston Villa announced that they had reached an agreement with Gent to sign Kalinić at the start of the January transfer window. Villa had already attempted to sign Kalinić in 2016 but were denied a work permit. He signed a contract to the end of the2022–23 season.[11] He officially joined on 1 January 2019 and made his debut four days later in a 3–0 defeat in a homeFA Cup tie againstSwansea City.[12] His league debut came a week later in another 3–0 defeat, this time againstWigan Athletic, which was followed by a 2–2 draw withHull City – meaning that Kalinić had conceded 8 goals in his first 3 games.[13] He played what would prove to be his last game for the club againstWest Bromwich Albion on 16 February 2019.
On 20 January 2020, Kalinić joinedLigue 1 clubToulouse until the end of the 2019–20 season.[14] However, he made only four appearances before theleague was called off due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
On 22 December 2020, after making no appearances for Villa in the2020–21 season up to that point, it was announced that Kalinić would go out on loan to Hajduk Split, where he started his career. The loan was scheduled to commence on 18 January 2021 – when the Croatiantransfer window opened.[15] On 22 January, he made his second debut for Hajduk in a 1–0 league victory overŠibenik.[16]
On 11 July 2021, Aston Villa announced that Kalinić would rejoin Hajduk Split on loan for another season.[17] Kalinić explained that Aston Villa had wanted to sell him to another club, but he was adamant that he wanted to return to Hajduk Split as he had been named club captain. Eventually, an agreement for a second season on loan was agreed by all parties.[18]
On 1 July 2022, Kalinić signed for Hajduk Split once again, this time on a permanent transfer.[19] The details were not announced by either club, but it was rumoured to have been a free transfer.[20]
AfterStipe Pletikosa retired from international football in 2014, Kalinić becameCroatia's second choice goalkeeper behindDanijel Subašić. He made his debut forCroatia in a November 2014friendly match againstArgentina.[21] He was part of Croatia'sUEFA Euro 2016 squad.
In May 2018 he was named inCroatia's 23-man squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He played the last match of the group stage againstIceland making several crucial saves.[22] Croatia finished as the runners-up of the tournament, losing 4–2 toFrance in thefinal.
After the tournament ended, Subašić retired from international football. Kalinić has thus been appointed as the first choice goalkeeper for the national team. However, due to injuries and the consequent drop in form, he was benched again in favour ofDominik Livaković.
He was an unused substitute at the delayedUEFA Euro 2020, as Livaković played all four matches, and remained on the standby list for the2022 FIFA World Cup, asIvica Ivušić andIvo Grbić were chosen to be reserve goalkeepers. Kalinić's last game for Croatia was a November 2019 friendly againstGeorgia, where he failed to save a weak shot fromGiorgi Papunashvili, giving the Georgians the lead. However, Croatia turned the match into a 2–1 victory.[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hajduk Split | 2008–09 | Prva HNL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 102 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 134 | 0 | |||
| Junak Sinj (loan) | 2008–09 | Druga HNL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Novalja (loan) | 2009–10 | Treća HNL | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Karlovac (loan) | 2011–12 | Prva HNL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Gent | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 79 | 0 | |||
| Aston Villa | 2018–19 | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Toulouse (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hajduk Split (loan) | 2020–21 | Croatian Football League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | |||
| Hajduk Split | 2022–23 | Croatian Football League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 266 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 311 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | |
Hajduk Split
Aston Villa
Croatia
Individual
Orders
Lóvre
Kàlinić
the Order of Prince Branimir with Ribbon was awarded to Mr. Lovre Kalinić...
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