Tonći Kukoč

Tonći Kukoč-Petraello (born 25 September 1990) is a Croatian football defender who plays for Opatija.

Tonći Kukoč
Kukoč in 2014
Personal information
Full name Tonći Kukoč
Date of birth (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Opatija
Number 33
Youth career
0000–2003 Krilnik Split
2003–2005 Omladinac Vranjic
2005–2007 RNK Split
2007–2009 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Hajduk Split 22 (2)
2009 → Istra 1961 (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → NK Mosor (loan) 12 (2)
2011 → Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan) 5 (1)
2013–2014 Brescia 24 (0)
2014–2015 CSKA Sofia 22 (2)
2015–2016 Livorno 5 (0)
2016 Como 2 (0)
2017 Zrinjski Mostar 5 (1)
2018–2020 Budapest Honvéd 50 (1)
2020 Kisvárda 2 (0)
2021 Opatija 17 (1)
2022– Opatija 35 (10)
International career‡
2011 Croatia U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2011

He is the nephew of the former NBA player Toni Kukoč.[1][2]

Club career

Born in Split, Kukoč started his career playing in youth level for his hometown club Hajduk Split. At the age of 18 he passed the trial with the Russian club Saturn, but Hajduk refused to release him as they had a scholarship contract with him until June 2009.[3]

After signing a four-year contract with Hajduk, Kukoč was loaned to Istra 1961 for the first part of 2009–10 season.[4] The rest of the season he spent on loan in the second division side Mosor. He made his professional debut for Hajduk the following season, when he replaced Ante Vukušić in the final minutes of the home match against NK Zagreb. In the midseason Kukoč was again loaned, this time to the last placed Hrvatski Dragovoljac in Prva HNL.[5] He played five games for Dragovoljac, and scored his first goal in Prva HNL, after coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat against Inter Zaprešić.[6]

Hajduk decided to keep him for the 2011–12 Prva HNL season and has worked as a rotational player, playing in a few different positions. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against NK Zagreb on 21 August 2011.

After spending one season at Italian side Brescia Calcio in Serie B, Kukoč joined CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria on 7 August 2014.[7] He made his league debut for CSKA on 16 August, in a 2–0 away loss against Ludogorets Razgrad, playing the full 90 minutes as a left-back. Kukoč netted his first goal on 22 August, in the 5–0 home rout against Marek Dupnitsa.[8] On 1 November 2014, he went close to opening the scoring in the 0–0 home draw against Slavia Sofia, hitting the crossbar with a powerful long-distance effort, but subsequently received a two-match ban following a post-match altercation with Georgi Petkov.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 January 2016
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Istra 1961 (loan) 2009–10 Prva HNL 5000––50
Mosor (loan) 2009–10 Druga HNL 12200––122
Hajduk Split 2010–11 Prva HNL 1000––10
Hr. Dragovoljac (loan) 2010–11 5100––51
Hajduk Split 2011–12 2023010–242
2012–13 101010–30
Brescia 2013–14 Serie B 24020––260
CSKA Sofia 2014–15 A Group 2221000–232
Livorno 2015–16 Serie B 5000––50
Como 2015–16 0000––00
Career total 9577020001047

References
  1. Ma kakvi Milići, 'pilići' i Leovci, ja sam najbolji lijevi bek! goal.com
  2. "Kukoc: <<Il mio mondiale inizia qui>>" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. Jurišić, Bernard (13 March 2009). "Tonči Kukoč ne može u Rusiju". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  4. Fiorentini, Dino (12 November 2009). "Tonći Kukoč: Nisam kod Scorije želio igrati lijevoga beka!". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. Knezović, Goran (20 January 2011). "Tonći Kukoč "dragovoljac": Ne želim sjediti na klupi". dalmacijanews.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  6. Zovko, Ante (15 April 2011). "Inter zakomplicirao dobiveno". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  7. "Former Brescia Kukoc joins CSKA Sofia". gianlucadimarzio.com. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  8. "Tonći Kukoč-Petraello player profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. "Кукоч отговори на БФС: трагедия! Защитникът беснее във Facebook". topsport.bg. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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