Leo_Štulac
Leo Štulac
Slovenian footballer
Leo Štulac (born 26 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Palermo.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Koper, Slovenia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Palermo | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2011 | Koper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Koper | 94 | (8) |
| 2013 | → Jadran Dekani (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Venezia | 34 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Parma | 26 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Empoli | 83 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | → Palermo (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | Palermo | 19 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Slovenia U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Slovenia U18 | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | Slovenia U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Slovenia U21 | 12 | (5) |
| 2018–2021 | Slovenia | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 February 2024 | |||
Koper
Born in Koper, Štulac started his career at hometown club FC Koper. He made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut on 2 April 2011, aged 16, in a 3–0 victory against Maribor.[2]
In 2013, Štulac joined third division side Jadran Dekani on loan, where he scored four goals in 13 games.[3]
With Koper, Štulac won the Slovenian Cup during the 2014–15 season and the Slovenian Supercup in 2015.[1]
Venezia
On 15 July 2016, Štulac joined the Lega Pro side Venezia. In his first season, he gained promotion to Serie B. He also won the Coppa Italia Lega Pro with the club.[4]
Štulac scored his first Serie B goal on 24 October 2017 in a 2–1 away defeat against Cittadella. On 5 May 2018, he scored the winner in a 2–1 victory against Foggia.[citation needed]
Parma
On 30 June 2018, Štulac signed for Serie A club Parma on a five-year contract.[5]
Empoli
On 26 July 2019, Štulac signed with Serie B club Empoli.[6] With Empoli, he won promotion to Serie A in 2021, and played the 2021–22 Serie A with the Tuscanians.
Palermo
On 18 August 2022, Štulac was signed by Serie B club Palermo on a loan deal with a mandatory buying option to be exercised on certain conditions.[7]
Štulac's first season with the Rosanero was marred by injuries and was eventually cut short by a serious muscle injury that sidelined him from January until the end of the campaign.[8] Despite that, Palermo signed him permanently from Empoli and confirmed him in the first team roster.[9]
On 2 September 2023, Štulac scored his first league goal with Palermo in a 3–0 home win against Feralpisalò.[10]
Štulac played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.[11]
In March 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior national team for the friendly matches against Austria and Belarus.[12] He made his senior debut against Cyprus on 9 September 2018.[13]
- As of 1 July 2023[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Koper | 2010–11 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
| Total | 94 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 104 | 9 | |||
| Venezia | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Serie B | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Total | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 37 | 7 | |||
| Parma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Empoli | 2019–20 | Serie B | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 83 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 90 | 7 | ||||
| Palermo (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 248 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 269 | 23 | ||
- Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
Koper
Venezia[14]
- Lega Pro: 2016–17
- Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2016–17[1]
Empoli
- "Slovenia – L. Štulac". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- "Luka Koper 3–0 Maribor, 02.04.2011" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- "3. slovenska nogometna liga zahod 13/14" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- "The rebirth of Venezia FC". 19 April 2017.
- Uredništvo (30 June 2018). "Uradno: Leo Štulac podpisal za Parmo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "UFFICIALE: Empoli, presi Leo Stulac e Jacopo Dezi dal Parma". TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- "Stulac è rosanero" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "REPORT CLINICO STULAC" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- "Il Palermo riscatterà Stulac dall'Empoli: raggiunte le condizioni necessarie" (in Italian). Numero Diez. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- "Palermo-Feralpisalò, Stulac: «Primo gol emozione indescrivibile, sono felice di far parte di questo gruppo»". Ilovepalermocalcio.com (in Italian). 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- "Leo Štulac" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- STA; S. U. (14 March 2018). "Kavčič vpoklical nove obraze, Cesarja ni na seznamu". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Brdo pri Kranju. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- S. J. (9 September 2018). "Slovenija povedla, a brez točk ostala tudi na Cipru" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- Vitelli, Massimiliano (26 April 2017). "Lega Pro, il Venezia vince la Coppa Italia. Ora Inzaghi sogna il Triplete" [Lega Pro, Venezia wins Coppa Italia. Now Inzaghi dreams with the Treble]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- Leo Štulac at NZS (in Slovene)