Anton Krešić (; born 29 January 1996) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

Club career

Atalanta

Loan to Trapani

On 11 July 2016, Krešić was loaned to

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club

Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai ...

on a season-long loan deal. On 1 October he made his professional debut in the Serie B for Trapani as a substitute replacing Caio de Cenco in the 85th minute of a 2–0 home defeat against

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. On 24 December he played his first entire match for Trapani, a 3–1 away defeat against

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

. Krešić ended his season-long loan to Trapani with 11 appearances, including 10 as a starter.

Loan to Avellino

On 15 July 2017, Krešić was signed by

side

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on a season-long loan deal. On 15 September he made his Serie B debut for Avellino as a substitute replacing Leonardo Morosini in the 64th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against

. On 18 September he played his first entire match for Avellino, a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 30 September, Krešić scored his first professional goal in the 53rd minute of a 3–2 home win over

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. On 8 October he scored his second goal in the 65th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against

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. On 15 October he scored his third goal in the 48th minute of a 3–2 home defeat against

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. Krešić ended his loan to Avellino with 25 appearances and 3 goals.

Loan to Cremonese

On 12 July 2018 he was loaned once again in Serie B, this time to

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Loan to Carpi

On 8 January 2019 he joined

club

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on loan.

Loan to Padova

On 11 July 2019, Krešić joined

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

on loan with an option to buy. On 27 August 2020 the loan was renewed for the 2020–21 season.

Rijeka

On 16 July 2021, he moved to

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He returned to Rijeka on a permanent basis on 2 July 2022.

CFR Cluj

On 17 June 2024, Krešić joined Romanian

club

on a permanent basis following a successful loan spell the previous season.

International

He was on the roster for Croatia at the

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Rijeka *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

runner-up: 2021–22 CFR Cluj *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: 2024–25 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kresic, Anton 1996 births Living people People from Dieburg Footballers from Darmstadt (region) German people of Croatian descent Men's association football defenders German men's footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Atalanta BC players FC Trapani 1905 players US Avellino 1912 players US Cremonese players AC Carpi players Calcio Padova players HNK Rijeka players CFR Cluj players HNK Gorica players Serie B players Serie C players Croatian Football League players Liga I players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania 21st-century German sportsmen