Karlo Letica (; born 11 February 1997) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Romanian

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club

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Club career

Hajduk Split and lower division loans

Letica kicked off his career with

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

in 2015 after arriving to the academy in 2008. He spent the initial years in loan spells. His first loan spell came in February 2015, when he joined

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of the third tier along with five other Hajduk players. His second loan spell was to NK Val of the same tier. In August 2016, he was loaned off again, this time to second tier club Rudeš where he made his debut in the

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qualifiers. In August 2017, Letica made his debut for Hajduk when he featured in a 1–0 league victory against

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where he kept a clean sheet. On 11 March 2018, Letica scored his first professional goal in injury time against Istra 1961 for a 3–2 victory.

Club Brugge

On 15 June 2018, Letica moved abroad and signed a four-year contract with Belgian club

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SPAL (loan)

On 20 August 2019, Letica joined Italian

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club

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on loan with an option to buy.

Sampdoria (loan)

On 5 October 2020, Letica joined Italian

club

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on loan with an option to buy.

CFR Cluj

On 11 October 2021, he moved to Romania to sign with defending

champions

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Hermannstadt

On 12 October 2022, Letica joined Romanian

club

agreeing to a one-year deal , with an option to extend for a further year.

International career

Letica was a part of the Croatia U19 team that played in

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. In August 2017, he was called to the Croatia U21 fot matches against Moldova and Austria. He made his debut against Austria which ended in a 1–1 draw. In May 2018 he was named in the Croatia national team's preliminary 32-man squad for the

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in Russia, but did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

Honours

Club Brugge *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

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CFR Cluj *

: 2021–22

References

External links

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Hajduk Split profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Letica, Karlo 1997 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football goalkeepers Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers NK Mosor players NK Rudeš players HNK Hajduk Split players Club Brugge KV players S.P.A.L. players U.C. Sampdoria players CFR Cluj players FC Hermannstadt players Second Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Belgian Pro League players Serie A players Liga I players Croatian expatriate footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Romania