Mladen Bartulović (born 5 October 1986) is a Croatian

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manager and former player. He spent most of his playing career in

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representing various clubs from Central Ukraine: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Vorskla Poltava,

Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukra ...

, and others.

Club career

Bartulović made his professional debut for Hajduk Split in 2004. In 2005 he appeared for the first time in continental competitions (

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). While the Hajduk's performance was poor at international stage, Bartulović was noticed by scouts. From 2006 he played in Ukraine. At first Bartulović was a regular on the Dnipro's first team in 2006–07 season, but following seasons he started to play for the club's reserves and later was loaned to Dnipro's unofficial farm club Kryvbas, for which he capped over 100 games at the

. In 2015–16 he played for Vorskla Poltava.

International career

Bartulović made his debut for

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in a February 2006

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against

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and earned a total of two caps. His second and final international was a November 2009 friendly against

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Personal life

His wife Natalya is a daughter of the Ukrainian football coach

Serhiy Bashkyrov Serhiy Hennadiyovych Bashkyrov ( uk, Сергій Геннадійович Башкиров; 11 March 1959 – 19 September 2023) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football coach and player. Personal life and death Native of the Volga Region Chuvas ...

Honors

Inhulets Petrove *

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: 2019–20 Miedź Legnica *

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: 2017–18 Hajduk Split *

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: 2004–05 *

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: 2004, 2005 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

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: runner-up 2014–15

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* * * 1986 births Living people People from Kakanj Sportspeople from Zenica-Doboj Canton Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Vorskla Poltava players Miedź Legnica players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Inhulets Petrove players Croatian Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players I liga players Ukrainian First League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Croatian football managers FC Inhulets Petrove managers FC Zorya Luhansk managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Ukraine {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub