Peter Antonio Žulj (; born 9 June 1993) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, and the Austria national team.

Career

Žulj was developed by the youth system of

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, but he never appeared for the club's first team. After loan spells in the

Austrian Football First League The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...

with

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and Hartberg, he joined

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

side Wolfsberger AC in January 2014. On 9 May 2018, he played in the game in which Sturm Graz beat Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18

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. In January 2019, he signed a 3.5 years contract with

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. On 11 January 2021, he was loaned to Turkish

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club Göztepe. On 23 June 2021, he signed a 3 years with

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. On 12 January 2022, he was loaned to Hungarian

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club Fehérvár. On 1 September 2022, Žulj joined

club

International career

In February 2014, Žulj was called up the Austria under-21 squad for the first time. He debuted for the senior

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in a friendly 4–0 win over

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on 27 March 2018.

Personal life

Žulj was born in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the H ...

, Austria and is of Burgenland Croatian descent. Peter Žulj is the younger brother of Robert Žulj, who is also a professional footballer.

Career Statistics

Honours

Sturm Graz *

: 2017–18 Individual *

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Team of the Year: 2017–18

References

External links

OFB Profile
1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Wels Footballers from Upper Austria Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian people of Croatian descent Burgenland Croats Men's association football midfielders Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players Belgian Pro League players Süper Lig players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players SV Grödig players TSV Hartberg players Wolfsberger AC players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players SV Ried players SK Sturm Graz players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Göztepe S.K. footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Fehérvár FC players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub