Ante Puljić (born 5 November 1987) is a

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who plays as defender.

Career

Born in

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, Puljić spent most of his career in Croatia, first passing through the ranks of

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

's academy, and them joining second-level side

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on a free transfer in the summer of 2006. After establishing himself as a first team regular and helping the club win promotion to top level at the end of the 2006–07 season, Puljić went on to spend the following five seasons at the club making 106 first league appearances for Zadar. In July 2011 his contract at Zadar ended and he signed for

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

's farm team

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and after only one appearance for Lokomotiva in the

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season, he was transferred on a year-long loan to Dinamo in August, but was returned to Lokomotiva in January 2012. On 23 December he signed a contract binding him to

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till 2017, starting 3 January 2014. In September 2019, he signed a contract with

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Statistics

Honours

;KAA Gent *

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: 2014–15

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* * 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Ljubuški Footballers from West Herzegovina Canton Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Zadar players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players K.A.A. Gent players FC Dinamo București players FC Tom Tomsk players Al Faisaly FC players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Croatian Football League players Belgian Pro League players Liga I players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Saudi Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Israel 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub