Daniel Štefulj (born 8 November 1999) is a Croatian

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er who plays as a

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for Hungarian club Győri ETO.

Club career

Štefulj spent his youth years with Međimurje,

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and

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. He started his senior career with NK Zagreb in 2017. In February 2018, he was signed by

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 ...

of the Croatian top division. Rijeka loaned Štefulj to

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in 2018, and then to

in 2019. In January 2020, he returned to Rijeka.

Personal life

His father

Danijel Štefulj Danijel Štefulj (born 2 June 1973) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. During his 16-year-long professional career, Štefulj played for several clubs in Croatia and Germany, most notably Croatia Zagreb (now ...

was also a footballer.

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* 1999 births People from Hanover Region Footballers from Lower Saxony Living people Men's association football fullbacks Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Zagreb players HNK Rijeka players NK Krško Posavje players NK Varaždin (2012) players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Celje players NK Slaven Belupo players Győri ETO FC players Croatian Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub