Diego Živulić (; born 23 March 1992) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Oțelul Galați.

Career

Živulić started training at his local club Novigrad, before moving on to nearby Jadran Poreč. At the age of 16, he was snapped up by the first-tier club

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. After being voted the best player of the

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tournament, he was sent on loan to the third-tier side Orijent in 2010, and later to the second-tier club Pomorac. At the same time, he also became a Croatian youth international, amassing 20 caps overall for the Croatia U18 and Croatia U19 teams. In his first professional season, 2011–12, Živulić collected nine caps for Rijeka. In mid-2012, Rijeka loaned Živulić to Pomorac again, where he would remain until the end of his contract with the club, in 2014. That summer, he moved abroad, to the Czech second-tier club

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, with whom he achieved promotion to the

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the following summer. On 1 August 2019, Živulić joined Polish club

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Personal life

Živulić studied at the Faculty of Economy at the

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Honours

Fastav Zlín *

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: 2016–17 * Czechoslovak Supercup: 2017 Viktoria Plzeň *

: 2017–18 Śląsk Wrocław II * III liga, gr. III: 2019–20 Oțelul Galați *

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runner-up: 2023–24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zivulic, Diego 1992 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Rijeka players HNK Orijent players NK Pomorac 1921 players FC Zlín players FC Viktoria Plzeň players Pafos FC players Śląsk Wrocław players Diósgyőri VTK players FK Bregalnica Štip players NK Tabor Sežana players ASC Oțelul Galați players Second Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Czech First League players Cypriot First Division players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Macedonian First Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Liga I players Liga II players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 21st-century Croatian sportsmen