Vedran Kukoč (born 26 January 1976, in

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) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n retired football player. He played abroad for

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side

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

. His preferred position was central defence.

Club career

Kukoč previously played for

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek (), commonly referred to as NK Osijek (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav First Le ...

and

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

in the Croatian

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. Upon his signing for Perak, coach

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described Kukoč as "a solid player who is good in the air, very intelligent and very experienced". His assured performances confirmed Kukoč's status as a fan favourite. While at Perak, he was affectionately nicknamed Cookie by their fans. Kukoc requested, and was subsequently granted, a release at the end of the 2007 season as he wanted to get married.

References

External links

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1986 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers RNK Split players NK Primorac 1929 players HŠK Posušje players NK Osijek players HNK Šibenik players NK Solin players Perak F.C. players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Malaysia Super League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub