Nenad Pralija
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 December 1970 | ||
Place of birth |
SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1993 | RNK Split | ||
1993–1996 | Hajduk Split | 70 | (32) |
1996–1998 | Espanyol | 42 | (4) |
1998–1999 | Hajduk Split | 16 | (4) |
1999–2000 |
Reggina | 23 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Maccabi Haifa | 81 | (21) |
2003–2005 | Hajduk Split | 44 | (3) |
2005–2007 |
Trogir | 17 | (3) |
Total | 293 | (67) | |
International career | |||
1993 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Croatia | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nenad Pralija[pronunciation?] (born 11 December 1970) is a Croatian retired football midfielder, who most notably played for Hajduk Split and the Croatia national football team.
Club career
Pralija started his career at his hometown club
After three successful years at Hajduk, Pralija moved to
After Maccabi, he returned to Hajduk again in 2003. At first he was a first-team regular and even captained the team for a while, but soon after
International career
He debuted for Croatia on 11 June 1995 against Ukraine, coming on as a substitute for Aljoša Asanović.[2] He played a total of 11 games[3] for the national side (and scored a single goal in a friendly versus Czech Republic), but failed to leave a deeper mark during Miroslav Blažević's reign. He was quoted as saying that he was "born in a wrong era, since it was impossible to win a place on the team which had the likes of players such as Aljoša Asanović, Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinečki."[1] His last appearance for Croatia was on 12 June 1997 in the starting lineup of a friendly against Turkey, and was substituted by Miljenko Mumlek just after the hour mark.[4]
Honours
Club
Hajduk Split
Maccabi Haifa
International
Croatia
Individual
- Heart of Hajduk Award: 1995, 1996
References
- ^ a b "Povratak Hajdučkog srca" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Appearances for Croatia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Nenad Pralija - Statistike" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
External links
- Nenad Pralija at WorldFootball.net
- Nenad Pralija at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nenad Pralija at FBref.com
- Nenad Pralija at EU-Football.info
- Nenad Pralija Interview published by Slobodna Dalmacija daily in 2003 (in Croatian)
- Profile of Nenad Pralija on Maccabi Haifa's official website[permanent dead link] (in Hebrew)
- Profile and statistics of Nenad Pralija on One.co.il (in Hebrew)