Karlo Letica

Karlo Letica (Croatian pronunciation: [kâːrlo lětitsa];[2][3] born 11 February 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I side CFR Cluj.

Karlo Letica
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 23
Youth career
2005–2008 Omiš
2008–2014 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Hajduk Split 19 (1)
2015 → Mosor (loan)[1] 16 (0)
2015 → Val (loan)[1] 13 (0)
2016 → Rudeš (loan) 18 (0)
2018–2021 Club Brugge 12 (0)
2019–2020 → SPAL (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2021 → Sampdoria (loan) 1 (0)
2021– CFR Cluj 2 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Croatia U19 14 (0)
2017–2018 Croatia U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2017

Club career

Letica kicked off his career with Hajduk Split in 2015 after arriving to the academy in 2008. He spent the initial years in loan spells.[4] His first loan spell came in February 2015, when he joined NK Mosor of the third tier along with five other Hajduk players.[5] His second loan spell was to NK Val of the same tier.[6] In August 2016, he was loaned off again, this time to second tier club Rudeš where he made his debut in the Croatian Football Cup qualifiers.[7]

In August 2017, Letica made his debut for Hajduk when he featured in a 1–0 league victory against Slaven Belupo where he kept a clean sheet.[8][9] On 11 March 2018, Letica scored his first professional goal in injury time against Istra 1961 for a 3–2 victory.[10]

On 15 June 2018, Letica moved abroad and signed a four-year contract with Belgian club Club Brugge KV.[11]

On 20 August 2019, Letica joined Italian Serie A club SPAL on loan with an option to buy.[12]

On 11 October 2021, he moved to Romania to sign with defending Liga I champions CFR Cluj.[13]

International career

Letica was a part of the Croatia U19 team that played in 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[14] In August 2017, he was called to the Croatia U21 fot matches against Moldova and Austria.[15] He made his debut against Austria which ended in a 1–1 draw.[16]

In May 2018 he was named in the Croatia national team's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia,[17] but did not make the final 23.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rudeš (loan) 2016–17[19] Druga HNL 18010——190
Hajduk Split 2017–18[19] Prva HNL 1913000—221
Club Brugge 2018–19[19] Belgian First Division A 120003[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0160
SPAL (loan) 2019–20[19] Serie A 10000——100
Sampdoria (loan) 2020–21[19] Serie A 1010——20
CFR Cluj 2021–22[19] Liga I 1000——10
Career total 611503010701
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in Belgian Supercup

Honours

Club Brugge

References
  1. "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. "Kȃrlo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Kȃrlo
  3. "Léto". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Lètica
  4. "Karlo Letica, visoki Hajdukov golman: Hvala dragom Bogu da mi je dao priliku. Na meni je da je iskoristim [Karlo Letica, Hajduk goalkeeper: Thank you God for this opportunity]". Slobodan Dalmacija. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. "Prometno u Žrnovnici: Mosor doveo Luku Vučka i petoricu igrača [Traffic in Žrnovnica: Mosor brought the number of the Vučka and five players]". Dalmacija News. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. "Toni Gabric: Hajduk has the best goalkeepers in Croatia". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. "Golman Hajduka na posudbi u Rudešu [Hajduk goalman on loan to Rudeš]". Nogometplus. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  8. "Debi iz snova za Leticu: Bilo je treme, ali za ovo sam radio 15 godina [Dream Debi for Letica: It was tremendous, but for this I've been working for 15 years]". Goal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  9. "Karlo Letica: Thanks to my teammates for keeping a cleansheet in debut". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  10. "Karlo Letica zabio za Hajduk: Real me želi | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  11. "Karlo Letica naar Club Brugge [Karlo Letica to Club Brugge]" (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  12. "UFFICIALE: SPAL, preso Letica in prestito con diritto di riscatto". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  13. "BUN VENIT, KARLO LETICA!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  14. "Karlo Letica pozvan na EP U-19!". Hajdučki Portal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  15. "Seven Hajduk players on international duty". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  16. "Hajduk players on international duties". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  17. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23 man and preliminary lists and when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  18. "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  19. "K. Letica". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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