Sanel Kuljic

Infobox Football biography
playername = Sanel Kuljic
fullname = Sanel Kuljic


nickname
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|10|10
cityofbirth = Grödig
countryofbirth = Austria
height = Height|m=1.79
position = Striker
currentclub = FC Magna Wr Neustadt
clubnumber = 27
youthyears = 1995-1996
youthclubs = SV Grödig BNZ Salzburg
years = 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-
clubs = SV Salzburg PSV Salzburg BSV Bad Bleiberg SV Pasching LASK Linz SV Ried FC Sion Austria Wien FC Magna Wr Neustadt
caps(goals) = 01 0(0) 32 (11) 46 (14) 14 (10) 92 (64) 22 (12) 34 (11) 02 0(1)
nationalyears = 2005-present
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 0(3)
pcupdate = 20 July 2008
ntupdate = 1 August 2008

Sanel Kuljic (born October 10, 1977 in Grödig) is an Austrian football player of Bosnian descent.

His father emigrated to Austria from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1970s. [ [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2830368 Sanel Kuljic spricht mit dem Ballesterer] at "Der Standard"]

Club career

Kuljic started his professional career in Salzburg but made his name at Second Division SV Pasching with whom he won promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga in 2002. He repeated that feat with SV Ried in 2005, when he also became 2nd division top goalscorer. In 2006 he became league top goalscorer [cite web | url = http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm | title = Österreichs Torschützenkönige | publisher = www.oberliga-a.at | accessdate = 2008-07-20] and subsequently moved abroad to join Swiss side FC Sion but controversially [ [http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0505352720070705 Soccer-Austria's Kuljic caught up in new transfer dispute] - Reuters] returned to Austria after one year when he signed for Vienna giants Austria Wien.

Sanel Kuljic left FK Austria Wien for newly formed Austrian second-division side FC Magna Wiener Neustadt [ [http://www.fcmagna.at/de/home/ FC Magna Wiener Neustadt] ] – who are acquiring the playing licence of SC Schwanenstadt for the 2008/09 campaign – and is joined by Austria Wien team-mates Yüksel Sariyar and Saso Fornezzi.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and has earned 20 caps, scoring 3 goals. Kuljic had become a regular in the national teams squad but was surprisingly overlooked for EURO 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/austria/7418407.stm Austria boss axes experienced duo] - BBC News]

Honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
** 1997
*Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
** 2006

External links

* [http://www.fcmagna.at/de/teams/get/page/kuljic-sanel/ Player profile] - FC Magna Wiener Neustadt
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=997 Profile] - Austria Archiv
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=12552 Career stats] - National Football Teams

References