Leo Štulac

Leo Štulac (born 26 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Palermo, on loan from Empoli. He represents the Slovenia national team.[1]

Leo Štulac
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994
Place of birth Koper, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Palermo
(on loan from Empoli)
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2011 Koper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Koper 94 (8)
2013 → Jadran Dekani (loan) 13 (4)
2016–2018 Venezia 34 (6)
2018–2019 Parma 26 (0)
2019– Empoli 83 (7)
2022– → Palermo (loan) 10 (0)
International career‡
2010 Slovenia U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 Slovenia U18 11 (1)
2012 Slovenia U19 7 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U21 12 (5)
2018– Slovenia 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Club career

Koper

Born in Koper, Štulac started his career at hometown club FC Koper. He made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut on 2 April 2011, aged only 16 years and 6 months, in a 3–0 victory against Maribor.[2]

In 2013, Štulac joined third division side Jadran Dekani on loan, where he scored four goals in 13 games.[3]

With Koper, Štulac won the Slovenian Cup during the 2014–15 season and the Slovenian Supercup in 2015.[1]

Venezia

On 15 July 2016, Štulac joined the Lega Pro side Venezia. In his first season, he gained promotion to Serie B. He also won the Coppa Italia Lega Pro with the club.[4]

Štulac scored his first Serie B goal on 24 October 2017, in a 2–1 away defeat against Cittadella. On 5 May 2018, he scored the winner in a 2–1 victory against Foggia.

Parma

On 30 June 2018, Štulac signed for Serie A club Parma on a five-year contract.[5]

Empoli

On 26 July 2019, Štulac signed with Serie B club Empoli.[6] With Empoli, he won promotion to Serie A in 2021, and played the 2021–22 Serie A with the Tuscanians.

Palermo

On 18 August 2022, Štulac was signed by Serie B club Palermo, on a loan deal with a conditional mandatory option to buy.[7]

International career

Štulac played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.[8]

In March 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior national team for the friendly matches against Austria and Belarus.[9] He made his senior debut against Cyprus on 9 September 2018.[10]

Honours

Koper

Venezia[11]

Empoli

References
  1. "Slovenia – L. Štulac". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. "Luka Koper 3–0 Maribor, 02.04.2011" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. "3. slovenska nogometna liga zahod 13/14" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. "The rebirth of Venezia FC". 19 April 2017.
  5. Uredništvo (30 June 2018). "Uradno: Leo Štulac podpisal za Parmo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "UFFICIALE: Empoli, presi Leo Stulac e Jacopo Dezi dal Parma". TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. "Stulac è rosanero" (in Italian). Palermo F.C. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  8. "Leo Štulac" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  9. STA; S. U. (14 March 2018). "Kavčič vpoklical nove obraze, Cesarja ni na seznamu". Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). Brdo pri Kranju. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  10. S. J. (9 September 2018). "Slovenija povedla, a brez točk ostala tudi na Cipru" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  11. Vitelli, Massimiliano (26 April 2017). "Lega Pro, il Venezia vince la Coppa Italia. Ora Inzaghi sogna il Triplete" [Lega Pro, Venezia wins Coppa Italia. Now Inzaghi dreams with the Treble]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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