Lovre Kalinic

Lovre Kalinic (Croatian pronunciation: [loːʋre kalinitɕ]; born 3 April 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa, and for the Croatia national team.

Club Career

Hajduk Split

Lovre Kalinic made his HNK Hajduk Split debut on 23 April 2011, under manager Ante Mise at the age of 21 years and 20 days, in a Prva HNL match against NK Slaven Belupo, which his side won 2–1.

After loans to Junak Sinj in 2009, Novalja in 2010 and Karlovac in 2012, Hajduk manager Igor Tudor brought Lovre Kalinic back to Hajduk Split to be the number one goalkeeper for the 2013–14 season.

In the 2015–16 season, Kalinic set a new record for most consecutive minutes without a goal conceded in the 1. HNL. The goalkeeper went eight games, or 775 minutes, without conceding a goal. The previous record was held by Zoran Slavica, who went 711 minutes without conceding a goal in the Prva HNL.

As a result of being part of Croatia's UEFA Euro 2016 squad, Kalinic missed the first three rounds of Hajduk's 2016–17 season, being granted an extended holiday by Hajduk boss Marijan Pusnik. He made his return on 28 July 2016, where Hajduk defeated FC Oleksandriya 3–0 in the Third Round of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League qualifying at CSC Nika Stadium, keeping a clean sheet. In September 2016, Kalinic signed a new five-year contract with Hajduk. In his time at Hajduk, Kalinic made 134 official appearances across seven seasons. In total, Kalinic spent 17 years of junior and senior football with Hajduk.

Gent

On 27 December 2016, Hajduk announced that Lovre Kalinic had played his last game for the club, with a move to Belgian First Division A side K.A.A. Gent completed. The transfer fee is the highest fee for a goalkeeper in the history of the Prva HNL. The €3.1m transfer fee will make Kalinic the most expensive player in Gent's history. He was named Best Goalkeeper in the

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