Antonio Čolak
Antonio-Mirko Čolak (Croatian pronunciation: [tʃǒlak, tʃôlaːk];[2] born 17 September 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek club PAOK, and the Croatia national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio-Mirko Čolak | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Ludwigsburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | SGV Freiberg Fußball[1] | ||
| 2000–2008 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 2008–2010 | SGV Freiberg | ||
| 2010–2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Karlsruher SC II | 1 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 59 | (29) |
| 2013–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 30 | (10) |
| 2015–2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2017 | → FC Ingolstadt (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Rijeka (loan) | 40 | (18) |
| 2019–2020 | Rijeka | 36 | (20) |
| 2020– | PAOK | 10 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2020– | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020 | |||
Club career
Born in Ludwigsburg, Čolak made his debut on 19 October 2013 in a Bundesliga game against Eintracht Frankfurt. He entered the field after 78 minutes for Tomáš Pekhart.
On 25 July 2016, Čolak joined Darmstadt 98 on a season-long loan.[3] For the following season he was again sent out on loan, to 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt.[4] Following the mutually agreed termination of the loan at Ingolstadt, in January 2018, Čolak was loaned to HNK Rijeka in Croatia until June 2019.[5] Following the end of the loan, on 22 June 2019 Čolak officially joined HNK Rijeka on a 3-year contract.[6]
International career
On 27 August 2020 Croatia national team head coach Zlatko Dalić included Čolak in the list of players for the Nations League fixtures against Portugal on 5 September 2020 and France on 8 September 2020.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 5 October 2020[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karlsruher II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nürnberg II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Bayern | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | 31 | 12 | |||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 16 | — | — | — | 26 | 16 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 58 | 28 | — | — | — | 58 | 28 | |||||
| Nürnberg | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 10 | ||
| Hoffenheim | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kaiserslautern (loan) | 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||
| Kaiserslautern II (loan) | 2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||
| Darmstadt (loan) | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 24 | 7 | ||
| Ingolstadt (loan) | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ingolstadt II (loan) | 2017–18 | Regionalliga Bayern | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rijeka (loan) | 2017–18 | Prva HNL | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | 16 | 6 | |||
| 2018–19 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 19 | |||
| Rijeka | 2019–20 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 41 | 26 | ||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 76 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 92 | 51 | |||
| PAOK | 2020–21 | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 226 | 89 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 105 | ||
References
- "Colak, Antonio-Mirko". kicker (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "čȍlāk". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Čòlak (Čȍlāk)
- "Fix! Colak bei den Lilien gelandet". kicker (in German). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Neuzugang: Antonio Colak verstärkt den FC Ingolstadt 04". FC Ingolstadt (in German). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Antonio Čolak: Dolazak u Rijeku prava je odluka za mene". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- "Antonio Mirko Čolak potpisao trogodišnji ugovor s Rijekom i najavio još golova". Novi List (in Croatian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- "Οριστικό: Έκλεισε ο Τσόλακ στον ΠΑΟΚ, έρχεται σήμερα στη Θεσσαλονίκη" (in Greek). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "Antonio Čolak pozvan u reprezentaciju Hrvatske: 'Ovo je priznanje za mene i Rijeku'". HNK Rijeka (in Croatian). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- "A. Colak". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- "Antonio-Mirko Čolak profile". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links
- Antonio Čolak at Soccerway
- Antonio Čolak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Antonio Čolak at WorldFootball.net