Hrvoje Sunara

Hrvoje Sunara (born 4 August 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach of both the Croatia national under-21 team and Hajduk Split.

Hrvoje Sunara
Personal information
Full name Hrvoje Sunara
Date of birth (1979-08-04) 4 August 1979
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Croatia U21 (goalkeeping coach)
Hajduk Split (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Hajduk Split 12 (0)
2004–2005 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1 (0)
2005–2007 Pomorac 52 (0)
2008–2009 Slavonac CO 40 (0)
2009–2011 Karlovac 49 (0)
2012–2014 RNK Split 0 (0)
National team‡
1998–1999 Croatia U20 3 (0)
2001 Croatia U21 4 (0)
Teams managed
2019– Croatia U21 (goalkeeping coach)
2020– Hajduk Split (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2001

A product of Hajduk Split youth academy, Sunara was promoted to their first squad in July 1999 at the age of 20. He spent the following five years with the club, mostly being their second or third choice goalkeeper, which saw him earning a mere 10 appearances for the club. In 2004, he was transferred to Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva, only to return to Croatia in July 2005. After stints with Croatian lower level sides Pomorac and Slavonac CO, he signed for NK Karlovac in July 2009, as one of the players brought in to reinforce the club for their first ever top flight season. After terminating his contract with Karlovac through arbitration in February 2012, he joined RNK Split.[1]

Sunara was considered a promising player when he was younger, and was capped seven times for Croatia's U-20 and U-21 selections between 1998 and 2001, and was part of the squad which competed at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2]

References
  1. Rupnik, Borna (19 February 2012). "Split pojačao konkurenciju na golu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. "Hrvoje Sunara statistike" (in Croatian). Hrvatski nogometni savez. Retrieved 8 November 2009.


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