Karlo Žiger
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karlo Žiger[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Sesvete (on loan from Gorica) | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2017 | NK Zagreb | ||
2017–2019 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Sutton United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Rudar Velenje (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2022– | Gorica | 0 | (0) |
2023– | → Sesvete (loan) | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:18, 12 October 2023 (UTC) |
Karlo Žiger (born 11 May 2001) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prva NL side Sesvete on loan from Gorica.
Career
[edit]Žiger started his career with English Premier League side Chelsea.[2][3][4] Before the second half of 2018–19, he was sent on loan to Sutton United in the English fifth tier.[5][6] In 2021, Žiger was sent on loan to Slovenian second tier club Rudar Velenje.[7] In 2022, he signed for Gorica in the Croatian top flight.[8] Ahead of the 2023–24 campaign, Žiger joined Prva NL side, Sesvete on a season-long loan.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 6 October 2023.[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea | 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chelsea U23 | 2020–21 | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Sutton United (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Rudar Velenje (loan) | 2021–22 | 2. SNL | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
Gorica | 2022–23 | Prva HNL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Prva HNL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Sesvete (loan) | 2023–24 | Prva NL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Career total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
- ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance in the FA Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2021/22 released lists". Premier League. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "How British Football Clubs Secretly Signed Youth Talent". spiegel.de.
- ^ "How Chelsea bought a 12 year-old Croatian for 808,000 pounds and breached FIFA rules on the transfer of minors". nacional.hr.
- ^ "Tko je hrvatski vratarski wunderkind koji je izbacio Dinamo? S 13 godina otišao u Chelsea i oduševio". gol.dnevnik.hr.
- ^ "LEGENDARNI TRENER O MLADOM HRVATU KOJI JE SRUŠIO DINAMO 'SVI U NJEGOVOJ OBITELJI SU GOLMANDŽIJE, A KARLOVE PREDNOSTI SU REFLEKS, BRZINA I IGRA NOGOM'". sportske.jutarnji.hr.
- ^ "Svi se pitaju tko je on: Srušio je Dinamove snove, a sad nastupa za engleskog diva". vecernji.hr.
- ^ "Proveo je osam godina u Chelseaju, frustrirao dinamovce, sad traži priliku u HNL-u". index.hr.
- ^ "Jedinicu uzeo Karlo Žiger: "Novi Kotarski" stigao iz Chelseaja". cityportal.hr.
- ^ "Sportske novosti - Svježa lica Gorice u novoj sezoni: 'Vjerujemo da je Lenny jako dobar izbor, podsjeća na Antu Rebića'". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "K. Ziger". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Karlo Žiger at the Croatian Football Federation
- Karlo Žiger at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Zagreb
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Croatian men's footballers
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- Chelsea F.C. players
- HNK Gorica players
- NK Rudar Velenje players
- NK Sesvete players
- Sutton United F.C. players
- Slovenian Second League players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Croatian football biography stubs