Andrej Prskalo

Andrej Prskalo
Personal information
Full name Andrej Prskalo
Date of birth (1987-05-01) 1 May 1987
Place of birth Labin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 32
Youth career
?–2001 Jedinstvo Omladinac
2001–2005 Rudar Labin
2005–2006 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Rijeka 0 (0)
2006 → Rudar Labin (loan)
2007–2008 → Orijent (loan) 33 (0)
2009–2010 → Pomorac (loan) 39 (0)
2010–2013 Istra 1961 41 (0)
2014– Rijeka 57 (0)
National team‡
2017– Croatia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2017

Andrej Prskalo (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎndrej př̩ːskalo];[1][2] born 1 May 1987) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Rijeka in Croatia's Prva HNL.


Career

Early years in HNK Rijeka

Prskalo signed his first professional contract with HNK Rijeka on 5 August 2005. During his first season at the club they won the 2006 Croatian Cup. Prskalo was the third choice goalkeeper and did not play a single match. During his next four seasons at the club he was loaned out to low tier clubs NK Rudar Labin, NK Pomorac Kostrena and NK Orijent Rijeka.[3]

NK Istra 1961

On 2 July 2010 Prskalo signed to NK Istra 1961 on a free transfer.[4]

Prskalo played his first match during the first match of the season against Hajduk Split coming in as a substitute for Igor Lovrić who had conceded five goals. The match ended 6:1 for Hajduk with Prskalo conceding a goal from a penalty kick in the '81 minute.[5]

Prskalo competed in 49 competitive matches for Istra.[6]

HNK Rijeka

On 14 January 2014 Prskalo returned to HNK Rijeka on a free transfer.[7]

Prskalo made his debut for the club 5 days later on 19 January in a friendly match against Videoton FC in which the match ended in 2:2 draw.[8] He made his competitive debut for the club on 10 May against Lokomotiva Zagreb in 1:5 win for HNK Rijeka.[9] Prskalo spent the next two seasons as a substitute for Ivan Vargić playing 18 matches in official competitions.

He played his first European match during the Third qualifying round of the 2014-15 Europa League against Víkingur Gøta. Rijeka won the match 4:0.[10] Prskalo played in a notable 3:0 win against Hajduk Split on 18 February 2015. The match was the last Adriatic derby to be played on Rijeka's stadium Kantrida.[11]

At the beginning of the 2016–17 season Prskalo became the first choice goalkeeper for the club. During the season due to the injury of captain Mate Maleš Prskalo captained his side to winning the clubs first league title and first double.[12] Prskalo was the best goalkeeper of the league that season having 21 clean sheets.[13] Prskalo missed out on the next season due to a muscle injury. He was only able to play 14 matches in all competitions and was replaced by Simon Sluga.[14]

Personal life

His father Mirko was also a football player. He is the nephew of former handball player Mladen Prskalo.

Career statistics

Club

Season Club League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2005–06RijekaPrva HNL––––00
2006–07––––00
Rijeka total 0000000000
2006–07Rudar Labin (loan)Treća HNL–10––10
Rudar Labin total 0010000010
2007–08Orijent (loan)Treća HNL330–––330
Orijent total 330000000330
2008–09Pomorac (loan)Druga HNL100–––100
2009–1029020––310
Pomorac total 390200000410
2010–11Istra 1961Prva HNL4010–130180
2011–1213040–70240
2012–1319010–60260
2013–145020–30100
Istra 1961 total 4108000290780
2013–14RijekaPrva HNL2000–5070
2014–1580301050170
2015–162020–100140
2016–173604020140560
2017–1890104080220
2018–190010–90100
Rijeka total 570110705101260
Career total 1700220708002790
Last Update: 26 September 2018.[15]
1 Played in Croatian Cup and Croatian Super Cup with HNK Rijeka, Rudar Labin, Pomorac and Istra 1961.
2 Played in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League with HNK Rijeka.
3 Includes friendly matches with Istra 1961 and HNK Rijeka..

International appearances

Croatia national team
YearAppsGoals
201710

Honours

Club

Rijeka[16]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Àndrija". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-19. Àndrej
  2. ↑ "pŕskati". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-19. Pŕskalo
  3. ↑ "Andrej Prskalo postao novi vratar Rijeke". www.labin.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  4. ↑ "Prskalo potpisao za Rijeku". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Sudar razbijenih europskih snova". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  6. ↑ "Andrej Prskalo iz Istre 1961 odlazi u Italiju". www.5portal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Prskalo potpisao za Rijeku". www.rijekadanas.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  8. ↑ "Rijeka - Videoton 2:2; pogledajte golove na videu". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  9. ↑ "Lokomotiva 1:5 Rijeka". hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  10. ↑ "Rijeka - Víkingur 4:0 (1:0)". www.hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  11. ↑ "Andrej Prskalo: Bit ću kao tata, branit ću do 45". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  12. ↑ "Mate Maleš i Andrej Prskalo: 'Još nismo svjesni da smo napravili to što smo napravili'". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  13. ↑ "NAJBOLJI VRATAR HNL-a Andrej Prskalo u jednom trenutku htio prekinuti karijeru". www.sportcom.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  14. ↑ "Loša vijest: Vratar Andrej Prskalo upitan za sutra zbog aduktora, Čanađija ide u "Olimpiju"?". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  15. ↑ "Andrej Prskalo". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "NEOČEKIVANI HEROJ Znate li tko je najtrofejniji igrač u povijesti Rijeke?". Novi list. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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