Kristijan Čaval (born 11 October 1978) is a retired Croatian football midfielder, who played for NK Rijeka in Croatia's Prva HNL for most of his career.

Kristijan Čaval
Personal information
Full name Kristijan Čaval
Date of birth (1978-10-11) 11 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Grobničan
1994–1997 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 Rijeka 130 (12)
2005 Kamen Ingrad 8 (0)
2006 Dinamo Tirana 16 (1)
2006–2007 Šibenik 28 (4)
2007–2010 Slaven Belupo 57 (6)
2010–2013 Rijeka 66 (2)
2016–2017 Grobničan 23 (4)
International career
1998 Croatia U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2017

Club career

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Čaval played two matches for the Croatia national under-20 football team in 1998.[1]

He came out of retirement in 2016 to play for fourth-tier club NK Grobničan.[2]

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1998–99 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 6 0 1 0 7 0
1999–00 11 2 0 0 0 0 11 2
2000–01 22 4 0 0 3 0 25 4
2001–02 20 1 3 0 25 4
2002–03 24 1 1 0 2 0 27 1
2003–04 24 2 4 1 28 3
2004–05 23 2 7 1 2 0 32 3
2005–06 NK Kamen Ingrad Prva HNL 8 0 4 1 7 0
Albania League Albanian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2005–06 FK Dinamo Tirana Albanian Superliga 16 1 2 0 18 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2006–07 HNK Šibenik Prva HNL 28 4 2 0 30 4
2007–08 NK Slaven Belupo Prva HNL 26 5 4 0 1 0 32 5
2008–09 17 1 3 1 6 1 26 3
2009–10 14 0 0 0 14 0
2010–11 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 24 1 2 0 26 1
2011–12 24 1 0 0 24 1
2012–13 18 1 0 0 24 1
Country Croatia 289 24 31 4 0 0 14 1 334 29
Albania 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
Total 305 25 33 4 0 0 14 1 352 30

Honours

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Rijeka
Grobničan

References

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  1. ^ "Kristijan Čaval". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Kakva krema nogometnih ikona se skuplja u NK Grobničanu!". germanijak.hr. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Kristijan Čaval statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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