Josip Ćalušić
Croatian footballer
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Josip Ćalušić (born 11 October 1993) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Konyaspor. He has also represented Croatia at youth level.
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Ćalušić in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 11 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Konyaspor | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2005–2006 | Omladinac Vranjic | ||
| 2007 | Solin | ||
| 2007–2009 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2009–2010 | Omladinac Vranjic | ||
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Radnik Sesvete (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Celje | 48 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | TSC | 64 | (2) |
| 2024– | Konyaspor | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Croatia U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Croatia U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2013 | |||
Club career
Ćalušić made his league debut for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2013 against Hajduk Split.[2]
Most of his career has been linked with "Zagreb blues", specially their reserves teams, all until summer 2019, when he signed for Slovenian club NK Celje. In his second season there he managed to win the Slovenian Championship and made him earn interest from several clubs, leading to him choosing to join TSC Bačka Topola, a newly established Serbian SuperLiga club which already by then showed traces of serious contender for the top spots of the league and as one of the more organised and structured clubs. Within 2 seasons, Ćalušic and TSC qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League as a second placed club in the 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga.
On 8 January 2024, Ćalušić joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers on a permanent deal,[3][4] but on 19 January, the official contract was not signed because a medical check revealed an abnormality.[5]
Honours
Dinamo Zagreb
Celje
