Hrvoje Kurtović Explained

Hrvoje Kurtović
Birth Date:1983 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Defensive midfielder
Years1:2003–2005
Years2:2006
Clubs2:Zadar
Years3:2006–2008
Years4:2008
Years5:2009–2016
Clubs5:Osijek
Caps5:167
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:Croatia U18
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2001
Nationalteam2:Croatia U19
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Pcupdate:9 November 2014
Ntupdate:9 November 2014

Hrvoje Kurtović (born 6 October 1983) is a retired Croatian football midfielder, who last played for Osijek in the Prva HNL.[1]

Club career

Born in Osijek, Croatia, Kurtović got his first opportunity to play for his hometown Prva HNL club, and at the highest level of Croatian football at the beginning of 2009, aged 25, under Tomislav Steinbrückner, after Goran Todorčev got sidelined due to three yellow cards.[2] He remained a fixture in the first team, ever since - a strongly divisive figure, lauded by some, including his coaches[3] <, for tenaciousness and his work rate,[4] [5] but dismissed by many for an alleged lack of technical abilities and proneness to errors.[6] [7] He nevertheless became the team's captain in 2014, after Ivo Smoje's retirement from professional football.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hrvoje Kurtović . uefa.com . 2014 . 2 September 2014.
  2. http://www.osijek031.com/osijek.php?topic_id=21367 NK Osijek: Kurtović ulazi na zadnjeg veznog
  3. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/234357/6/Kurtovic-Igram-pod-injekcijama-a-za-Rukavinu-sam-spreman-skociti-u-bunar Kurtović: Igram pod injekcijama, a za Rukavinu sam spreman skočiti u bunar
  4. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/234357/6/Kurtovic-Igram-pod-injekcijama-a-za-Rukavinu-sam-spreman-skociti-u-bunar Kurtović: Igram pod injekcijama, a za Rukavinu sam spreman skočiti u bunar
  5. http://www.cro-manager.net/volim-nogomet/nk-osijek/ NK Osijek
  6. http://www.cro-manager.net/volim-nogomet/nk-osijek/ NK Osijek
  7. http://www.nogometplus.net/nogometplusnet/tekst/TabId/98/ArtMID/508/ArticleID/1129/NK-Osijek-%C5%A1to-promijeniti-za-bolji-nastavak-sezone.aspx#.VF81H2dSeLU NK Osijek - što promijeniti za bolji nastavak sezone?
  8. http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/234357/6/Kurtovic-Igram-pod-injekcijama-a-za-Rukavinu-sam-spreman-skociti-u-bunar Kurtović: Igram pod injekcijama, a za Rukavinu sam spreman skočiti u bunar