Kaja Rogulj Explained

Kaja Rogulj
Height:1.87 m
Birth Date:1986 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Split, Croatia
Position:Centre back
Youthyears1:1995–1997
Youthclubs1:NK BŠK Zmaj Blato
Youthyears2:1997–2003
Youthyears3:2003–2005
Youthclubs2:Hajduk Split
Youthclubs3:Omiš
Years1:2005
Caps1:9
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Posušje
Years2:2006
Caps2:9
Goals2:1
Clubs2:Segesta
Years3:2006–2008
Caps3:52
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Posušje
Years4:2008–2011
Caps4:76
Goals4:4
Clubs4:Slaven Belupo
Years5:2011–2014
Caps5:72
Goals5:3
Clubs5:Austria Wien
Years6:2012
Caps6:1
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Austria Wien II
Years7:2014–2017
Caps7:25
Goals7:0
Clubs7:Luzern
Years8:2017
Caps8:15
Goals8:0
Clubs8:Le Mont (loan)
Years9:2017–2018
Caps9:3
Goals9:1
Clubs9:Žalgiris
Years10:2018
Caps10:5
Goals10:0
Clubs10:Dugopolje
Years11:2018–2019
Caps11:21
Goals11:1
Clubs11:Horn

Kaja Rogulj (born 15 June 1986) is a Croatian retired football player who played as a defender.[1]

Club career

Rogulj started his football career at the NK BŠK Zmaj Blato on the island of Korčula,[2] before moving to the HNK Hajduk Split, where he spent most of his formative years in a generation that featured, among others, Drago Gabrić and Tomislav Bušić. In 2003, however, he moved on to the NK Omiš U-19 team, where he spent the following two years.[3]

He played his first senior team matches, however, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at NK Posušje where he moved in 2005, and where he spent, apart from a half-season stint at HNK Segesta the following three years.[4]

In 2008, he moved back to Croatia, to NK Slaven Belupo, featuring soon in a 2-1 aggregate UEFA Cup second qualifying round upset against Aris Thessaloniki FC before being eliminated by CSKA Moscow. On 3 March 2009, in a match against Dinamo Zagreb Kaja received an instant red card after a particularly nasty tackle on Mario Mandžukić. Later on, he was suspended for two games and had to pay a fine of around 700.[5] He remained a first team regular until the end of his stint at Slaven, and featured in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifiers, until his team was eliminated by Tromsø IL.

In the summer of 2011, he moved to Austria Wien,[6] signing a 2+1 year contract, with director Thomas Parits praising his jumping, timing and tackling.[7] After a rocky first season, he established himself as a first-team player in the 2012/13 season, winning the 2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga with his club, and making his debut in the UEFA Champions League in 2013. After eliminating GNK Dinamo Zagreb with 4-3 on aggregate, Rogulj played in all group matches against Zenit Staint Petersburg, Atlético Madrid and FC Porto but one.

In the summer of 2014, he moved on to the Swiss team FC Luzern.[8]

In 30 October 2017, he became a member of FK Žalgiris in Lithuania.[9]

Rogulj retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://dugopolje.org/dudu-pojacao-dugopolje/ Dudu pojačao Dugopolje
  2. http://dubrovacki.hr/clanak/29586/zmaj-za-gorana Zmaj za Gorana
  3. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/sport/hajduk/clanak/id/30340/gabricev-prijatelj-iz-belupa-drago-je-sve-nervozniji-zbog-male-place-u-hajduku Gabrićev prijatelj iz Belupa: Drago je sve nervozniji zbog male plaće u Hajduku
  4. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/sport/hajduk/clanak/id/30340/gabricev-prijatelj-iz-belupa-drago-je-sve-nervozniji-zbog-male-place-u-hajduku Gabrićev prijatelj iz Belupa: Drago je sve nervozniji zbog male plaće u Hajduku
  5. http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/rogulju-dvije-utakmice-neigranja-zbog-mesarskog-starta-na-mandzukicu/423773.aspx Rogulj suspended
  6. Kaja Rogulj Austrian career stats
  7. http://www.1911aktuell.at/4834-vorab-austria-verpflichtet-innenverteidiger-kaja-rogulj Offiziell bestätigt: Kaja Rogulj wechselt zur Austria!
  8. https://www.radiopilatus.ch/artikel/133745/kroatischer-innenverteidiger-fuer-den-fc-luzern Kroatischer Innenverteidiger für den FC Luzern
  9. Web site: Gynybos spragas lopys patyręs kroatas . www.fkzalgiris.lt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105030651/http://www.fkzalgiris.lt/naujienos/n6971_gynybos_spragas_lopys_patyres_kroatas.html . 2017-11-05.
  10. https://www.spox.com/at/sport/fussball/oesterreich/1906/Artikel/ex-austria-meisterkicker-kaja-rogulj-beendet-karriere-mit-32-jahren.html Ex-Austria-Meisterkicker Kaja Rogulj beendet Karriere mit 32 Jahren