Antonio Čolak
Antonio-Mirko Čolak (Croatian pronunciation: [tʃǒlak, tʃôlaːk]; born 17 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Parma. Born in Germany, he plays for the Croatia national team.
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Čolak with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Antonio-Mirko Čolak | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Ludwigsburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Parma | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | SGV Freiberg Fußball | ||
| 2000–2008 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 2008–2010 | SGV Freiberg | ||
| 2010–2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Karlsruher SC II | 1 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 58 | (28) |
| 2013–2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 30 | (10) |
| 2015–2019 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (loan) | 1 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2017 | → FC Ingolstadt II (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2017 | → FC Ingolstadt (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Rijeka (loan) | 40 | (18) |
| 2019–2020 | Rijeka | 36 | (20) |
| 2020–2022 | PAOK | 25 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Malmö FF (loan) | 26 | (14) |
| 2022–2023 | Rangers | 25 | (14) |
| 2023– | Parma | 15 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2020– | Croatia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 2 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Čolak began his senior career in the lower divisions of German football and has since gone on to play in the top flights of German, Polish, Croatian, Greek, Swedish and Scottish football. He was the top scorer in the 2019–20 Prva HNL season while playing for Croatian club HNK Rijeka. He won the 2021 Allsvenskan title while on loan at Swedish club Malmö from Greek club PAOK.
Čolak played more than 20 times for Croatia's youth national teams, before making his senior international debut for the country in November 2020, in a friendly against Turkey.