Diego Živulić (Croatian pronunciation: [ʒǐʋulitɕ]; born 23 March 1992) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slovenian club Tabor Sežana.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tabor Sežana | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | Novigrad[1] | ||
| 2003–2008 | Jadran Poreč | ||
| 2008–2011 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Rijeka | 9 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Orijent (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Pomorac (loan) | ||
| 2012–2014 | → Pomorac (loan) | 47 | (2) |
| 2014–2017 | Zlín | 60 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Viktoria Plzeň | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Pafos | 26 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Śląsk Wrocław | 19 | (0) |
| 2021 | Diósgyőr | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Bregalnica Štip | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Tabor Sežana | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2010 | Croatia U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2022 | |||
Živulić started training at his local club Novigrad, before moving on to nearby Jadran Poreč. At the age of 16, he was snapped up by the first-tier club Rijeka.[3] After being voted the best player of the Kvarnerska Rivijera tournament, he was sent on loan to the third-tier side Orijent in 2010, and later to the second-tier club Pomorac.[4] At the same time, he also became a Croatian youth international, amassing 20 caps overall for the Croatia U18 and Croatia U19 teams.
In his first professional season, 2011–12, Živulić collected nine caps for Rijeka. In mid-2012, Rijeka loaned Živulić to Pomorac again, where he would remain until the end of his contract with the club, in 2014. That summer, he moved abroad, to the Czech second-tier club Zlín, with whom he achieved promotion to the Czech First League the following summer.[5]
On 1 August 2019, Živulić joined Polish club Śląsk Wrocław.[6]
Živulić studied at the Faculty of Economy at the University of Rijeka.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rijeka | 2011–12 | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Pomorac (loan) | 2012–13 | Druga HNL | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Zlín | 2014–15 | Fortuna národní liga | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Fortuna liga | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 65 | 5 | ||||
| Viktoria Plzeň | 2017–18 | Fortuna liga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Pafos | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 152 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 7 | ||