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David Puclin

David Puclin

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at NK Varazdin
Age33
CitizenshipCroatia
Height1.77 m
Footright
BornJune 17, 1992
at NK Varazdin 279 days · joined 2025-08-18
👕200+ Apps
Market value €250k
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
11/12
debut season
0.07
goals / match
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica
top club · 59 apps

Career highs

€700k
peak value · 2021
top transfer fee
6
best season · 11/12
int'l / penalties
300Appearances
22Goals
17Assists
61Yellow cards
0Red cards
143Full matches (90′)
Full nameDavid Puclin
Date of birth1992-06-17 (33 yrs)
Place of birthČakovec, Croatia
CitizenshipCroatia
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height177.00 m
Current clubNK Varazdin
Joined2025-08-18
Contract expires2027-05-31
AgentPFN
Aug 2025
Transfer: Kisvárda → NK Varazdin
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2025
25/26 — NK Varazdin
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2025
Transfer: NT Zhiyun → Kisvárda
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — Nantong Zhiyun
25 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2024
24/25 — Kisvárda FC
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
2023 — Nantong Zhiyun
18 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: Vorskla Poltava → NT Zhiyun
23/24 · Transfer
Jun 2023
Transfer: NK Varazdin → Vorskla Poltava
22/23 · Return from loan
Sep 2022
Transfer: Vorskla Poltava → NK Varazdin
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
22/23 — NK Varazdin, Vorskla Poltava
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2022
Transfer: ADO Den Haag → Vorskla Poltava
21/22 · Return from loan
Apr 2022
Transfer: Vorskla Poltava → ADO Den Haag
21/22 · Loan
Oct 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — ADO Den Haag, Vorskla Poltava
24 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — Vorskla Poltava
25 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2020
Transfer: Slaven Belupo → Vorskla Poltava
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Slaven Belupo Koprivnica, Vorskla Poltava
26 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Slaven Belupo Koprivnica
31 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: NK Istra → Slaven Belupo
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Slaven Belupo Koprivnica, NK Istra 1961
31 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Sep 2016
Transfer: Without Club → NK Istra
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — NK Istra 1961
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Saarbrücken → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2015
Transfer: HNK Sibenik → Saarbrücken
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — 1.FC Saarbrücken
27 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2014
Transfer: Medjimurje → HNK Sibenik
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — HNK Sibenik
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
13/14 — NK Medjimurje Cakovec
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Oct 2012
Transfer: HNK Gorica → Medjimurje
12/13 · Transfer
Aug 2012
Transfer: Medjimurje → HNK Gorica
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — HNK Gorica
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2011
Transfer: NK Varazdin U19 → Medjimurje
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — NK Medjimurje Cakovec
27 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €700k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
12,849 min
Minutes played by club
NK Varazdin 11.7%
Kisvárda FC 0.0%
Vorskla Poltava 17.3%
ADO Den Haag 0.0%
Nantong Zhiyun 18.8%
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 22.0%
NK Istra 1961 23.2%
1.FC Saarbrücken 4.1%
HNK Sibenik 0.0%
NK Medjimurje Cakovec 2.8%
HNK Gorica 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
NK Varazdin 2 22/23 25/26 25 1 0 1,505
Kisvárda FC 1 24/25 24/25 10 0 0 0
Vorskla Poltava 4 19/20 22/23 55 3 3 2,219
ADO Den Haag 1 21/22 21/22 8 0 0 0
Nantong Zhiyun 2 2023 2024 43 4 4 2,416
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 3 17/18 19/20 59 3 5 2,832
NK Istra 1961 2 16/17 17/18 41 2 1 2,986
1.FC Saarbrücken 1 15/16 15/16 27 3 3 532
HNK Sibenik 1 14/15 14/15 2 0 0 0
NK Medjimurje Cakovec 2 11/12 13/14 29 6 1 359
HNK Gorica 1 12/13 12/13 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€175K4€350K5€525K7€700K11/12 — 6 goals (NK Medjimurje Cakovec)11/12 — 1 assists711/1215/16 — 3 goals (1.FC Saarbrücken)15/16 — 3 assists615/1616/17 — 1 goals (NK Istra 1961)116/1717/18 — 1 goals (NK Istra 1961)17/18 — 2 assists317/1818/19 — 1 goals (Slaven Belupo Koprivnica)18/19 — 3 assists418/1919/20 — 2 goals (Slaven Belupo Koprivnica)19/20 — 2 assists419/2020/21 — 2 goals (Vorskla Poltava)20/21 — 1 assists320/212023 — 3 goals (Nantong Zhiyun)2023 — 1 assists420232024 — 1 goals (Nantong Zhiyun)2024 — 3 assists4202421/22 — 1 goals (Vorskla Poltava)21/22 — 1 assists221/2222/23 — 1 goals (NK Varazdin)122/2324/2525/2615/16 — €25K16/17 — €150K17/18 — €200K18/19 — €300K19/20 — €500K20/21 — €400K21/22 — €700K22/23 — €700K24/25 — €400K25/26 — €250KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

11/12: 6611/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 2220/212023: 3320232024: 11202421/22: 1121/2222/23: 1122/2324/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

11/12: 1111/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 1120/212023: 1120232024: 33202421/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2324/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Varazdin 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 SuperSport HNL NK Varazdin 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Magyar Kupa Kisvárda FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 NB II. Kisvárda FC 8 0 0 2 0 0
22/23 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Varazdin 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 SuperSport HNL NK Varazdin 21 1 0 3 0 1,505
22/23 UECL Quali Vorskla Poltava 2 0 0 2 0 0
21/22 Keuken Kampioen Divisie ADO Den Haag 3 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs ADO Den Haag 5 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premier Liga Vorskla Poltava 14 1 1 4 0 1,186
21/22 UECL Quali Vorskla Poltava 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Super League Nantong Zhiyun 25 1 3 4 0 2,101
2023 Chinese FA Cup Nantong Zhiyun 2 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Super League Nantong Zhiyun 16 3 1 2 0 315
20/21 Premier Liga Vorskla Poltava 24 2 1 8 0 1,033
20/21 Ukrainian Cup Vorskla Poltava 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Hrvatski nogometni kup Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier Liga Vorskla Poltava 4 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 Premier Liga - Abstiegsrunde Vorskla Poltava 5 0 1 2 0 0
19/20 SuperSport HNL Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 13 2 1 4 0 501
19/20 Ukrainian Cup Vorskla Poltava 3 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Hrvatski nogometni kup Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 2 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 SuperSport HNL Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 29 1 3 11 0 2,331
17/18 SuperSport HNL Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 14 0 1 3 0 0
17/18 SuperSport HNL NK Istra 1961 17 1 1 4 0 1,500
16/17 1.HNL NK Istra 1961 22 1 0 1 0 1,486
16/17 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Istra 1961 2 0 0 2 0 0
15/16 Regionalliga Südwest 1.FC Saarbrücken 27 3 3 3 0 532
14/15 Hrvatski nogometni kup HNK Sibenik 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Medjimurje Cakovec 2 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Prva NL HNK Gorica 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Prva NL NK Medjimurje Cakovec 27 6 1 1 0 359
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
11/12 2011-08-05 NK Varazdin U19 Medjimurje Transfer 0
12/13 2012-08-07 Medjimurje HNK Gorica Transfer 0
12/13 2012-10-05 HNK Gorica Medjimurje Transfer 0
14/15 2014-08-08 Medjimurje HNK Sibenik Transfer 0
15/16 2015-07-23 HNK Sibenik Saarbrücken Transfer 25000
16/17 2016-07-01 Saarbrücken Without Club Transfer 75000
16/17 2016-09-09 Without Club NK Istra Transfer 75000
17/18 2018-01-19 NK Istra Slaven Belupo Transfer 200000
19/20 2020-02-13 Slaven Belupo Vorskla Poltava Transfer 500000
21/22 2022-04-04 Vorskla Poltava ADO Den Haag Loan 700000
21/22 2022-06-30 ADO Den Haag Vorskla Poltava Return from loan 700000
22/23 2022-09-01 Vorskla Poltava NK Varazdin Loan 700000
22/23 2023-06-30 NK Varazdin Vorskla Poltava Return from loan 600000
23/24 2023-07-01 Vorskla Poltava NT Zhiyun Transfer 600000
24/25 2025-02-14 NT Zhiyun Kisvárda Transfer 350000
25/26 2025-08-18 Kisvárda NK Varazdin Transfer 250000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
21/22 Corona virus 2021-10-23 2021-10-29 7 2
Current€250k
Peak€700k
Low€25k
Δ since start+€225k
€25k€194k€363k€531k€700k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €25k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Pape-Alioune Ndiaye 2 0 0
Zilei Jiang 1 0 0
Wei Liu 1 0 0
Risto Mitrevski 1 0 0
Vladyslav Kulach 2 0 0
Ming-Yang Yang 1 0 0
Tome Kitanovski 1 0 0
Qinghao Xue 1 0 0
Zvonimir Sarlija 1 0 0
Ivica Ivusic 1 0 0
Goran Paracki 1 0 0
Dmytro Riznyk 2 0 0
Vinko Medjimorec 1 0 0
Bruno Goda 1 0 0
Milos Vidovic 1 0 0
Sergiy Yavorskyi 2 0 0
Kang Cao 1 0 0
Haoqian Zheng 1 0 0
Najeeb Yakubu 2 0 0
Oleksandr Sklyar 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
11/12 Prva NL NK Medjimurje Cakovec 6 27
2023 Super League Nantong Zhiyun 3 16
15/16 Regionalliga Südwest 1.FC Saarbrücken 3 27

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2024 Super League Nantong Zhiyun 3 25
18/19 SuperSport HNL Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 3 29
15/16 Regionalliga Südwest 1.FC Saarbrücken 3 27

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
22/23 2023-06-30 NK Varazdin Vorskla Poltava Return from loan €600k
22/23 2022-09-01 Vorskla Poltava NK Varazdin Loan €700k
21/22 2022-06-30 ADO Den Haag Vorskla Poltava Return from loan €700k
21/22 2022-04-04 Vorskla Poltava ADO Den Haag Loan €700k

Teams faced most often by David Puclin's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 25%
HNK Gorica 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 75%
NK Osijek 4 2 0 2 2 3 -1 50%
NK Slaven Belupo 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 25%
NK Varaždin 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 25%
NK Lokomotiva 4 0 1 3 2 7 -5 0%
HNK Hajduk Split 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 25%
HNK Rijeka 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 25%
HNK Šibenik 4 1 3 0 3 0 +3 25%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
11/12 Senior debut season
11/12 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 10 0 3 0 0 0
22/23 24 1,505 5 0 0 0.3
21/22 24 1,186 4 0 0 0.3
2024 25 2,101 4 0 0 0.17
2023 18 315 2 0 0 0.57
20/21 25 1,033 8 0 0 0.7
19/20 26 501 8 0 0 1.44
18/19 31 2,331 12 1 0 0.5
17/18 31 1,500 7 2 0 0.54
16/17 24 1,486 3 0 0 0.18
15/16 27 532 3 0 0 0.51
13/14 2 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 27 359 1 1 0 0.5

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

SuperSport HNL
118 apps
6 G
6 A
Prva NL
28 apps
6 G
1 A
Super League
41 apps
4 G
4 A
Regionalliga Südwest
27 apps
3 G
3 A
Premier Liga
42 apps
3 G
2 A
Premier Liga - Abstiegsrunde
5 apps
0 G
1 A
Hrvatski nogometni kup
11 apps
0 G
0 A
NB II.
8 apps
0 G
0 A
Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs
5 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about David Puclin

Who is David Puclin?

David Puclin is a Croatia professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for NK Varazdin.

How old is David Puclin?

David Puclin is 33 years old. He was born on June 17, 1992 in Čakovec.

What position does David Puclin play?

David Puclin plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does David Puclin play for?

David Puclin currently plays for NK Varazdin.

How many career goals has David Puclin scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, David Puclin has scored 22 goals in 300 appearances.

What is David Puclin's market value?

David Puclin's most recent reported market value is €250k.