Veldin Karić
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 16 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Polet Bosanski Brod | ||
| 1989–1991 | Željezničar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Željezničar | ||
| 1992–1993 | Vojvodina | 12 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Marsonia | 37 | (15) |
| 1996 | Torino | 23 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Lugano | 16 | (5) |
| 1997–2004 | Varteks | 134 | (53) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | Inter Zaprešić | 16 | (6) |
| 2007 | Marsonia | 7 | (2) |
| 2008 | Oriolik | ||
| 2008–2009 | Novalja | 7 | (1) |
| 2009 | Samobor | 8 | (2) |
| 2009–? | HNK Marsonia | ? | (?) |
| 2012 | ? | (?) | |
| 2012 | Ljutomer | 9 | (2) |
| 2013– | 57 | (58) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1995 | Croatia U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2001 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Croatia | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Veldin Karić (born 16 November 1973) is a former Croatian footballer and the current manager of Drava Kuršanec. He played for a number of Croatian sides during his career but is mainly remembered for his time at Varteks (1997–2004) and a short spell with local powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb (2004–2005). During his career he also had stints with Torino in Italy and Lugano in Switzerland.
Born in Slavonski Brod in present-day Croatia, Karić started playing football at nearby Bosanski Brod, a town across the river Sava in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, coming from the village of Gornje Kobile. He was brought to the club in 1986, alongside his cousins Edin Mujčin and Zemir Mujčin by coach Miroslav Buljan. As a youngster he was picked up by the Sarajevo-based Yugoslav First League club FK Željezničar, where he played at youth levels for two years before having his professional debut at 17 years of age, in the squad which featured the Croatian international Mario Stanić. He then signed a four-year contract with the club, but his career took an unpredictable turn due to the outbreak of the Bosnian War. According to Karić, he had been arrested at gunpoint by the JNA in 1992 and was taken to Pale, the Serbian stronghold during the Siege of Sarajevo, where he was delivered as a prisoner to Serbian paramilitary forces., believing he was to be executed. Karić claims that his coach at Željezničar Nenad Starovlah had personally intervened to save Karić from execution, but on the condition that he signed a two-year contract with Serbian club FK Vojvodina based in Novi Sad.
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