Tonći Kukoč-Petraello is a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 football defender, currently playing for Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

  in the Prva HNL.

Club career

Kukoč started his career playing in youth level for his hometown club Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

. At the age of 18 he passed the trial with the Russian club Saturn

FC Saturn Moscow Oblast

FC Saturn Ramenskoye was a Russian football club, based in the Moscow suburb of Ramenskoye. It is also known as FC Saturn Moscow Region . The club was founded in 1946...

, but Hajduk refused to release him as they had a scholarship contract with him until June 2009.

After signing a four-year contract with Hajduk, Kukoč was loaned to Istra 1961 for the first part of 2009–10

2009–10 Prva HNL

The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

 season. The rest of the season he spent on loan in the second division side Mosor

NK Mosor

NK Mosor is a Croatian football club from Žrnovnica, settlement which is part of the city of Split on the Croatian coast.The club was founded in 1928. It existed until World War II when most of its members enlisted in the army. When the war ended, the club had experienced such a high rate of...

. He made his professional debut for Hajduk the following season, when he replaced Ante Vukušić

Ante Vukušić

Ante Vukušić is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Club career:Vukušić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Junak Sinj...

 in the final minutes of the home match against NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

. In the midseason Kukoč was again loaned, this time to the last placed Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...

 in Prva HNL. He played five games for Dragovoljac, and scored his first goal in Prva HNL, after coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat against Inter Zaprešić

NK Inter Zaprešic

NK Inter Zaprešić is a Croatian football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb originally founded in 1929. They play in the Prva HNL after they were promoted from Druga HNL at the end of the 2006–07 season...

.

Hajduk decided to keep him for the 2011-12 Prva HNL season and has worked as a rotational player, playing in a few different positions. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 win against NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

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Career stats

Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals

Last updated on 22 June 2011

External links

• Tonći Kukoč at Transfermarkt.de