Jason Culina
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|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Čulina | ||
| Height | 1.75 (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Midfield/Right Forward | ||
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Current team | File:Logo psv eindhoven.png PSV Eindhoven | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 8, 2007 | |||
Jason Čulina [ˈtʃulina] (born August 5, 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie and for the Australian national team.
Čulina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach Branko Čulina and his family is of Croatian descent.
Previous clubs he played for included Sydney United, Sydney Olympic, Ajax Amsterdam and De Graafschap. He was signed from FC Twente in August 2005 following a stellar season in 2004–2005 where he scored 16 goals from midfield.
Čulina made his debut for the Australian national team against South Africa in 2005. He became a regular starter in the Socceroos matches under coach Guus Hiddink, who was also his club coach at PSV Eindhoven. His first international goal came in September 2005 against the Solomon Islands in Sydney. Culina played in both legs of the World Cup play-off against Uruguay where Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. He was selected in the Australian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and started in all four of Australia's games.
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Australian football (soccer) players
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic competitors for Australia
- Ajax Amsterdam footballers
- PSV Eindhoven footballers
- FC Twente players
- Sydney United players
- Sydney Olympic players
- Croatian Australians
- FIFA World Cup 2006 players
- De Graafschap players