Sanel Kuljić

Sanel Kuljić (10 October  1977 in Salzburg) is a former Austrian football striker.
Career 
Sanel Kuljić began his career at SV Grödig (1985 to 1993). Then  he moved to the youth team of SV Austria Salzburg in 1991. He was part of the professional team which won Austrian championship title in the 1996/97 season. Kuljić was unable to became regular player under coach Heribert Weber. He moved to the regional league team PSV Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg. Kuljić managed to become a first division and even Austrian national player via the detour of the regional league and the second division. He played there for clubs such as SV Pasching, BSV Bad Bleiberg and LASK.

2003  Sanel Kuljić moved to SV Ried. In the 2004/05 season the club became Champion and was promoted to the Bundesliga. He became  top scorer with 34 goalsin this season. With Ried he reached fourth place in the championship in the 2005/06 season Together with Roland Linz (FK Austria Wien) he was Austrian top scorer with 15 goals each in 36 championship matches.

In the 2006/07 season, Sanel Kujic played for the Swiss Super League club FC Sion. By March 2007 he had scored twelve goals in the Super League. Due to outstanding salaries he left the club. In June 2007 he signed with FK Austria Wien. After the end of the season  Kuljić moved to SC Magna Wiener Neustadt. As team captain  Sanel Kuljić led SC Magna Wiener Neustadt to the championship title  and the promotion to the Bundesliga.

Kuljić announced a move to Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Axpo Super League. 2011 he moved to AE Larisa. In 2012 he moved to the second division club Kapfenberger SV. On July 7, 2017, he joined the Lower Austrian eight division club ASV Baden. After five appearances and one goal, he moved to the Vienna seventh division team  Sportunion Schönbrunn.
International 
He played 20 matches for the Austrian national team. He scored 3 goals. He made his international debut on 17 August   2005 in a 2-2 draw against Scotland.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria 2005402006422007121Total203

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuljić goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Sanel KuljićNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition116 August 2006 Liebenauer Stadium,  Graz, Austria  1-21-2  Friendly match211 October 2006Tivoli ,  Innsbruck, Austria    2-02-1    Friendly match317 October 2007  Tivoli ,  Innsbruck,  Austria    1-03-2  Friendly match

 Criminal offenses and prison sentences 
In November 2013, Sanel Kuljić was arrested as part of a major football betting scandal. Together with Dominique Taboga, Thomas Zündel and seven other suspects, he manipulated 18 games. He was sentenced to five years in prison in October 2014.  In March 2017, he was released early for good behavior. In September 2019, Kuljić was arrested again dealing with cocaine. 

Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers