David Puclin (born 17 June 1992) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Hungarian club

Kisvárda Kisvárda (; , ) is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine. It is the 3rd largest town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg after Nyíregyháza and Mátészalka ...

Club career

Born in

Čakovec Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmo ...

, Puclin started playing football at Sloboda Varaždin, before moving in 1999 to the Varteks Varaždin, where he would spend the following 12 years. On 7 March 2022,

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announced that, due to the

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, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until that date. On 4 April 2022, Puclin signed with

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in the Netherlands under that rule until the end of the season. On 30 June 2023, Puclin signed with

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side

Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Rugao, Jiangsu, that competes in . Nantong Zhiyun plays its home matches at the Rugao Olympic Sports Center, located within Rugao. The club was founded on 13 March ...

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Semafor site 1992 births Living people Footballers from Čakovec Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers NK Međimurje players HNK Gorica players HNK Šibenik players 1. FC Saarbrücken players NK Istra 1961 players NK Slaven Belupo players FC Vorskla Poltava players ADO Den Haag players NK Varaždin (2012) players Nantong Zhiyun F.C. players Kisvárda FC players First Football League (Croatia) players Regionalliga players Croatian Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players Eerste Divisie players Chinese Super League players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub