Kaja Rogulj (born 15 June 1986) is a Croatian retired

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player who played as a defender.

Club career

Rogulj started his football career at the

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on the island of

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, before moving to the

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

, where he spent most of his formative years in a generation that featured, among others,

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and

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. In 2003, however, he moved on to the

NK Omiš NK Omiš is a Croatian football club based in the town of Omiš Omiš () is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest c ...

U-19 team, where he spent the following two years. He played his first senior team matches, however, in

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, at

NK Posušje NK may refer to: Businesses *Imerys, a French mining multinational (Euronext ticker:NK) *Nordiska Kompaniet, a Swedish department store *Northrup-King Seed Company, U.S. *Spirit Airlines, U.S. (IATA:NK) * NK.pl, a Polish social network (2006–2021 ...

where he moved in 2005, and where he spent, apart from a half-season stint at

HNK Segesta Hrvatski nogometni klub Segesta Sisak ( English: ''Croatian Football Club Segesta Sisak''), commonly referred to as HNK Segesta Sisak or simply Segesta Sisak is a Croatian professional football club located in the city of Sisak. It is named after ...

the following three years. In 2008, he moved back to

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, to

NK Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

, featuring soon in a 2-1 aggregate UEFA Cup second qualifying round upset against

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before being eliminated by

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. On 3 March 2009, in a match against

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

Kaja received an instant

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after a particularly nasty tackle on

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. Later on, he was suspended for two games and had to pay a fine of around

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700. He remained a first team regular until the end of his stint at

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, and featured in the

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qualifiers, until his team was eliminated by

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. In the summer of 2011, he moved to

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, signing a 2+1 year contract, with director Thomas Parits praising his jumping, timing and tackling. After a rocky first season, he established himself as a first-team player in the 2012/13 season, winning the

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with his club, and making his debut in the

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in 2013. After eliminating

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with 4-3 on aggregate, Rogulj played in all group matches against Zenit Staint Petersburg,

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and

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but one. In the summer of 2014, he moved on to the

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team

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. In 30 October 2017, he became a member of

FK Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional association football, football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Football in L ...

in Lithuania. Rogulj retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.Ex-Austria-Meisterkicker Kaja Rogulj beendet Karriere mit 32 Jahren
spox.com, 6 June 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogulj, Kaja 1986 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers HŠK Posušje players HNK Segesta players NK Slaven Belupo players FK Austria Wien players FC Luzern players FC Le Mont players FK Žalgiris players NK Dugopolje players SV Horn players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players A Lyga players First Football League (Croatia) players 2. Liga (Austria) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania 21st-century Croatian sportsmen