Jason Čulina

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Personal information
Jason Culina
Image:Jason Culina.jpg
Full name	Jason Culina
Date of birth	August 5 1980 (1980-08-05) (age 28)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	PSV Eindhoven
Number	15
Youth clubs
	St Albans Dinamo Sydney United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1998-1999 2000-2004 2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005-present	Sydney United Sydney Olympic Ajax Amsterdam → Germinal Beerschot (loan) → De Graafschap (loan) FC Twente PSV Eindhoven	32 0(1) 21 0(1) 03 0(0) 12 0(1) 24 0(1) 38 (12) 65 0(2)
National team²
1996-1997 1999 1998-2000 2005-present	Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	05 0(6) 04 0(1) 16 0(1) 28 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jason Culina [ˈtʃulina] (born August 5, 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian football player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie and for the Australian national team.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links

Club career

Culina's contract with current club PSV Eindhoven is due to expire at the end of the 07/08 season.

International career

Culina 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.

Personal life

Culina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach and former Sydney FC manager Branko Čulina and is of Croatian descent.

On February 5, 2007, Culina and his wife, Terri, welcomed their first child, a boy named Roman.

References

External links

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PSV Eindhoven – current squad

1 Gomes • 2 Kromkamp • 3 Salcido • 5 Zonneveld • 6 Simons • 7 Väyrynen • 8 Méndez • 9 Lazović • 10 Koevermans • 13 Alcides • 14 Rajković • 15 Čulina • 16 Aissati • 17 Farfán • 18 Addo • 19 Jonathan • 20 Afellay • 21 Roorda • 22 Dzsudzsák • 23 Fagner • 24 Marcellis • 25 De Jong • 26 Van der Leegte • 28 Bakkal • 29 Zeefuik • 31 Cássio • Manager: Vergoossen

v • d • e Australia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Covic • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink