Karlo Letica
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Omiš | ||
| 2008–2014 | Hajduk Split | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Hajduk Split | 19 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Mosor (loan)[1] | 16 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Val (loan)[1] | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Rudeš (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Club Brugge | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → SPAL (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | CFR Cluj | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Hermannstadt | 30 | (0) |
| 2023– | Lausanne-Sport | 66 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Croatia U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2025 | |||
Karlo Letica (Croatian pronunciation: [kâːrlo lětitsa];[2][3] born 11 February 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport, best goalkeeper two seasons in a row (23/24 & 24/25), officially announced by the Swiss Super League.
Letica is one of the rare professional goalkeepers who have both scored a last-minute goal and provided an assist in official senior competitions, placing him among a small group of goalkeepers worldwide to achieve this.
Club career
[edit]Current Team: Lausanne Sport
[edit]Karlo Letica joined Swiss Super League side Lausanne-Sport on 24 August 2023, signing through June 2026, and has since established himself as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper, amassing 66 league appearances by 15 June 2025 .
In April 2025, Letica made headlines in the Swiss Cup semi-final against FC Basel, where he delivered a precise long-range assist that led to Lausanne’s opening goal—marking him as one of the few goalkeepers in European professional football to have recorded both a goal and an assist in official competition.
Accolades – Swiss Super League Goalkeeper of the Year
During his time at Lausanne-Sport, Letica’s consistent excellence between the posts earned him the title of Swiss Super League Goalkeeper of the Year for both the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons.
Hajduk Split and lower division loans
[edit]Letica kicked off his career with Hajduk Split in 2015 after arriving to the academy in 2008. He spent the initial years in loan spells.[4] His first loan spell came in February 2015, when he joined Mosor of the third tier along with five other Hajduk players.[5] His second loan spell was to NK Val of the same tier.[6] In August 2016, he was loaned off again, this time to second tier club Rudeš where he made his debut in the Croatian Football Cup qualifiers.[7]
In August 2017, Letica made his debut for Hajduk when he featured in a 1–0 league victory against Slaven Belupo where he kept a clean sheet.[8][9] On 11 March 2018, Letica scored his first professional goal in additional time against Istra 1961 for a 3–2 victory.[10]
Letica gained international media attention in early 2018 after a series of impressive performances for Hajduk Split, including scoring a dramatic last-minute goal against Istra 1961 as a goalkeeper. His performances led to his appearance on the front page of the Spanish sports daily Marca, where he was highlighted as one of Europe’s most promising young goalkeepers.
Club Brugge
[edit]On 15 June 2018, Letica moved abroad and signed a four-year contract with Belgian club Club Brugge.[11]
SPAL (loan)
[edit]On 20 August 2019, Letica joined Italian Serie A club SPAL on loan with an option to buy.[12]
Sampdoria (loan)
[edit]On 5 October 2020, Letica joined Italian Serie A club Sampdoria on loan with an option to buy.[13]
CFR Cluj
[edit]On 11 October 2021, he moved to Romania to sign with defending Liga I champions CFR Cluj.[14]
Hermannstadt
[edit]On 12 October 2022, Letica joined Romanian Liga I club Hermannstadt agreeing to a one-year deal, with an option to extend for a further year.[15]
Croatian National Team
[edit]Letica was a part of the Croatia U19 team that played in 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[16] In August 2017, he was called to the Croatia U21 for matches against Moldova and Austria.[17] He made his debut against Austria which ended in a 1–1 draw.[18]
In May 2018 he was named in the Croatia national team's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia,[19] but did not make the final 23.[20]
In June 2025, Letica was again included in the senior national team squad for a UEFA Euro 2025 qualifier against Gibraltar.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 5 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rudeš (loan) | 2016–17[21] | Druga HNL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Hajduk Split | 2017–18[21] | Prva HNL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| Club Brugge | 2018–19[21] | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| SPAL (loan) | 2019–20[21] | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2020–21[21] | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| CFR Cluj | 2021–22[21] | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hermannstadt | 2022–23[21] | Liga I | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[21] | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Lausanne-Sport | 2023–24[21] | Swiss Super League | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 123 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Belgian Supercup
Honours
[edit]Club Brugge
CFR Cluj
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Kȃrlo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Kȃrlo
- ^ "Léto". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Lètica
- ^ "Karlo Letica, visoki Hajdukov golman: Hvala dragom Bogu da mi je dao priliku. Na meni je da je iskoristim [Karlo Letica, Hajduk goalkeeper: Thank you God for this opportunity]". Slobodan Dalmacija. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Prometno u Žrnovnici: Mosor doveo Luku Vučka i petoricu igrača [Traffic in Žrnovnica: Mosor brought the number of the Vučka and five players]". Dalmacija News. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Toni Gabric: Hajduk has the best goalkeepers in Croatia". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Golman Hajduka na posudbi u Rudešu [Hajduk goalman on loan to Rudeš]". Nogometplus. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Debi iz snova za Leticu: Bilo je treme, ali za ovo sam radio 15 godina [Dream Debi for Letica: It was tremendous, but for this I've been working for 15 years]". Goal. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Karlo Letica: Thanks to my teammates for keeping a cleansheet in debut". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Karlo Letica zabio za Hajduk: Real me želi | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Karlo Letica naar Club Brugge [Karlo Letica to Club Brugge]" (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, preso Letica in prestito con diritto di riscatto". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (5 October 2020). "Letica seals loan move to Samp". Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "BUN VENIT, KARLO LETICA!" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (12 October 2022). "OFICIAL | Hermannstadt a transferat un campion cu CFR Cluj! A jucat și în Serie A" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Karlo Letica pozvan na EP U-19!". Hajdučki Portal. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Seven Hajduk players on international duty". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Hajduk players on international duties". Hajduk Split. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23 man and preliminary lists and when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "K. Letica". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Split, Croatia
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Croatian men's footballers
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
- NK Mosor players
- NK Rudeš players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Club Brugge KV players
- SPAL players
- UC Sampdoria players
- CFR Cluj players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- Second Football League (Croatia) players
- Croatian Football League players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Serie A players
- Liga I players
- Swiss Super League players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland