Jason Čulina

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Personal information
Jason Čulina
Full name	Jason Čulina
Date of birth	August 5, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.75 (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Central Midfield/Right Forward
Club information
Current club	PSV Eindhoven
Youth clubs
	Melbourne Knights
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-	Sydney United Sydney Olympic Ajax Amsterdam Germinal Beerschot Ajax Amsterdam De Graafschap Ajax Amsterdam FC Twente PSV Eindhoven	35 (2) 21 (1) 0 (0) 12 (1) 0 (0) 24 (1) 2 (0) 38 (12) 45 (1)
National team²
2005-	Australia	20 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 8, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 8, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Čulina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach Branko Čulina and his family is of Croatian descent.

Previous clubs he played for included Sydney United, Sydney Olympic, Ajax Amsterdam and De Graafschap. He was signed from FC Twente in August 2005 following a stellar season in 2004–2005 where he scored 16 goals from midfield.

Čulina 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.

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

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Jason Čulina Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com

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

PSV Eindhoven - Current Squad
1 Gomes \| 2 Kromkamp \| 3 Reiziger \| 4 Alex \| 6 Simons \| 7 Väyrynen \| 8 Cocu \| 9 Kluivert \| 10 Koné \| 11 Méndez \| 13 Alcides \| 14 da Costa \| 15 Čulina \| 16 Aissati \| 17 Farfán \| 18 Addo \| 19 Lamey \| 20 Afellay \| 21 Moens \| 22 Fehér \| 23 Salcido \| 24 Nguyen \| 25 de Jong \| 26 Tardelli \| 28 Sun \| 30 Plá \| 31 Boffin \| 39 Marcellis \| Manager: Koeman