On February 7, Beijing time, Serie A team Verona announced that it had settled with the 34-year-old Croatian center Kalinic, and the veteran chose to return to the parent team Heydux Pulit after 13 years. In the past 13 years, he has played in the Premier League, Ukrainian Super League, La Liga and Serie A, and the efficiency of 59 goals in 147 games in Serie A is not bad.
In fact, Kalinic has performed well in Verona this season, scoring 4 goals in 14 Serie A games and assisting twice, although he was absent due to a calf injury at one point, he quickly found his goal after returning. Facing Juve in the 24th round, he also played 19 minutes off the bench, and after the game, he completed the termination of his contract with Verona.
Kalinic played for Fiorentina, Milan, Roma and Verona in Serie A, with the highest stats being 15 goals and 5 assists in 32 games at the Purple Lily in 2016-17; during this period, he also played at Atletico, but only 2 goals in 17 la Liga games; previously, he played in Blackburn premier league, Dniepro in the Ukrainian Premier League, 7 goals and 3 assists in 44 Premier League games, 37 goals and 5 assists in 86 games in the Ukrainian Premier League, and is also a famous player who has played in 3 top leagues.
Kalinic bid farewell to Hydux-Pulit in 2009 to join Blackburn, returning to his home team after a gap of 13 years, with the goal of helping his old club compete for the Croatian First Division title. This season's Liga has formed a four-team championship pattern, with Haydux-Pulitt scoring 41 points in the first 21 games, ranking fourth in the table, but only five points behind the leading defending champion Dinamo Zagreb.