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Alex Kačaniklić
Alex Kačaniklić
Fulham info
Full name Alexander Kačaniklić
Date of birth 13 Aug 1991
Place of birth    Helsingborg, Sweden
Height 5ft 11in (1.80m)
Playing position Left wing, Central midfield
Current player? No
Number(s) worn 37 (2010-2011)
19 (2011)
31 (2011-2013)
11 (2013-2016)
Debut Norwich (h) (31 Mar 2012)
Last Appearance Reading (a) (5 Mar 2016)
First goal Norwich (h) (18 Aug 2012)
Last goal Rotherham (h) (29 Dec 2015)
Joined from Liverpool, part exchange - 28 Aug 2010
Left for Nantes, free - 1 Jul 2016
League apps (gls) 84 (10)
All apps (gls) 100 (11)
Other clubs Helsingborg IF (youth)
Liverpool (youth)
→ Watford (loan) (from Fulham)
→ Burnley (loan) (from Fulham)
→ FC Copenhagen (loan) (from Fulham)
Nantes (2016-2018)
Hammarby (2018-2021)
Hajduk Split (2021-present)
International Sweden (2012-present)
Apps (gls) 21 (3)

Alex Kačaniklić was a midfielder who played at Fulham from 2010 until 2016. Usually occupying a left-sided position, he has also represented Sweden at full international level. Alex made his debut for Fulham as a first-half substitute, coming on for Pavel Pogrebnyak in a 2-1 win at home to Norwich in March 2012. He spent four more seasons in Fulham's first team setup before his eventual release in summer 2016, whereby he moved to Nantes on a free transfer.

Career[]

Before Fulham[]

Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, Alex was scouted as a 9-year-old to join his hometown club Helsingborg IF. He progressed steadily through the ranks here and around 2005/2006 began making appearances for the Swedish U16 and U17 squads. Throughout the 2006-07 season, he gradually began garnering interest from Manchester City, Cardiff and Liverpool after impressive displays for Helsingborg's youth side and for Sweden U17. As it was, Liverpool captured the young Kačaniklić in the summer transfer window of 2007 for £440,000. Alex remained at the club for the following three seasons, developing his style as a pacey left winger who is also adept at playing a central role in midfield, and progressed through to Liverpool's reserve team by the 2009-10 season.

Fulham (2010-2016)[]

At the beginning of the 2010-11 season, a deal was agreed between Liverpool and Fulham for Paul Konchensky to move to the merseyside club for a fee of just over £3.5 million plus two youth team players; Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex himself. Alex played with the Development squad over the next two seasons at Fulham, before given a chance to prove himself at a higher level whereby manager Martin Jol allowed him to move on loan for the rest of the season at Championship side Watford in January of 2011-12. His appearances for the Hornets had impressed and on 27th March 2012 he was recalled by Jol; this marked a minor breakthrough into the first team, making his debut only three days later against Norwich City at Craven Cottage. He began the day on the bench but was called into action after just 35 minutes after Pavel Pogrebnyak was injured, and nearly capped his day with a goal after striking a curling long-range effort onto the bar. Alex finished off the season with 4 appearances for the senior team, and was left in a good position to continue his establishment in the side at the commencement of 2012-13. On the first day of that season, he played the full 90 minutes on the left wing in place of Clint Dempsey (who refused to play due to wanting out of Craven Cottage) against Norwich and scored his debut goal in a 5-0 drubbing. A second goal followed in the London derby at Arsenal, where he scored Fulham's second in a thrilling 3-3 draw. He spent part of the season on loan at Championship side Burnley where he failed to impress heavily. On his return, he played out the second half of the season with Fulham scoring twice more, on New Years day away to West Brom and on the last game of the season away to Swansea.

The 2013-14 season brought about change as a new manager in René_Meulensteen had replaced Jol after his sacking. This meant Alex had to impress to ensure a place in the side, and on 23 January 2014 he was given an extension on his contract running an extra year until summer 2015. Meulensteen did not last long in the job adn soon Felix Magath was in charge, and it became clear that Alex did not feature in his plans. He was played sparingly for the latter half of a dreadful season which saw Fulham relegated to the Championship, and after only one appearance in the first month of the 2014-15 season, he was shipped out to FC Copenhagen on loan for the entire season. However, he also signed a contract extension on the same day that would see him remain at Craven Cottage until 2016.

He was recalled to Fulham in January 2015 by Kit Symons and scored his first goal in over a year when he grabbed the opener in a 2-1 victory over Reading at Craven Cottage. His second goal of the season came in bizarre fashion as he scored the opener in a 2-0 win away at Huddersfield Town after netting directly from a corner kick just over one minute in the match.

He became second choice to new signing Ben Pringle at the start of 2015-16, however he started and netted the solitary goal in a 1-0 victory at Wycombe Wanderers in the first round of the League Cup. His appearances were often sporadic and uninspiring throughout 2015-16, and new manager Slaviša Jokanović decided not to keep Alex and he was released at the end of the season.

After Fulham[]

Alex signed for Nantes ahead of the new season in summer 2016.

Fulham Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Reserves / U21 squad[]

Season League U21 PL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2011-12 12 3 - - 12 3
2012-13 0 0 - - 0 0
2013-14 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014-15 1 0 0 0 1 0
2015-16 0 0 1 1 1 1
Total 13 3 1 1 14 4

First team[]

Season League League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2011-12 Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2012-13 Premier League 20 4 3 0 1 0 - - 24 4
2013-14 Premier League 23 1 3 0 3 0 - - 29 1
2014-15 Championship 14 2 2 0 0 0 - - 16 2
2015-16 Championship 23 3 1 0 3 1 - - 27 4
Total 84 10 9 0 7 1 0 0 100 11

Fulham Matches[]

# Season Date Comp Opposition Venue Result Score Additional Information
1 2011-12 31 Mar 2012 PREM Norwich Home Won 2-1 Substituted on in the 35'
2 2011-12 7 Apr 2012 PREM Bolton Away Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 88'
3 2011-12 9 Apr 2012 PREM Chelsea Home Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 88'
4 2011-12 1 May 2012 PREM Liverpool Away Won 1-0 Substituted off in the 58'
5 2012-13 18 Aug 2012 PREM Norwich Home Won 5-0 Goal 66'
6 2012-13 25 Aug 2012 PREM Man Utd Away Lost 2-3 Substituted off in the 62'
7 2012-13 28 Aug 2012 LC Sheff Wed Away Lost 0-1
8 2012-13 1 Sept 2012 PREM West Ham Away Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 59'
9 2012-13 15 Sept 2012 PREM West Brom Home Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 84'
10 2012-13 22 Sept 2012 PREM Wigan Away Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 60'
11 2012-13 29 Sept 2012 PREM Man City Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 66'
12 2012-13 7 Oct 2012 PREM Southampton Away Drew 2-2 Substituted off in the 66'
13 2012-13 3 Nov 2012 PREM Everton Home Drew 2-2 Substituted off in the 68'
14 2012-13 10 Nov 2012 PREM Arsenal Away Drew 3-3 Substituted on in the 24', Goal 40'
15 2012-13 18 Nov 2012 PREM Sunderland Home Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 27'
16 2012-13 10 Dec 2012 PREM Newcastle Home Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 62'
17 2012-13 22 Dec 2012 PREM Liverpool Away Lost 0-4 Substituted off in the 46'
18 2012-13 26 Dec 2012 PREM Southampton Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 46'
19 2012-13 1 Jan 2013 PREM West Brom Away Won 2-1 Goal 58'
20 2012-13 5 Jan 2013 FAC Blackpool Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 70'
21 2012-13 12 Jan 2013 PREM Wigan Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 87'
22 2012-13 15 Jan 2013 FAC Blackpool Away Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 87'
23 2012-13 26 Jan 2013 FAC Man Utd Away Lost 1-4
24 2012-13 20 Apr 2013 PREM Arsenal Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 85'
25 2012-13 27 Apr 2013 PREM Everton Away Lost 0-1
26 2012-13 4 May 2013 PREM Reading Home Lost 2-4 Substituted on in the 71'
27 2012-13 12 May 2013 PREM Liverpool Home Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 71'
28 2012-13 19 May 2013 PREM Swansea Away Won 3-0 Goal 22'
29 2013-14 24 Aug 2013 PREM Arsenal Home Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 62'
30 2013-14 27 Aug 2013 LC Burton Away Drew 2-2* Substituted on in the 46'
31 2013-14 31 Aug 2013 PREM Newcastle Away Lost 0-1
32 2013-14 14 Sept 2013 PREM West Brom Home Drew 1-1
33 2013-14 21 Sept 2013 PREM Chelsea Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 72'
34 2013-14 24 Sept 2013 LC Everton Home Won 2-1
35 2013-14 28 Sept 2013 PREM Cardiff Home Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 41'
36 2013-14 26 Oct 2013 PREM Southampton Away Lost 0-2 Substituted on in the 81'
37 2013-14 29 Oct 2013 LC Leicester Away Lost 3-4
38 2013-14 2 Nov 2013 PREM Man Utd Home Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 61', Goal 65'
39 2013-14 9 Nov 2013 PREM Liverpool Away Lost 0-4 Substituted off in the 46'
40 2013-14 23 Nov 2013 PREM Swansea Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 77'
41 2013-14 4 Dec 2013 PREM Tottenham Home Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 85'
42 2013-14 8 Dec 2013 PREM Aston Villa Home Won 2-0 Substituted off in the 77'
43 2013-14 14 Dec 2013 PREM Everton Away Lost 1-4 Substituted off in the 69'
44 2013-14 26 Dec 2013 PREM Norwich Away Won 2-1 Substituted off in the 90+2'
45 2013-14 28 Dec 2013 PREM Hull Away Lost 0-6 Substituted on in the 60'
46 2013-14 1 Jan 2014 PREM West Ham Home Won 2-1 Substituted on in the 56'
47 2013-14 4 Jan 2014 FAC Norwich Away Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 46'
48 2013-14 14 Jan 2014 FAC Norwich Home Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 87'
49 2013-14 18 Jan 2014 PREM Arsenal Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 86'
50 2013-14 28 Jan 2014 PREM Swansea Away Lost 0-2
51 2013-14 4 Feb 2014 FAC Sheff Utd Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 59'
52 2013-14 12 Feb 2014 PREM Liverpool Home Lost 2-3 Substituted on in the 71'
53 2013-14 8 Mar 2014 PREM Cardiff Away Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 46'
54 2013-14 15 Mar 2014 PREM Newcastle Home Won 1-0
55 2013-14 22 Mar 2014 PREM Man City Away Lost 0-5 Substituted off in the 55'
56 2013-14 19 Apr 2014 PREM Tottenham Away Lost 1-3
57 2013-14 11 May 2014 PREM Crystal Palace Home Drew 2-2 Substituted off in the 23'
58 2014-15 23 Aug 2014 CHMP Derby Away Lost 1-5 Substituted on in the 60'
59 2014-15 10 Jan 2015 CHMP Cardiff Away Lost 0-1 Substituted on in the 61'
60 2014-15 17 Jan 2015 CHMP Reading Home Won 2-1 Booked in the 52', Goal 55', Substituted off in the 78'
61 2014-15 21 Jan 2015 CHMP Nottm Forest Home Won 3-2 Booked in the 90+3'
62 2014-15 24 Jan 2015 FAC Sunderland Away Drew 0-0 Substituted on in the 75'
63 2014-15 31 Jan 2015 CHMP Blackburn Away Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 62'
64 2014-15 3 Feb 2015 FAC Sunderland Home Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 83'
65 2014-15 7 Feb 2015 CHMP Birmingham Home Drew 1-1
66 2014-15 10 Feb 2015 CHMP Bolton Away Lost 1-3 Substituted off in the 81'
67 2014-15 14 Feb 2015 CHMP Ipswich Home Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 85'
68 2014-15 21 Feb 2015 CHMP Millwall Away Drew 0-0 Substituted off in the 57'
69 2014-15 3 Mar 2015 CHMP Watford Away Lost 0-1 Substituted on in the 76'
70 2014-15 18 Mar 2015 CHMP Leeds Home Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 63'
71 2014-15 21 Mar 2015 CHMP Huddersfield Away Won 2-0 Goal 2', Substituted off in the 67'
72 2014-15 3 Apr 2015 CHMP Brentford Home Lost 1-4 Substituted off in the 79'
73 2014-15 7 Apr 2015 CHMP Charlton Away Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 68'
74 2015-16 11 Aug 2015 LC Wycombe Away Won 1-0 Booked in the 55', Goal 69'
75 2015-16 15 Aug 2015 CHMP Brighton Home Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 62'
76 2015-16 19 Aug 2015 CHMP Hull Away Lost 1-2 Substituted on in the 87'
77 2015-16 22 Aug 2015 CHMP Huddersfield Home Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 74'
78 2015-16 25 Aug 2015 LC Sheff Utd Home Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 64'
79 2015-16 29 Aug 2015 CHMP Rotherham Away Won 3-1 Substituted on in the 90+6'
80 2015-16 22 Sept 2015 LC Stoke Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 66'
81 2015-16 21 Oct 2015 CHMP Leeds Home Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 68'
82 2015-16 24 Oct 2015 CHMP Reading Home Won 4-2 Substituted on in the 37', Goal 56'
83 2015-16 3 Nov 2015 CHMP Burnley Away Lost 1-3 Substituted on in the 59'
84 2015-16 7 Nov 2015 CHMP Birmingham Home Lost 2-5 Substituted on in the 46', Goal 66'
85 2015-16 5 Dec 2015 CHMP Nottm Forest Away Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 68'
86 2015-16 12 Dec 2015 CHMP Brentford Home Drew 2-2 Substituted on in the 79'
87 2015-16 15 Dec 2015 CHMP Ipswich Home Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 76'
88 2015-16 19 Dec 2015 CHMP Bolton Away Drew 2-2
89 2015-16 26 Dec 2015 CHMP Derby Away Lost 0-2 Substituted off in the 78'
90 2015-16 29 Dec 2015 CHMP Rotherham Home Won 4-1 Goal 59', Substituted off in the 72'
91 2015-16 2 Jan 2016 CHMP Sheff Wed Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 77'
92 2015-16 9 Jan 2016 FAC Sheff Wed Away Lost 1-2 Substituted off in the 71'
93 2015-16 12 Jan 2016 CHMP Wolves Away Lost 2-3 Substituted off in the 71'
94 2015-16 16 Jan 2016 CHMP Huddersfield Away Drew 1-1 Substituted off in the 61'
95 2015-16 23 Jan 2016 CHMP Hull Home Lost 0-1 Substituted off in the 73'
96 2015-16 6 Feb 2016 CHMP Derby Home Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 46'
97 2015-16 16 Feb 2016 CHMP Blackburn Away Lost 0-3 Substituted on in the 34'
98 2015-16 20 Feb 2016 CHMP Charlton Home Won 3-0 Substituted off in the 46'
99 2015-16 23 Feb 2016 CHMP Leeds Away Drew 1-1 Substituted on in the 53'
100 2015-16 5 Mar 2016 CHMP Reading Away Drew 2-2 Substituted on in the 73'

External links and references[]

Fulham FC
2010-11 squad
1. Schwarzer 2. Kelly 3. Konchesky / Salcido 4. Paintsil 5. Hangeland 6. Baird 7. Sidwell 8. A Johnson 11. Gera 12. Stockdale 13. Murphy 14. Senderos 15. Kamara 16. Duff 17. Riise 18. Hughes 19. Zuberbühler 20. Etuhu 21. E Johnson 22. Stoor / Guðjohnsen 23. Dempsey 24. Kakuta 25. Zamora 26. Dikgacoi 27. Greening 28. Briggs 29. Davies 30. Dembélé 31. Saunders 32. Halliche 33. Hoesen 35. Elm 36. Dalla Valle 37. Kačaniklić 38. Etheridge 41. Bettinelli 44. Marsh-Brown 45. Smith
Manager
Flag of Wales Mark Hughes
Fulham FC
2011-12 squad
1. Schwarzer 2. Kelly 3. JA Riise 4. Sidwell 5. Hangeland 6. Baird 7. Pogrebnyak 8. Johnson 9.  10. Kasami 11. Ruiz 12. Stockdale 13. Murphy 14. Senderos 15. Gecov 16. Duff 17. BH Riise 18. Hughes 19. Diarra 20. Etuhu 21. Frei 22. Somogyi 23. Dempsey 24. Dalla Valle 25. Zamora 26. Salcido / Grygera 28. Briggs 29. Davies 30. Dembélé 31. Kačaniklić 32. Halliche 33. Hoesen 34. Donegan 35. Peniket 36. Marsh-Brown / Mesca 37. Harris 38. Etheridge 39. Arthurworrey 40. Smith 41. Bettinelli 42. Trotta 43. Pritchard 44. Joronen
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol
Fulham FC
2012-13 squad
1. Schwarzer 2. Kelly 3. Riise 4. Senderos 5. Hangeland 6. Baird 7. Sidwell 8. Kasami 9. Berbatov 10. Petrić 11. Ruiz 12. Frimpong 13. Stockdale 14. Karagounis 15. Richardson 16. Duff 17. Briggs 18. Hughes 19. Diarra 20. Rodallega 21. Frei 22. Somogyi 24. Dejagah 25. Tavares / Manolev 27. Riether 28. Emanuelson 29. Davies 30. Dembélé 31. Kačaniklić 32. Halliche / David 33. Enoh 35. Bettinelli 36. Mesca 37. Burn 38. Etheridge 39. Trotta 40. Smith 41. Donegan 42. Banya 43. Tankovic 44. Grimmer
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol
Fulham FC
2013-14 squad
1. Stekelenburg 3. Riise 4. Senderos / Heitinga 5. Hangeland 6. Kvist 7. Sidwell 8. Kasami 9. Berbatov / Diarra 10. Ruiz / Holtby 11. Kačaniklić 13. Stockdale 14. Karagounis 15. Richardson 16. Duff 17. Briggs 18. Hughes / Mitroglou 19. Taarabt / Tunnicliffe 20. Rodallega 21. Frei / Cole 22. Zverotić 23. Boateng 24. Dejagah 25. Woodrow 26. Roberts 27. Riether 28. Parker 29. Trotta 30. David 32. Dempsey 33. Burn 34. Plumain 35. Amorebieta 36. Mesca 37. Christensen 38. Etheridge 39. Bent 40. Bettinelli 41. Joronen 42. Banya 43. Tanković 44. Grimmer 45. Dembélé 46. Passley 47. Rodák 48. Norman 49. Pritchard 52. G Williams
Manager
Flag of Netherlands Martin Jol / Flag of Netherlands René Meulensteen / Flag of Germany Felix Magath
Fulham FC
2014-15 squad
1. Király 2. Hoogland 3. Stafylidis 4. Hutchinson 5. Amorebieta 6. Bodurov 7. Eisfeld 8. Parker 9. Smith 10. Ruiz 11. Kačaniklić 12. Fofana 13. Zverotić / Guthrie 14. Roberts 15. Voser 16. Woodrow 17. Taggart 18. Mitroglou / Turner 19. Tunnicliffe 20. Rodallega 21. Christensen 22. Fazlić 23. Casasola 24. Husband 25. Dembélé 26. Fotheringham / Lee 27. G Williams 28. Hyndman 29. Trotta / Richards 30. David 31. Arthurworrey 32. Kavanagh 33. Burn 34. Chihi 36. Mesca 37. Grimmer 38. Burgess 39. R Williams 40. Bettinelli 41. Joronen 42. Rodák 43. Donnelly 44. McCormack 45. Evans --. Stekelenburg
Manager
Flag of Germany Felix Magath / Flag of Wales Kit Symons
Fulham FC
2015-16 squad
1. Bettinelli 2. Richards 3. Garbutt 4. Hutchinson 5. Stearman 6. Bodurov 7. Fredericks 8. Parker 9. Smith 10. Cairney 11. Kačaniklić 12. Lewis 13. Ream 14. Mattila 15. Voser / Madl 16. Woodrow 17. Williams 18. Pringle 19. Tunnicliffe 20. Labyad 21. Christensen 22. Taggart / Baird 23. O'Hara 24. Lonergan 25. Dembélé 26. Grimmer 27. Eisfeld 28. Hyndman 31. Ince 32. Kavanagh 33. Burn 34. Cole 38. Burgess 39. Evans 40. Husband / Sessegnon 41. Joronen 42. Rodák 43. Donnelly 44. McCormack 45. Amorebieta 46. Norman 47. Käit --. Mitroglou --. Stekelenburg
Manager
Flag of Wales Kit Symons / Flag of Serbia Slaviša Jokanović
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