Nikola Kalinić in the Europa League team of the group stage

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Croatia striker at Fiorentina

Nikola Kalinić in
the Europa League
team of the group
stage

15.12.2016.

photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS

Croatia striker Nikola Kalinić has been included in the UEFA FedEx Performance Zone Europa League team of the group stage.

In Europa League Group J, Fiorentina managed to reach the second round topping PAOK, Qarabag, and Slovan Liberec with 13 points.

Three Croatian players wear Fiorentina jersey - Nikola Kalinić, Milan Badelj, and Hrvoje Milić - with Kalinić scoring on four occasions in the Europa League group stage.

He was included in the best team of the competitions, sharing strikers' honours with Džeko (Roma) and Bailey (Genk).

Otherpositions were covered by Jones (Feyenoord), Lirola (Sassuolo), Van Dijk (Southampton), Kjaer (Fenerbahce), Criscito (Zenit), Giuliano (Zenit), Holzhauser (Austria Wien), and Miličević (Gent).

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