Croatia and Panama contacted the 18-year-old football attack Karla Kuraniija from the youth team of the German first league Stuttgart in order to play for their national teams, Panamanian media TVMax Deportes and Futbol Centroamerica reported. Kuranyi, born in Germany, mother Viktorija Pelčić is Croatian, and her father is a 42-year-old former German national team player Kevin Kuranyi who is also a citizen of Panama.
He left a huge mark at Schalke, scoring 71 goals in 162 games, he also played for Hoffenheim, Dinamo Moscow, Stuttgart, and it was in the “Scab” jersey, where Kevin honed his football skills, that his son Karlo started his career ( 18).
Karlo, 193 centimeters tall, has the citizenship of Germany, Croatia and Panama. The U20 national team of that Central American country is considering strengthening young Kuranyi for the tournament in which they will play in July.
– But the chances of that are decreasing. Everything points to the fact that Croatia contacted him – the Futbol Centroamerica portal reported.
TVMax also reported that the Croatian Football Association (HNS) contacted Kuranyi, who in the summer of 2022 transferred from the youth team of Stuttgart Kickers to the youth team of Stuttgart. HNS did not respond to an inquiry from Hina, and Kuranyi could not be reached for comment.
Several football players originally from Croatia and born in Germany play or played for Croatia, such as Josip StanišaćaMarina Pongračića te braće Nike i Roberta Kovača.