Nikola Kalinić joins Croatian forces at Fiorentina

Nikola Kalinić, a former Hajduk Split and Blackburn Rovers striker, left Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine for AC Fiorentina.

During the four-year spell at Dnipro, Kalinić scored 37 league goals in 86 appearances, helping also the Ukrainians to reach Europa League final last season, where he also found the net against Sevilla.

Kalinić joins strong Croatian force at Florence, with Milan Badelj, Ante Rebić and Ricardo Bagadur already in the first team, and Frane Bitunjac and Marko Dabro in the Primavera squad.

Croatian striker has already been present at his first training session with the new team.

Kalinić has 21 caps for Croatia, scoring six goals.

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