Nikola Gulan
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Nikola Gulan is a Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 footballer. He currently plays for ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

.

Gulan was part of the European selection that won the 2007 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
2007 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
The 2007 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup was the sixth UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup, an intercontinental football competition for the representative under-18 teams of Europe and Africa. The competition, being held as a two-legged tie for the first time, was played in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 February and 1 March 2007...

 in Barcelona
Barcelona
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. Europe
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 triumphed over Africa
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

, winning 10–1 on aggregate. They won the first leg 6–1 and the second leg 4–0.

Club career

Gulan developed himself in FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

's youth school and played for the senior team despite his very young age. He was transferred to Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

 during the summer of 2007.

He was unable to register as a Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

 player, as the club has no non-EU registration quota, and Gulan then signed and registered as a player for U.C. Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

 in January 2008, as the club has sold Ivan Živanović
Ivan Zivanovic
Ivan Živanović is a Serbian football player. He plays for FC Rostov.He played his only match in 2006-07 season for Sampdoria at Coppa Italia.-External links:...

 to abroad and obtained a quota. He was re-signed by Fiorentina in the summer of 2008.

After not played in the field for 1½ seasons, he joined on 2 February 2009 on loan to TSV 1860 München until end of season.

In 2009-10 season, he was loaned to Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

, which the coach converted him to become a right fullback. He started his first Serie A match for Fiorentina on 17 October 2010, as left fullback, which the coach rested the original starter Manuel Pasqual
Manuel Pasqual
Manuel Pasqual is a footballer for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A and the Italy national football team. He is a left-back, who is well known for assisting his teammates from his accurate crosses...

 (left) and Lorenzo De Silvestri
Lorenzo De Silvestri
Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...

 (right) and promoted Gianluca Comotto
Gianluca Comotto
Gianluca Comotto is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Cesena of Serie A.- Club career :Comotto started his career at Ivrea of Serie D. He then played one season for Biellese, also in Serie D.- Torino :...

 and Gulan to the starting XI.

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