| Games | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The thigh injury to experienced striker Ivica Olic was a hammer blow to Croatia boss Slaven Bilic on the eve of Euro 2012, but he had a decent replacement waiting in the wings to fill the void.
Kalinic may have been planning a summer watching this tournament with something of a nasty taste in the mouth, as he would have been expecting to make the original 23-man squad for Croatia, only for coach Bilic to opt for alternative options as the former Hadjuk Split and Blackburn star was left on the standby list.
His last-gasp reprieve hands him an instant chance to answer Bilic’s doubts and the lively forward is more than capable of doing just that coming off the bench in this tournament. A veteran of his nation’s Euro 2008 campaign, he is renowned for being a predator in the box and is capable of snapping up chances with impressive efficiency.
