Croatian Kristijan Kahlina joins Charlotte FC for MLS debut

Charlotte FC continues to train its squad for its debut season in MLS and the last to join the ranks of the North Carolina franchise was the Croatian goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina, who signed a three-season deal with an option for 2025.

The former youth international goalkeeper of his country, who comes from the Bulgarian champion Ludogorets Razgrad, will occupy a place in the international list of Charlotte upon receiving a P-1 visa and ITC.

“Christian he is a complete goalkeeper who fits into our game model “, said the sports director of the brand new franchise, Zoran Krneta, it’s a statement. “He makes good decisions when the ball is at his feet and complements it with good passing game and saves. He comes to us with experience in European competition and is excited about the challenge of playing in Major League Soccer, “he completed.

In this way, the 29-year-old will have his first experience outside of Europe and will play the starting goal with the Mexican Pablo Sisniega , which they exchanged with Los Angeles FC early december.

Kahlina arrives with a very good record in his final year and a half with Ludogorets, where he totaled 36 games in all competitions (including 12 in the European and Champions League group stages) and kept 13 clean sheets.

Trained at the famous academy of Dinamo Zagreb, had steps by Vinogradar Y Lučko -in his country-, Copper of Slovenia before five years in the HNK Gorica Croatian, where he was captain of the team and led it to promotion to the first division.