Josip Knežević

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Josip Knežević
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
BSK Bijelo Brdo
Number 30
Youth career
1999–2006 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Osijek[2] 69 (12)
2010–2013 Amkar Perm 20 (1)
2012Kairat (loan) 16 (6)
2013–2014 Kairat 47 (16)
2015 Kaisar 11 (1)
2016–2017 Osijek 43 (6)
2017–2021 Puskás Akadémia 110 (40)
2021–2022 Al-Arabi 12 (4)
2023 Šibenik 12 (0)
2023– BSK Bijelo Brdo 27 (2)
International career
2006 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2006–2007 Croatia U19 8 (0)
2008–2009 Croatia U20 4 (1)
2009 Croatia U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club BSK Bijelo Brdo.

Playing career

Club

Knežević has started his career in senior professional team of NK Osijek on 2005/2006 at the age of 17. He has regularly played for Croatia national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in the Croatia national team for young players. Now, Josip Knežević is an active member of the Croatia national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship Prva HNL with 7 assists. On 12 February 2010 Knežević moved to Russian side Amkar Perm in a deal initially worth 500,000.[3] Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat.[4] After an impressive start, in which he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, Knežević suffered a mid-season injury, but still ended up as the teams topscorer with 6 goals (3 – pen.). At the end of Kneževićs loan deal he returned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.[5] After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.[6]

International

Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,[7] U19 and U17 sides.[8]

Career statistics

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek
2006–07 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
2007–08 13 0 0 0 13 0
2008–09 25 5 0 0 25 5
2009–10 15 5 2 0 17 5
2015–16 12 2 0 0 12 2
2016–17 31 4 1 0 32 4
2017–18 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 4
Total 103 17 3 0 1 0 107 13
Amkar Perm
2010 13 0 1 0 14 0
2011–12 7 1 1 1 8 2
Total 20 1 2 1 0 0 22 2
Kairat
2012 16 6 0 0 16 6
2013 30 10 1 0 31 10
2014 17 6 1 1 4 1 22 8
Total 63 22 2 1 4 1 69 24
Kaisar
2015 11 1 0 0 11 1
Total 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
Puskás Akadémia
2017–18 27 11 9 4 36 15
2018–19 24 12 3 0 27 12
2019–20 30 8 3 0 33 8
2020–21 29 9 3 1 32 10
Total 110 40 18 5 0 0 128 45
Career Total 307 81 25 7 5 1 338 89

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.

References

  1. Playerhistory Profile
  2. Statistics of Croatian Championship into English, page about Knezevic's statistics with his photo
  3. "The first signing(RUS)". 12 February 2010.
  4. «Амкар» отдал Кнежевича в аренду «Кайрату» (in русский). sports.ru. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. Кнежевич переехал в "Кайрат" (in русский). prosportkz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  6. "Кайсар подписал Кнежеввича". fckaysar.kz (in русский). FC Kaisar. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. Official site of Croatian Football Federation on the news that Josip Knezevic was called in Croatia national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009
  8. Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatia national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)

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