Josip Knežević

Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer, who plays for Puskás Akadémia.

Josip Knežević
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Puskás Akadémia
Number 30
Youth career
1999–2006 NK Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 NK Osijek[2] 69 (12)
2010–2013 Amkar Perm 20 (1)
2012 → Kairat (loan) 16 (6)
2013–2014 Kairat 47 (16)
2015 Kaisar 11 (1)
2016–2017 NK Osijek 43 (6)
2017– Puskás Akadémia 81 (31)
National team
2006 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2006–2007 Croatia U19 8 (0)
2008–2009 Croatia U20 4 (1)
2009 Croatia U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2020

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 Croatian national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in Croatian national team for young players. Now, Josip Knežević is an active member of the Croatian 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 career

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 71000071
2007–08 13000––130
2008–09 25500––255
2009–10 15520––175
2015–16 12200––122
2016–17 31410––324
2017–18 000010324
Total10317301010713
Amkar Perm
2010 13010––140
2011–12 7111––82
Total2012100222
Kairat
2012 16600––166
2013 301010––3110
2014 1761141228
Total632221416924
Kaisar
2015 11100––111
Total1110000111
Puskás Akadémia
2017–18 271194––3615
2018–19 241230––2712
2019–20 30830––338
Total8131154009635
Career Total 278722265130679

Updated to games played as of 27 June 2020.

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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 Russian). sports.ru. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. Кнежевич переехал в "Кайрат" (in Russian). prosportkz. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  6. "Кайсар подписал Кнежеввича". fckaysar.kz (in Russian). 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 Croatian national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009
  8. Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatian national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)
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