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	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
Total	81	31	15	4	0	0	96	35
Career Total		278	72	22	6	5	1	306	79

Updated to games played as of 27 June 2020.

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)

External links

• Josip Knežević at Soccerway