Igor Bubnjić
Igor Bubnjić (born 17 July 1992) is a retired Croatian footballer who plays as a centre-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Igor Bubnjić | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2004 | HNK Daruvar | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kamen Sirač | ||
| 2005–2007 | HNK Daruvar | ||
| 2007–2011 | Slaven Belupo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Slaven Belupo | 34 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Koprivnica (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2013–2018 | Udinese | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Carpi (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Brescia (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Inter Zaprešić (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Hibernians | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Club career
Bubnjić started his career playing at youth level for Daruvar, before moving to the Slaven Belupo youth team in 2007. In the first part of the 2011–12 season, he was loaned to Treća HNL side Koprivnica where he was featured in 13 games scoring two times. He returned to Slaven Belupo after the winter break and made his debut for the first team as a late substitute in the 2–0 win against Osijek on 16 March 2012.[1] He scored his first goal in Prva HNL in a 1–1 draw with Rijeka on 6 May 2012.[2] In September 2012, it was announced that Bubnjić signed a five-year contract with Udinese, but would remain at Slaven until the end of the season.[3]
On 1 October 2018, he moved to Malta, signing with Hibernians.[4] He left the club in the summer 2019 after having played two games for the club and on 7 October 2019, Bubnjić announced his retirement at the age of 27, after being seriously injured for the past three years.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 7 January 2018[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Koprivnica (loan) | 2011–12 | ? | 13 | 2 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| Slaven Belupo | 2011–12 | 1. HNL | 9 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 3 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 4 | ||
| Udinese | 2013–14 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Carpi (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |
| Brescia (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| Career total | 77 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 8 | ||
References
- Strahija, Ivana (16 March 2012). "Vugrinčev 125. gol u pobjedi Slavena". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- Molnar, Ivan Dorian (6 May 2012). "Slaven Belupo pokvario slavlje na Kantridi, Rijeka ponovno ostala bez tri boda". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- Strahija, Ivana; Tolić, Josip (28 September 2012). "Igor Bubnjić od sljedeće sezone u Udineseu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- "Hibernians sign former Udinese midfielder". Times of Malta. 3 October 2018.
- IGOR BUBNJIĆ OKONČAO IGRAČKU KARIJERU, hns-cff.hr, 7 October 2019
- "Igor Bubnjic » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
External links
- Igor Bubnjić at Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
- Igor Bubnjić at Soccerway