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)
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)
2012Kairat (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 13000130
2008–09 25500255
2009–10 15520175
2015–16 12200122
2016–17 31410324
2017–18 000010324
Total10317301010713
Amkar Perm
2010 13010140
2011–12 711182
Total2012100222
Kairat
2012 16600166
2013 3010103110
2014 1761141228
Total632221416924
Kaisar
2015 11100111
Total1110000111
Puskás Akadémia
2017–18 2711943615
2018–19 2412302712
2019–20 30830338
Total8131154009635
Career Total 278722265130679

Updated to games played as of 27 June 2020.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.