Ivan Bošnjak

Ivan Bošnjak (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈiʋan ˈbɔʃɲak]; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in his native Croatia, as well as Genk in Belgium and Chongqing Lifan in China.

This article is about people. For other uses, see Ivan Bošnjak (disambiguation).

Ivan Bošnjak
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979
Place of birth Vinkovci, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Winger
Youth career
Cibalia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Cibalia 62 (23)
2000–2002 Hajduk Split 54 (9)
2002–2003 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 4 (1)
2003–2006 Dinamo Zagreb 62 (33)
2006–2009 Genk 59 (9)
2009–2010 Iraklis Thessaloniki 12 (0)
2011 Chongqing Lifan 22 (6)
2012 Rijeka 4 (0)
2013 DPMM 5 (0)
2014 Persija Jakarta 14 (4)
Total 298 (85)
International career‡
1993 Croatia U14 1 (0)
1995 Croatia U16 1 (0)
1997 Croatia U19 1 (0)
1999 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2000–2001 Croatia U21 7 (0)
2000–2006 Croatia 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2006

Club career

Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season. He went on to move to Hajduk Split in 2000 and left the club after two seasons for Al-Ittihad Tripoli from Libya, where he spent a season without getting a chance to make a single appearance in an official match. He came back to Croatia by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in 2004. At the club level, he had his biggest personal successes while being named the best player of the Croatian First League in 2000 and becoming the league's top goalscorer in 2006 with 22 goals scored. He transferred to China League One club Chongqing Lifan at season 2011. In March 2012, Bošnjak joined Rijeka.[1] It is reported that Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Brunei's DPMM FC on a transfer in February 2013.[2] on 2014 Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Persija Jakarta.[3]

International career

Bošnjak played for the Croatia national team and collected a total of 14 international caps in which he managed to score one goal.[4] He made his debut for the Croatian team in their friendly match against Slovakia on 16 August 2000 in Bratislava,[5] but subsequently made only one more appearance for the team over a timespan of more than four years before eventually becoming their regular member in 2005 by making six appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. He went on to score his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against Hong Kong at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup in Hong Kong and was then also selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, but played at the tournament for only four minutes of regular time in Croatia's second group match against Japan.

International appearances
Croatia national team[6]
YearAppsGoals
200010
200210
200570
200651
Total141

Honours

Club
Cibalia
Hajduk Split
Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Dinamo Zagreb
Genk

Individual

References
  1. Filipović, Vedran (20 March 2012). "Ivan Bošnjak novi igrač Rijeke". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. "DPMM FC to visit Vietnam for pre-season friendlies | the Brunei Times". bt.com.bn. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. "Liga Indonesia". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Croatia – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  5. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  6. "Ivan Bošnjak". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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