Josip Knežević

Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club Šibenik.

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
Team information
Current team
 Šibenik
Number 30
Youth career
1999–2006 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 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 Osijek 43 (6)
2017–2021 Puskás Akadémia 110 (40)
2021–2022 Al-Arabi 12 (4)
2023– Šibenik 12 (0)
International career
2006 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2006–2007 Croatia U19 8 (0)
2008–2009 Croatia U20 4 (1)
2009 Croatia U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023

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

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
2020–21 29931––3210
Total110401850012845
Career Total 307812575133889

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.

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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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 Croatia national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009
  8. Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatia national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)
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