Kristijan Krajček
Kristijan Krajček (born 1 October 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United. He is the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a Singapore Cup Final when they faced Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 19 November 2022, where he help the club win it’s first ever piece of Silverware.
_25.jpg.webp) Kristjian with Hougang in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hougang United | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Đakovo Croatia | ||
| 2011 | NK HAŠK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | NK HAŠK | 28 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Đakovo Croatia | ||
| 2014–2016 | Bijelo Brdo | 13 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 31 | (3) |
| 2017 | Marsonia | ||
| 2018 | Brežice 1919 | 13 | (3) |
| 2018 | Bijelo Brdo | 13 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Balestier Khalsa | 47 | (14) |
| 2022– | Hougang United | 45 | (16) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023 | |||
Career
NK HASK
He being his career with NK HASK when he was 17, after starting his football journey in an academy that is a 20-minute drive from where he stays. [1]
Hougang United
Having just joined the club at the beginning of the year, he became instrumental throughout the season helping them in the 2022 AFC Cup, finishing third place in the league and also a hat-trick in the 2022 Singapore Cup final against Tampines Rovers which give Hougang their first ever piece of silverware. [2] He ends the season well with 12 goals and 17 assists in 34 appearances.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 September 2023[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NK HAŠK | 2011–12 | 2. HNL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Bijelo Brdo | 2014–15 | 3. HNL | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2016–17 | 2. HNL | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| Brežice 1919 | 2017–18 | 2. SNL | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Bijelo Brdo | 2018–19 | 2. HNL | 13 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 2020 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15 | ||
| Hougang United | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
| 2023 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | ||
| Total | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 45 | ||
- Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup
References
- "joined NK KK joins HASK in Zagreb when he was 17".
- "Hougang United are 2022 Singapore Cup champions".
- Kristijan Krajček at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2019.