Josip Knežević

Croatian footballer (born 1988)

Josip KneževićPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth|  Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height|  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  BSK Bijelo Brdo
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)
2023–|  BSK Bijelo Brdo|  27|  (2)
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 5 May 2024

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

## Playing career[edit]

### Club[edit]

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[edit]

Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,[7] U19 and U17 sides.[8]

## Career statistics[edit]

### Club statistics[edit]

Club  | Season  | League  | Cup  | Europe  | Total

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Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals
Osijek
2006–07 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1
2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0
2008–09 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 5
2009–10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 5
2015–16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 2
2016–17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 4
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4
Total | 103 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 13
Amkar Perm
2010 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0
2011–12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 2
Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2
Kairat
2012 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 6
2013 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 10
2014 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8
Total | 63 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 24
Kaisar
2015 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1
Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1
Puskás Akadémia
2017–18 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 36 | 15
2018–19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 12
2019–20 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 8
2020–21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 32 | 10
Total | 110 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 45
Career Total |  | 307 | 81 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 338 | 89

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.

## References[edit]

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)

## External links[edit]

* Josip Knežević at Soccerway.com
* Josip Knežević at WorldFootball.net
* Josip Knežević at FBref.com

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals