Josip Knežević
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Osijek | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2006 | NK Osijek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | NK Osijek | 69 | (12) |
| 2010–2013 | Amkar Perm | 20 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Kairat (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Kairat | 47 | (16) |
| 2015 | Kaisar | 11 | (1) |
| 2016– | NK Osijek | 4 | (0) |
| 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 18:22, 8 February 2016 (UTC). |
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Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988 in Osijek) is a Croatian international footballer, who plays for NK Osijek in the Prva HNL.
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. Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat. 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 reutrned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.
After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.
Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,U19 and U17 sides.
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