Josip Knežević

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988 in Osijek<ref>Playerhistory Profile</ref>) is a Croatian international footballer, who plays for NK Osijek in the Prva HNL.

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 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.<ref name="Amkar">Template:Cite web</ref> Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

International career

Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,<ref>Official site of Croatian Football Federation on the news that Josip Knezevic was called in Croatian national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009</ref> U19 and U17 sides.<ref>Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatian national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)</ref>

Career statistics

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Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kairat (loan)	2012	Kazakhstan Premier League	16	6			-		-		16	6
Kairat	2013		30	10	1	0	-		-		31	10
	2014		17	6	1	1	4	1	-		22	8
	Total		63	22	2	0	4	1	0	0	69	24
Kaisar	2015	Kazakhstan Premier League	11	1	0	0	-		-		11	1
Career total			74	23	2	0	4	1	0	0	80	25