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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Josip Knežević
| image =
| fullname =
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|10|3}}
| birth_place = [[Osijek]], [[Croatia]]
| currentclub = [[NK Osijek|Osijek]]
| clubnumber = TBA
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1999–2006 | youthclubs1= [[NK Osijek]]
| years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = [[NK Osijek]]<ref>[http://www.hnl-statistika.com/en_p1.asp?ID=918 Statistics of Croatian Championship into English, page about Knezevic's statistics with his photo]</ref> | caps1 = 69 | goals1 = 12
| years2 = 2010–2013 | clubs2 = [[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]] | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] (loan) | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 16
| years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]] | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2016– | clubs6 = [[NK Osijek]] | caps6 = 4| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = [[Croatia national under-18 football team|Croatia U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam2 = [[Croatia national under-19 football team|Croatia U19]] | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam3 = [[Croatia national under-20 football team|Croatia U20]] | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2009 | nationalteam4 = [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia U21]] | nationalcaps4 = 3 | nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 18:22, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
}}
'''Josip Knežević''' (born 3 October 1988 in [[Osijek]]<ref>[http://www.playerhistory.com/player/96862/ Playerhistory Profile]</ref>) is a [[Croatia]]n international [[football (soccer)|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 [[Croatia national under-21 football team|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">{{cite web| url=http://amkar.org/news/?id=19818 | title=The first signing(RUS) | date= 12 February 2010}}</ref> Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] outfit [[FC Kairat]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:«Амкар» отдал Кнежевича в аренду «Кайрату»|url=http://www.sports.ru/football/136105299.html|publisher=sports.ru|accessdate=6 May 2014|language=Russian}}</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>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Кнежевич переехал в "Кайрат"|url=http://www.prosportkz.kz/ru/news/21238.html|publisher=prosportkz|accessdate=6 May 2014|language=Russian}}</ref>

After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with [[FC Kaisar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Кайсар подписал Кнежеввича|url=http://fckaysar.kz/rus/news/517|website=fckaysar.kz|publisher=FC Kaisar|accessdate=17 June 2015|language=Russian|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

===International career===
Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian [[Croatia national under-21 football team|U21]],<ref>[http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=vijesti&id=598&p=6 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> [[Croatia national under-19 football team|U19]] and [[Croatia national under-17 football team|U17]] sides.<ref>[http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=U&id=5851 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==
===Club===
{{updated|30 October 2015}}<ref>{{cite web|title=J.Knežević|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/players/josip-knezevic/36727/|website=uk.soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway.com|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]] (loan)
|[[2012 Kazakhstan Premier League|2012]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|16||6|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||6
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|[[2013 Kazakhstan Premier League|2013]]
|30||10||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||31||10
|-
|[[2014 Kazakhstan Premier League|2014]]
|17||6||1||1||4||1||colspan="2"|-||22||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!22!!2!!0!!4!!1!!0!!0!!69!!24
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
|[[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League|2015]]
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|11||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||11||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!74!!23!!2!!0!!4!!1!!0!!0!!80!!25
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Croatian footballers]]
[[Category:Croatian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:NK Osijek players]]
[[Category:Croatian First Football League players]]
[[Category:Croatia under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:FC Amkar Perm players]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:FC Kairat players]]
[[Category:FC Kaisar players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Osijek]]
[[Category:Croatian expatriates in Russia]]

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