Josip Knežević
Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club Šibenik. Playing 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 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. 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 returned 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. International Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21, U19 and U17 sides. Career statistics Club statistics Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021. References External links 1988 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Osijek players FC Amkar Perm players FC Kairat players FC Kaisar players Puskás Akadémia FC players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Croatian Football League players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kuwait Premier League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait