Ivan Bošnjak (; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional

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er who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club

HNK Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second-tier league. Their stadium ...

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and

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in his native Croatia, as well as

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in Belgium and Chongqing Lifan in China.

Club career

Bošnjak started his professional career at local club

in the 1996–97 season. He went on to move to

in 2000 and left the club after two seasons for

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from

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, where he spent a season without getting a chance to make a single appearance in an official match. He came back to Croatia by signing with

in 2004. At the club level, he had his biggest personal successes while being named the best player of the Croatian First League in 2000 and becoming the league's top goalscorer in 2006 with 22 goals scored. He transferred to

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club Chongqing Lifan at season 2011. In March 2012, Bošnjak joined

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. It is reported that Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Brunei's DPMM FC on a transfer in February 2013. on 2014 Bošnjak has agreed to terms with

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International career

Bošnjak played for the Croatia national team and collected a total of 14 international caps in which he managed to score one goal. He made his debut for the Croatian team in their friendly match against

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on 16 August 2000 in

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, but subsequently made only one more appearance for the team over a timespan of more than four years before eventually becoming their regular member in 2005 by making six appearances in the

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qualifying. He went on to score his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against

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at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup in Hong Kong and was then also selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, but played at the tournament for only four minutes of regular time in Croatia's second group match against

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International appearances

Honours

Club

;Cibalia * Croatian Second League: 1997–98 (East) ;Hajduk Split * Croatian First League: 2000–01 ;Al-Ittihad Tripoli *

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: 2002–03 * Libyan Super Cup: 2002 ;Dinamo Zagreb * Croatian First League: 2005–06 * Croatian Cup:

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;Genk *

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Individual

* SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2000 * Heart of Hajduk Award: 2001 * Croatian First League Top Scorer: 2006

References

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