Josip Barišić (born 12 August 1983) is a retired Bosnian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

In his career, Barišić played for his hometown club

Posušje Posušje ( cyrl, Посушје, ) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Name The name Posušje is derived from ''suša'' ...

in which he returned after a short spell at

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. He played in 95 league matches and scored 8 goals for his first club before and after that. Then he joined

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as a free player. He was transferred to

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in 2011 for

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150,000 and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the

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based team. After Hajduk, Barišić played for a short period at

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, but shortly after returned to Široki Brijeg. In May 2017, Barišić won his first trophy with Široki Brijeg, the 2016–17 Bosnian Cup after beating

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in the

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. On 2 June 2020, he decided to leave Široki Brijeg seven years after returning to the club. On 22 June 2020, Barišić came back to Posušje and signed a contract with the club.

International career

In 2010, Barišić was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team and made his debut for the team on 10 December 2010 in a

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against

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Honours

Široki Brijeg *

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

: 2016–17

References

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