Josip Golubar (born 4 March 1985) is a Croatian

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who plays as a

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for NK Podravina.

Career

Early career

Golubar played at youth level with hometown club Varteks (later renamed

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). He spent much of his early senior career in the

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Stegersbach

In 2008, Golubar signed with

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club SV Stegersbach. He made 15 appearances that season, scoring five goals.

Varaždin

In 2009, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with First League side

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, near his home town. On 14 July 2011, Golubar made his European debut in the Europa League second qualifying round against Moldovan side Iskra-Stal. He went on to make four Europa League appearances that season, scoring one goal.

RNK Split

In winter 2012, Golubar signed with

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Zavrč

In summer 2012, Golubar signed with

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side Zavrč. In his first season in Slovenia, he made 24 appearances and scored 13 goals, tying Amer Krcić for top scorer in the league. Zavrč won the league that season and earned promotion to the PrvaLiga. In the 2013–14 PrvaLiga, Golubar made 32 appearances for Zavrč, scoring five goals, and helping the club to a fifth-place finish, missing out on a

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spot by five points.

Olimpija Ljubljana

In summer 2014, Golubar signed with Olimpija Ljubljana. He would make a total of thirteen league appearances for Olimpija before leaving the club in September 2015.

Second spell at Zavrč

Shortly after leaving Olimpija, Golubar returned to Zavrč for a second spell, making 17 league appearances and scoring four goals that season.

Second spell at Varaždin

In summer 2015, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with Varaždin for a second spell, this time in the Third League.

Lučko

Midway through the 2016–17 season, Golubar left Varaždin to sign with Croatian Second League club

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. Over the remainder of the season, he made seven league appearances and scored two goals.

Third spell at Varaždin

After Varaždin earned promotion to the Croatian Second League, Golubar re-signed again on 6 July 2017. In the 2017–18 season he made 29 league appearances, scoring four goals, and scored the lone goal in Varažin's 1–2 Croatian Football Cup loss to Cibalia. He helped Varaždin to a second-place finish in the

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, earning a spot in the promotion playoff against Istra 1961, which they lost 3–2 on aggregate. On 23 January 2019, Golubar and Varaždin agreed to the mutual termination of his contract so that he could pursue opportunities abroad.

Valour FC

On 14 February 2019, Golubar signed with new

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side

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. Golubar only got to play in three games for Valour during the

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due to sustaining a season ending injury early on. On 29 November 2019, the club announced that Golubar would not be returning for the 2020 season.

Return to Neuberg

On 21 January 2020, Golubar signed with his former club SV Neuberg, now playing in the Burgenland 2. Liga Süd of the

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Varteks

Honours

Zavrč *

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Individual *Slovenian Second League top scorer: 2012–13

References

External links

PrvaLiga profile
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Austrian career stats
- ÖFB {{DEFAULTSORT:Golubar, Josip 1985 births Living people People from Varaždin County Association football midfielders Croatian footballers SV Stegersbach players NK Varaždin players RNK Split players NK Zavrč players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players NK Varaždin (2012) players NK Lučko players Valour FC players Austrian Landesliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Croatian Football League players Slovenian Second League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Second Football League (Croatia) players First Football League (Croatia) players Canadian Premier League players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate soccer players in Canada Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Canada