Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a

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who plays for Croatian club

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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 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 Croatian national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship

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with 7 assists. On 12 February 2010 Knežević moved to Russian side

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in a deal initially worth

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500,000. Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with

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. 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

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International

Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21, U19 and U17 sides.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)
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Career statistics

Club statistics

''Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knezevic, Josip 1988 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Association football midfielders Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia 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 footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait