Josip Posavec (born 10 March 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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for AaB.

Career

Palermo

On 31 August 2015, the

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club

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announced that they had finalised the signing of Posavec, and that he will join the Italian club at the end of the football season 2015/2016. However on 26 January 2016,

announced that Posavec would join the club already in January, to replace Simone Colombi who left for

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Hajduk Split

On 7 July 2018, Posavec returned to the

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, signing for

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

on a one-year loan deal. Posavec made his debut for Hajduk on 26 July 2017 in a 1-0 victory over

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in the second round of 2018-19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase, earning plaudits for his performance. Posavec made 33 appearances for Hajduk in all competitions. On 8 June 2019, Hajduk announced that they had signed Posavec from Palermo on a permanent, four-year deal.

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