Krešimir Kordić (born 3 September 1981) is a Croatian retired

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Club career

Kordić made his professional debut for boyhood and hometown club

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) **ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *Han ...

in 1999. In his first two seasons as a professional, the striker scored 16 goals in 43 appearances, earning himself a move to 1. HNL side

Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's c ...

in January 2002. After six months with NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac where Krešimir failed to establish himself as a first team regular, he moved to Croatian side

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. In three years with Zadar, Kordić managed seven goals in 32 appearances. In 2005, Kordić made his return to Mostar, resigning with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. His spell at Zrinjski was very successful, scoring 21 goals in 44 games. In 2007, Kordić moved to fellow Croatian - Hercegovinian side

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'' ...

and had another successful season. After just one year with Posušje, Kordić moved back to Zrinjski and scored 33 goals in 71 games over the next two seasons. In 2010, Kordic made his first international transfer, moving to Slovak side Slovan Bratislava. Kordic won the

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and

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in his first season with the Slovak club and scored 5 goals in 20 games. Before the end of his contract with Slovan Bratislava he was loaned out to DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda in 2012 and spent three months there. Once his contract with Slovan expired,

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enticed him back to

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and he signed a two-year contract. He scored 25 goals in 63 games in national and continental competitions for Široki. In the summer of 2014, newly crowned champions of Bosnia and Hercegovina

brought back the fan favourite as their first reinforcement. The last season of his contract, he won third championship with Zrinjski. He scored the most goals (75) in Zrijnski's history and he is currently on the fourth (4) place of Bosnian Premier league topscorers from beginning scoring 84 goals. Also he is one of successful players from Bosnia and Herzegovina winning 4 national championships and 2 cups.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club ;HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

: 2004–05, 2008-09, 2015–16 ;ŠK Slovan Bratislava *

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, ;NK Široki Brijeg * Bosnia-Herzegovina Cup:

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Individual

* HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Top Goalscorer (5) : 2000-01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski Mostar, lit=Croat Sports Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a professional football club, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

Player of the Season 2008–09 by supporters *

all time XI * NK Široki Brijeg Top Goalscorer : 2012/13 * Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Team of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2013 * Third highest scorer in Bosnia and Herzegovina in all competitions of all time with 112 goals *Fifth highest Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina scorer of all time with 83 goals

Records

* Record Bosnia-Herzegovina Cup scorer of all time with 30 goals

External links

Krešimir Kordić profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kordic, Kresimir 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Association football forwards HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Croatia Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian Football League players HNK Hajduk Split players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Zadar players HŠK Posušje players Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Slovak Super Liga players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players NK Široki Brijeg players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia