Sulejman Krpić (born 1 January 1991) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club Željezničar. He also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, back then still within

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, Krpić played with the youth team of

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where he became noticed for being the top scorer in the team and scoring in the Bosnian Youth Cup final against Bosna Visoko which Orašje won by 4–1.Krpić potpisao za Dinamo na deset godina
at sportsport.ba, 24 April 2009, Retrieved 1 September 2016 He joined the

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youth team in 2008. In April 2009, while he was 18 years old, he signed a 10-year contract with Dinamo. He stayed with the Croatian giants for two years, playing in their youth and reserves teams. In 2010, he moved to Austria joining

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juniors team competing in the 2010–11

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, better known as Regionalliga, Austrian third level. In the summer of 2011, Krpić returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and after a half-season with Orašje, he signed a one-year contract with

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the during winter-break, and debuted in the second half of the 2011–12 league season. A year later, Krpić left Sarajevo and moved to neighbor Serbia where he played in the second level,

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, with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

Sloboda Tuzla

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Krpić left Metalac and joined Sloboda Tuzla, then playing in the second level but clearly aiming to return to the top level. Sloboda had brought coach

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whose first signings were

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and Krpić.Službeno: Sulejman Krpić pojačao Istru 1961
at sportsport.ba, 21 June 2014, Retrieved 1 September 2016 They achieved promotion that year by winning the 2013–14 First League of FBiH. Krpić stayed with Sloboda the following seasons, being a member of the squad for the 2015–16 season , just two years after their promotion, when they finished second in the league and were cup finalists. At the start of that season, Krpić left Sloboda and signed a three-year contract with Croatian top-flight side Istra 1961, however, he left Istra shortly afterward, without even debuting for them in any competition, and during the following winter-break he rejoined Sloboda. Halfway through the 2016–17 season, Krpić led the scoring table in the

, subsequently attracting interest from abroad. On 3 March 2017, it was announced that he had signed a three-year contract with Swedish first-tier side

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, a fee rumoured to be €150,000, upon recommendation from the club's assistant manager

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. He left the club the same year and came back to Sloboda. After one season in Sloboda, Krpić left and joined Iranian club

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Željezničar

At the end of the season, Krpić left Tractor, came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed a two-year contract with Željezničar. In the 2018–19 season, he finished as the league top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals in 32 league games for Željezničar. Krpić scored two goals in Željezničar's 5–2

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win against his former club FK Sarajevo on 31 August 2019. On 30 November 2019, he scored another goal against Sarajevo in the city derby, this time in Željezničar's 3–1 away league win.

Later career

On 3 January 2020, Krpić signed a contract with South Korean

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club

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for a €230.000 transfer fee. He made his official debut on 19 February 2020, in an

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match against

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. He left Suwon on 7 November 2020 after his contract with the club expired. Krpić joined Romanian

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club

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in December 2020. He made his debut in a league game against Argeș Pitești on 6 February 2021. He scored his first goal for Astra against

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in a league game on 27 February 2021. On 28 June 2021, Krpić signed a three-year contract with

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. He debuted and scored his first goal for Tuzla City on 19 July 2021, in a league game against Sarajevo. Following Tuzla City, he played for Australian side

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Return to Željezničar

Krpić returned to Željezničar in February 2023, signing a two-year deal.

International career

Krpić was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team in 2009 and 2011. He made 4 appearances for the national team but did not score a goal. In December 2021, Krpić received his first senior call-up, for a

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against the

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, and debuted in that game on 18 December.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sloboda Tuzla * First League of FBiH: 2013–14 *

runner up: 2015–16 *

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 ...

runner up: 2015–16 Individual * Bosnian Premier League Top Goalscorer: 2018–19 (16 goals)

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