Vilim Posinković (born 10 January 1991) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Swiss club Linth 04.

Career

Posinković joined Turkish club

Giresunspor Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun. History Giresunspor was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing ...

on loan from another Turkish club

Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor was a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. History In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that wo ...

on 30 January 2012 for the rest of the season after having played 15 matches and scoring 2 goals. In March, he scored a goal in a 3–0 victory over

Bucaspor Bucaspor was a professional Turkish Association football, football club based in Buca, İzmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy. It was dissolved in 2020. History Bucaspor was the ...

. On 4 June 2012, Erciyesspor announced that he was one of the 16 players who was released. On 4 February 2013, he moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina, signing for Olimpik. In June 2013, he signed for Croatian club Slaven Belupo. In March 2015 Posinković joined Finnish club

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

. He scored two goals and two assists in the quarterfinal and semifinal of the

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, which guided his club to the final. In October, he scored a goal against

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in a league match which RoPS won 2–1. After a stint with another Finnish club

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, he joined Greek club Kissamikos on 14 September 2015. After a stint with Cypriot club

AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki () is a Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play at Zakaki Municipal Stadium, but are currently playing a ...

, Posinković signed for Polish

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club

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on 19 July 2017, penning a two-year deal, which would keep him in the club till the end of June 2019. On 19 August 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league victory against Stomil Olsztyn. In October, he found the net in a 2–1 victory against

GKS Katowice GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , ) is a Polish professional football club based in Katowice. They currently compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the I liga in 2024. History In 1963 in Katowice a spe ...

in a derby. In the summer of 2018, Posinković joined

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

. He stayed for one year at Lokomotiv, managing to win the 2018–19 Bulgarian Cup with the club. On 23 September 2019, he returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, signing a contract with

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club

FK Radnik Bijeljina Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина) is a professional association football club based in the city of Bijeljina that is situated in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays ...

. Posinković made his official debut for Radnik on 5 October 2019, in a 3–2 home league win against

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. He scored his first goal for Radnik on 19 October 2019, in a 0–3 away league win against

FK Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City (), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han, is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

. Posinković left Radnik in July 2020. On 1 February 2021, Posinković joined German club

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. However, he left the club again before making his debut, on 11 April 2021, to sign with

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team

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. Posinković left Nepal again in the summer and returned to Germany, where he began training with his former club, Rot-Weiß Erfurt. He also played a friendly game for Erfurt on 18 July 2021. In August 2021, Posinković signed with

NK Dugopolje NK Dugopolje is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Dugopolje on the outskirts of Split, a city on the Adriatic coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First footbal ...

in Croatia. On 30 December 2021, he signed with Cypriot club

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Honours

Lokomotiv Plovdiv *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2018–19

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