Ivan Bošnjak (; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club

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and Hajduk Split in his native Croatia, as well as

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in Belgium and

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in China.

Club career

Bošnjak started his professional career at local club

in the 1996–97 season. He went on to move to Hajduk Split in 2000 and left the club after two seasons for Al-Ittihad Tripoli from

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, where he spent a season without getting a chance to make a single appearance in an official match. He came back to Croatia by signing with

in 2004. At the club level, he had his biggest personal successes while being named the best player of the

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in 2000 and becoming the league's top goalscorer in 2006 with 22 goals scored. He transferred to

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club

at season 2011. In March 2012, Bošnjak joined Rijeka. It is reported that Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Brunei's

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on a transfer in February 2013. on 2014 Bošnjak has agreed to terms with

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International career

Bošnjak played for the Croatia national team and collected a total of 14 international caps in which he managed to score one goal. He made his debut for the Croatian team in their friendly match against

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on 16 August 2000 in Bratislava, but subsequently made only one more appearance for the team over a timespan of more than four years before eventually becoming their regular member in 2005 by making six appearances in the

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qualifying. He went on to score his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against

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at the 2006

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in Hong Kong and was then also selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, but played at the tournament for only four minutes of regular time in Croatia's second group match against Japan.

International appearances

Honours

Club

;Cibalia * Croatian Second League: 1997–98 (East) ;Hajduk Split *

: 2000–01 ;Al-Ittihad Tripoli *

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: 2002–03 *

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: 2002 ;Dinamo Zagreb *

: 2005–06 * Croatian Cup: 2004 ;Genk *

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: 2009 Belgian Cup Final, 2009

Individual

* Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award, SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2000 *

Heart of Hajduk Award Heart of Hajduk ( hr, Hajdučko srce) is an annual football award established in 1994 and officially awarded by the Hajduk Split supporters' association Torcida Split to the Hajduk player of the year. The inaugural winner of the award was the m ...

: 2001 * Croatian First League Top Scorer: 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosnjak, Ivan 1979 births Living people Footballers from Vinkovci Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players HNK Cibalia players HNK Hajduk Split players Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players K.R.C. Genk players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players HNK Rijeka players DPMM FC players Persija Jakarta players Croatian Football League players Libyan Premier League players Belgian Pro League players Super League Greece players China League One players Singapore Premier League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Libya Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia