Petar Filipović (born 14 September 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

A product of the

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academy, Filipović played mostly in their reserve team, making his debut, and his only Bundesliga appearance so far on 14 May 2011, entering for

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in a game against

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. After spending the 2011–12 season mostly in the reserve team, Filipović became a free agent, signing for

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in the

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in late 2012. On 24 June 2016, Filipović signed a three-year deal with

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. During his time in Austria, he was one of the most important members of the squad at achieving the second place in the

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and playing all six games in the groups of UEFA Europa League. On 18 August 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Konyaspor.

International career

Filipović, who holds both Croatian and German nationality, was called up in early 2011 to the Croatia U21 national team by its selector at that time, Ivo Šušak. However, he did not answer the call, and it is alleged that the information about the call-up was withheld from him by his club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Filipovic, Petar 1990 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German people of Croatian descent Association football defenders German footballers Croatian footballers FC St. Pauli players HNK Cibalia players NK Slaven Belupo players SV Ried players FK Austria Wien players Konyaspor footballers LASK players AEL Limassol players Bundesliga players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Cypriot First Division players Croatian expatriate footballers German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus German expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey