Fabian Knežević (born 4 December 1987) is a Canadian-Croatian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played in the

Croatian First Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establishe ...

Croatian Third Football League The Treća nogometna liga (), commonly Treća NL or 3. NL, is the fourth tier of the Croatian football league system. The league was reestablished in 2022 following the reconstruction of league system in Croatia. It is operated by the Croatian F ...

, and the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; ) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL). It is a non-FIFA league previously ...

Career

Knežević began his career with

NK Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved in July 2008 after serious financial problems. History The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929. After Wor ...

, where he played in his first two professionals games in the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

, and signed than a contract with

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

in summer 2007. After one year with the reserve of

was loaned out to

NK Zagora Unešić Nogometni klub Zagora Unešić (), commonly referred to as NK Zagora Unešić or simply Zagora Unešić, is a Croatian football club based in Unešić. They currently play in the Croatian Third Football League. The club has 400 members, in spit ...

for one season in August 2008. He was subsequently loaned to HNK Primorac in the

. In 2011, he returned to his hometown to sign with London City in the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knezevic, Fabijan 1987 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Canadian people of Croatian descent Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Croatian Football League players HNK Šibenik players London City Soccer Club players NK Kamen Ingrad players Soccer players from London, Ontario 21st-century Canadian sportsmen