Filip Ozobić (; born 8 April 1991) is a professional

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who most recently played for

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

club Neftchi Baku. Born in Croatia, Ozobić represented the Croatia national team in two friendly matches before switching to represent the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Early career

In January 2008, Spartak Moscow acquired Filip while he was still playing for Dinamo Zagreb's under-19 side. Spartak then immediately loaned him out to Croatian First Division side Zadar, where he spent the remainder of the 2007–08 and the 2008–09 seasons. He then returned to Spartak for the 2010–11 season and made his professional debut in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

on 28 November 2010 for Spartak Moscow. He made one further appearance that season and in the following first half of the next season. Croatian club

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

then took Ozobić on a loan for the next 18 months where he largely failed to impress and spent most of the time as either a reserve or a substitute. He was released from his Spartak contract in summer 2013.

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, amid other sides, were interested in the player who was then a free agent and moved fastest, confirming his signing on 6 September 2013.

Gabala

On 11 June 2016, Ozobić signed a two-year contract with

side

Gabala FK Gabala SC (, ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Qabala, which have competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. They will be set to play in Azerbaijan Premier League from 2025–26 season follo ...

Qarabağ

Ozobić signed a three-year contract with

Qarabağ FK Qarabağ Futbol Klubu () is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the Karabakh ( Azerbaijani: ''Qarabağ'') region, ...

on 2 June 2018 after his Gabala contract had expired. On 31 May 2023, Qarabağ announced that Ozobić had left the club following the expiration of his contract.

Neftçi

On 30 June 2023, Neftçi announced the signing of Ozobić to a two-year contract. On 24 June 2025, his contract with Neftçi expired and was not extended, and he left the club.

International career

Croatia

From 2006, until 2011, Ozobić has been part of

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at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U16, U17, U18, U19,

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and U21 teams and he with these teams played 58 matches and scored eight goals. In December 2016, he was named as part of the

squad for

2017 China Cup The 2017 Gree China Cup International Football Championship () was the inaugural edition of the China Cup, an international association football, football tournament. It was held from 10 to 15 January 2017 in Nanning, Guangxi, China. The tourname ...

. On 11 January 2017, Ozobić made his debut with Croatia in 2017 China Cup semi-final against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Azerbaijan

On 14 July 2021, the

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announced that

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had accepted Ozobić's request to play for

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after staying in the country for almost five years. On 27 August 2021, he was called up to join the Azerbaijan national football team.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Hajduk Split *

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Qarabağ *

: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22,

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Individual

* Azerbaijan Premier League Top Scorer (1): 2016–17

References

External links

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Profile on Russian Professional Football League websiteFilip Ozobić profile
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