Krešimir Kordić (born 3 September 1981) is a Croatian retired

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Club career

Kordić made his professional debut for boyhood and hometown club Zrinjski Mostar in 1999. In his first two seasons as a professional, the striker scored 16 goals in 43 appearances, earning himself a move to 1. HNL side Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2002. After six months with NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac where Krešimir failed to establish himself as a first team regular, he moved to Croatian side

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. In three years with Zadar, Kordić managed seven goals in 32 appearances. In 2005, Kordić made his return to Mostar, resigning with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. His spell at Zrinjski was very successful, scoring 21 goals in 44 games. In 2007, Kordić moved to fellow Croatian - Hercegovinian side

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and had another successful season. After just one year with Posušje, Kordić moved back to Zrinjski and scored 33 goals in 71 games over the next two seasons. In 2010, Kordic made his first international transfer, moving to Slovak side Slovan Bratislava. Kordic won the Corgoň liga and

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in his first season with the Slovak club and scored 5 goals in 20 games. Before the end of his contract with Slovan Bratislava he was loaned out to DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda in 2012 and spent three months there. Once his contract with Slovan expired,

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enticed him back to

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and he signed a two-year contract. He scored 25 goals in 63 games in national and continental competitions for Široki. In the summer of 2014, newly crowned champions of Bosnia and Hercegovina Zrinjski Mostar brought back the fan favourite as their first reinforcement. The last season of his contract, he won third championship with Zrinjski. He scored the most goals (75) in Zrijnski's history and he is currently on the fourth (4) place of Bosnian Premier league topscorers from beginning scoring 84 goals. Also he is one of successful players from Bosnia and Herzegovina winning 4 national championships and 2 cups.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club ;HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *

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: 2004–05, 2008-09, 2015–16 ;ŠK Slovan Bratislava * Fortuna Liga: 2010–11, *

: 2010–11, ;NK Široki Brijeg * Bosnian Cup : 2012–13

Individual

* Record Bosnia-Herzegovina Cup scorer of all time with 30 goals * HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Top Goalscorer (5) : 2000-01, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 * HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Player of the Season 2008–09 by supporters * HŠK Zrinjski Mostar all time XI * NK Široki Brijeg Top Goalscorer : 2012/13 * Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Team of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2013 * Third highest scorer in Bosnia and Herzegovina history in all competitions with 113 goals *Sixt highest Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina scorer of all time with 83 goals

External links

Krešimir Kordić profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kordic, Kresimir 1981 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Men's association football forwards HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian Football League players HNK Hajduk Split players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Zadar players HŠK Posušje players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Slovak First Football League players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players NK Široki Brijeg players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia