Spomenko Bošnjak (born 18 July 1973) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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Club career

An ethnic Croat, he started his career at NK Hrvatski dragovoljac at

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. He then played for

NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

and Ukrainian side

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club (sports), phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of mas ...

. At age of 33, he returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and played for

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg () is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays ...

and

NK Kreševo-Stanić NK Kreševo-Stanić is a Bosnian football team based in the Central Bosnian town of Kreševo. The home ground is the Stamal Arena in Kreševo. History Soccer began in Kreševo in the summer of 1956 when students would return from school and p ...

International career

Bošnjak was capped twice for

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, he made his debut on 11 October 2002 against

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, a friendly. On 16 October he played his last match against

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for European Championship qualification.

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* * * * 1973 births Living people Men's association football defenders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players NK Široki Brijeg players Croatian Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-defender-stub