Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club BSK Bijelo Brdo.
Playing career Club Knežević has started his career in senior professional team of NK Osijek on 2005/2006 at the age of 17. He has regularly played for Croatia national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in the Croatia national team for young players. Now, Josip Knežević is an active member of the Croatia national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship Prva HNL with 7 assists.
On 12 February 2010 Knežević moved to Russian side Amkar Perm in a deal initially worth €500,000. Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat. After an impressive start, in which he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, Knežević suffered a mid-season injury, but still ended up as the teams topscorer with 6 goals (3 – pen.). At the end of Kneževićs loan deal he returned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.
After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.
International Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,Official site of Croatian Football Federation on the news that Josip Knezevic was called in Croatia national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009 U19 and U17 sides.Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatia national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)
Career statistics Club statistics ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsOsijek2006–07710000712007–0813000––1302008–0925500––2552009–1015520––1752015–1612200––1222016–1731410––3242017–18000010324Total10317301010713Amkar Perm201013010––1402011–127111––82Total2012100222Kairat201216600––1662013301010––311020141761141228Total632221416924Kaisar201511100––111Total1110000111Puskás Akadémia2017–18271194––36152018–19241230––27122019–2030830––3382020–2129931––3210Total110401850012845Career Total307812575133889
Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.
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