Sulejman Krpić (born 1 January 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for First League of FBiH club Stupčanica.
Club career Early career Born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still within SFR Yugoslavia, Krpić played with the youth team of Orašje where he became noticed for being the top scorer in the team and scoring in the Bosnian Youth Cup final against Bosna Visoko which Orašje won by 4–1.Krpić potpisao za Dinamo na deset godina at sportsport.ba, 24 April 2009, Retrieved 1 September 2016 He joined the Dinamo Zagreb youth team in 2008. In April 2009, while he was 18 years old, he signed a 10-year contract with Dinamo. He stayed with the Croatian giants for two years, playing in their youth and reserves teams. In 2010, he moved to Austria joining LASK juniors team competing in the 2010–11 Austrian Regional League Central, better known as Regionalliga, Austrian third level.
In the summer of 2011, Krpić returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and after a half-season with Orašje, he signed a one-year contract with Sarajevo the during winter-break,Sulejman Krpić dogovorio prelazak u Sarajevo at sportsport.ba, 14 January 2012, Retrieved 1 September 2016 and debuted in the second half of the 2011–12 league season. A year later, Krpić left Sarajevo and moved to neighbor Serbia where he played in the second level, Serbian First League, with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.
Sloboda Tuzla At the end of the 2012–13 season, Krpić left Metalac and joined Sloboda Tuzla, then playing in the second level but clearly aiming to return to the top level. Sloboda had brought coach Miroslav Blažević whose first signings were Edin Husić and Krpić.Službeno: Sulejman Krpić pojačao Istru 1961 at sportsport.ba, 21 June 2014, Retrieved 1 September 2016Sloboda angažovala Edina Husića i Sulejmana Krpića at sportsport.ba, 26 January 2014, Retrieved 1 September 2016 They achieved promotion that year by winning the 2013–14 First League of FBiH.
Krpić stayed with Sloboda the following seasons, being a member of the squad for the 2015–16 season, just two years after their promotion, when they finished second in the league and were cup finalists. At the start of that season, Krpić left Sloboda and signed a three-year contract with Croatian top-flight side Istra 1961, however, he left Istra shortly afterward, without even debuting for them in any competition, and during the following winter-break he rejoined Sloboda.Krpić se vraća u Slobodu at sportsport.ba, 18 January 2015, Retrieved 1 September 2016
Halfway through the 2016–17 season, Krpić led the scoring table in the Bosnian Premier League, subsequently attracting interest from abroad. On 3 March 2017, it was announced that he had signed a three-year contract with Swedish first-tier side AIK, a fee rumoured to be €150,000, upon recommendation from the club's assistant manager Nebojša Novaković. He left the club the same year and came back to Sloboda. After one season in Sloboda, Krpić left and joined Iranian club Tractor.
Željezničar At the end of the season, Krpić left Tractor, came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed a two-year contract with Željezničar.Sulejman Krpić potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor sa Željezničarom at klix.ba, 31 May 2018 In the 2018–19 season, he finished as the league's top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals in 32 league games for Željezničar.
Krpić scored two goals in Željezničar's 5–2 Sarajevo derby win against his former club FK Sarajevo on 31 August 2019. On 30 November 2019, he scored another goal against Sarajevo in the city derby, this time in Željezničar's 3–1 away league win.
Later career On 3 January 2020, Krpić signed a contract with South Korean K League 1 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings for a €230.000 transfer fee. He made his official debut on 19 February 2020, in an AFC Champions League match against Vissel Kobe. He left Suwon on 7 November 2020 after his contract with the club expired.
Krpić joined Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu in December 2020. He made his debut in a league game against Argeș Pitești on 6 February 2021. He scored his first goal for Astra against Academica Clinceni in a league game on 27 February 2021.
On 28 June 2021, Krpić signed a three-year contract with Tuzla City. He debuted and scored his first goal for Tuzla City on 19 July 2021, in a league game against Sarajevo. Following Tuzla City, he played for Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers.
Return to Željezničar Krpić returned to Željezničar in February 2023, signing a two-year deal. He made his second debut for Željezničar in a Bosnian Cup game against Leotar on 18 February. He scored his first goal for the club since returning on 25 February, in a league game against Igman Konjic.
On 12 May 2023, Krpić scored the equaliser 6 minutes into stoppage time against rivals Sarajevo in the Sarajevo derby, helping his team to narrowly escape defeat in a 2–2 draw. He made his 100th appearance for Željezničar in the Sarajevo derby on 14 April 2024. In August 2024, he signed a one-year contract renewal, keeping him at the club until at least July 2025. He scored his 50th goal for Željezničar with a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win over GOŠK Gabela on 9 December 2024.
In January 2025, Krpić signed another contract renewal, keeping him at the club until June 2026. On 28 March 2025, he scored a brace in a 3–2 home win against Posušje.
Krpić left Željezničar following the end of the 2025–26 season. Altogether, he scored 59 goals in 165 matches for Željezničar across his two spells, making him the eleventh-highest goalscorer in the club's history.
International career Krpić was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team in 2009 and 2011. He made 4 appearances for the national team but did not score a goal.
In December 2021, Krpić received his first senior call-up, for a friendly game against the United States, and debuted in that game on 18 December.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLASK Linz II2010–11Regionalliga11500—115Orašje2011–12First League of FBiH64——64Sarajevo2011–12Bosnian Premier League14200001422012–13Bosnian Premier League80000080Total2220000222Metalac Gornji Milanovac2012–13Serbian First League13300—133Sloboda Tuzla2013–14First League of FBiH1410——14102014–15Bosnian Premier League13300—1332015–16Bosnian Premier League25463—3172016–17Bosnian Premier League181110102011Total702873107831AIK2017Allsvenskan60000060Sloboda Tuzla2017–18Bosnian Premier League13421—155Tractor2017–18Persian Gulf Pro League 500050100Željezničar2018–19Bosnian Premier League3216004336192019–20Bosnian Premier League181200—1812Total502800435431Suwon Samsung Bluewings2020K League 1 1322010162Astra Giurgiu2020–21Liga I17252—224Tuzla City2021–22Bosnian Premier League301441—3415Western Sydney Wanderers2022–23A-League Men13200—00Željezničar2022–23Bosnian Premier League15240—1922023–24Bosnian Premier League28810413392024–25Bosnian Premier League291163—35142025–26Bosnian Premier League1923021243Total91231436211128Stupčanica2026–27First League of FBiH0000—00Career total3591163410175410131
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBosnia and Herzegovina202110Total10
Honours Sloboda Tuzla First League of FBiH: 2013–14
Individual Bosnian Premier League top scorer: 2018–19
References
External links
Sulejman Krpić at Sofascore