Josip Brezovec
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | NK Nedeljanec | ||
| 1996–2004 | Varteks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005 | NK Nedeljanec | ||
| 2005–2006 | SV St. Michael | ||
| 2006 | Belišće | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Varteks | 97 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Slaven Belupo | 26 | (5) |
| 2012– | Rijeka | 71 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | → Spezia (loan) | 51 | (7) |
| 2016– | → Rijeka II | 1 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2008 | Croatia U21 | 5 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 May 2016. | |||
Josip Brezovec (born 12 March 1986, Varaždin) is a Croatian professional footballer, currently playing for HNK Rijeka in Prva HNL.
Career
His home club was NK Nedeljanec but as a 10-year-old Brezovec joined NK Varteks and played there until leaving the junior experience in winter 2004–05.
As a junior, he did not manage to enter into the first team at Varteks, so he returned to his home club Nedeljanec. Then he went to the Austrian Regionalliga (Club St. Michael). After a short time in Austria, he returned in Croatia in the summer of 2006. He signed a contract with the Croatian second division club NK Belišće.
In November 2010, it was announced that Brezovec agreed on terms with Dinamo Zagreb and will be transferred out of NK Varaždin in the mid-season for undisclosed fee. He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.[1] However, after playing only nine games for Dinamo by the end of season, Brezovec was signed by Slaven Belupo.[2] In June 2012, Brezovec was signed by HNK Rijeka. With ten assists to his account, he was the league leader in the 2012–13 Croatian First Football League. In September 2014, Brezovec was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.[3] He returned to Rijeka in January 2016.
Career statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup & Supercup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2006–07 | Belišće | 2. HNL | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 16 | 4 | |
| 2006–07 | Varteks | 1. HNL | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2008–09 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 19 | 6 | |||
| Varteks total | 97 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 13 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1. HNL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Slaven Belupo | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2012–13 | Rijeka | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Spezia (loan) | Serie B | 34 | 5 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 21 | 2 | |||
| Spezia total | 51 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| 2015–16 | Rijeka | 1. HNL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Rijeka total | 71 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 265 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 309 | 33 | ||
| Last Update: 16 April 2016. | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ Strahija, Ivana (25 November 2010). "Brezovec se dogovorio s Dinamom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ Glasnović, Mario (15 June 2011). "Skender i Brezovec napustili Maksimir". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ "Brezovec na posudbi u Speziji". Vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
External links
- Josip Brezovec profile at Soccerway
- Josip Brezovec at the Croatian Football Federation website (Croatian)
- Josip Brezovec at Croatian Football Statistics (Croatian)
- HNK Rijeka player profile (Croatian)
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