Ivan Bošnjak (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈiʋan ˈbɔʃɲak]; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in his native Croatia, as well as Genk in Belgium and Chongqing Lifan in China.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Vinkovci, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cibalia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Cibalia | 62 | (23) |
| 2000–2002 | Hajduk Split | 54 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | Al-Ittihad Tripoli | 4 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Dinamo Zagreb | 62 | (33) |
| 2006–2009 | Genk | 59 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | Chongqing Lifan | 22 | (6) |
| 2012 | Rijeka | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | DPMM | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Persija Jakarta | 14 | (4) |
| Total | 298 | (85) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1993 | Croatia U14 | 1 | (0) |
| 1995 | Croatia U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Croatia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Croatia | 14 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 4 December 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2006 | |||
Club career edit
Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season. He went on to move to Hajduk Split in 2000 and left the club after two seasons for Al-Ittihad Tripoli from Libya, where he spent a season without getting a chance to make a single appearance in an official match. He came back to Croatia by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in 2004. At the club level, he had his biggest personal successes while being named the best player of the Croatian First League in 2000 and becoming the league's top goalscorer in 2006 with 22 goals scored. He transferred to China League One club Chongqing Lifan at season 2011. In March 2012, Bošnjak joined Rijeka.[1] It is reported that Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Brunei's DPMM FC on a transfer in February 2013.[2] on 2014 Bošnjak has agreed to terms with Persija Jakarta.[3]
International career edit
Bošnjak played for the Croatia national team and collected a total of 14 international caps in which he managed to score one goal.[4] He made his debut for the Croatian team in their friendly match against Slovakia on 16 August 2000 in Bratislava,[5] but subsequently made only one more appearance for the team over a timespan of more than four years before eventually becoming their regular member in 2005 by making six appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. He went on to score his first goal for Croatia in their friendly match against Hong Kong at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup in Hong Kong and was then also selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, but played at the tournament for only four minutes of regular time in Croatia's second group match against Japan.
International appearances edit
| Croatia national team[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 1 |
Honours edit
Club edit
- Cibalia
- Croatian Second League: 1997–98 (East)
- Hajduk Split
- Al-Ittihad Tripoli
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Genk
Individual edit
- SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2000
- Heart of Hajduk Award: 2001
- Croatian First League Top Scorer: 2006
References edit
- ^ Filipović, Vedran (20 March 2012). "Ivan Bošnjak novi igrač Rijeke". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ "DPMM FC to visit Vietnam for pre-season friendlies | the Brunei Times". bt.com.bn. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Liga Indonesia". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Croatia – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Ivan Bošnjak". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
External links edit
- Ivan Bošnjak at FIFA (archived)
- Ivan Bošnjak at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivan Bošnjak at EU-Football.info
- Ivan Bošnjak at FBref.com
- Ivan Bošnjak at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ivan Bošnjak at WorldFootball.net
