Josip Brezovec

Josip Brezovec
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986
Place of birth Varaždin, Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sheriff Tiraspol
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)
2012–2016 Rijeka 73 (4)
2014–2015 → Spezia (loan) 51 (7)
2016– Sheriff Tiraspol 14 (8)
National team
2005–2008 Croatia U21 5 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 July 2016.


Josip Brezovec (born 12 March 1986, Varaždin) is a Croatian professional footballer, currently playing for FC Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan National Division.

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 season. In September 2014, Brezovec was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.[3] In January 2016, he returned to Rijeka, where he played for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[4] On 2 July 2016, it was announced that Brezovec was signed by FC Sheriff Tiraspol for a fee of €250,000.[5]

Career statistics

Season Club League League Cup & Supercup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2006–07 Belišće 2. HNL 14123–164
2006–07 Varteks 1. HNL 80––80
2007–08 26240–302
2008–09 29420–314
2009–10 18031–211
2010–11 16432–196
Varteks total 97101230010913
2010–11 Dinamo Zagreb 1. HNL 6030–90
2011–12 Slaven Belupo 26520–285
2012–13 Rijeka 30210–312
2013–14 2517160382
2014–15 601050120
2014–15 Spezia (loan) Serie B 345––345
2015–16 17240–212
Spezia total 5174000557
2015–16 Rijeka 1. HNL 11110–121
Rijeka total 734101110945
Career total 2672733711031134
Last Update: 14 May 2016.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
Rijeka

References

  1. ↑ Strahija, Ivana (25 November 2010). "Brezovec se dogovorio s Dinamom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Glasnović, Mario (15 June 2011). "Skender i Brezovec napustili Maksimir". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Brezovec na posudbi u Speziji". Vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Josip Brezovec: Sretan sam što sam se vratio u Rijeku". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). 12 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Vujnović, Korado (2 July 2016). "Josip Brezovec napušta Bijele redove". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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