Ivica_Križanac
Ivica Križanac
Croatian footballer
Ivica Križanac (born 13 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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 Ivica Križanac playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Omiš | |||
| Šibenik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Šibenik | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Slaven Belupo | 8 | (0) |
| 2000 | Varteks | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Jablonec | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Sparta Prague | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | Górnik Zabrze | 13 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Dyskobolia | 49 | (4) |
| 2005–2011 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 100 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | RNK Split | 63 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Croatia | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Križanac was born in Split. He played for Polish outfit Górnik Zabrze where he became one of Ekstraklasa's best players. Following a two-year stay at Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski he joined Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2005. He played in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final for Zenith, winning the biggest trophy of his career after beating Glasgow Rangers. Križanac was released by Zenit Saint Petersburg in January 2011, after spending six seasons at the club.
Križanac made his international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Slovenia on 20 August 2008 in Maribor, coming on as a half-time substitute for Dario Šimić.[1] He was regularly included in the squad during the team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making 6 appearances in the competition. His final international appearance came in a friendly match against Belgium on 3 March 2010. After winning 11 caps for Croatia, he officially retired from the national team in May 2010.[2]
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2005 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2010 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 100 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 7 | ||
Sparta Prague
Zenit St. Petersburg[5]
- "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- Pacak, Tomislav (4 May 2010). "Križanac se oprostio od reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- "Ivica Križanac » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Ivica Križanac". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- Ivica Križanac – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ivica Križanac at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ivica Križanac – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Ivica Križanac at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivica Križanac at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile) (archived) (in Croatian)
- Ivica Križanac at the Zenit St. Petersburg official website (in Russian)
