Ilija Sivonjić
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 13 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Zubovići, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Dežanovac | |||
| 2004–2005 | Kamen Ingrad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Kamen Ingrad | 49 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | Inter Zaprešić | 38 | (12) |
| 2008– | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 | (9) |
| 2010 | → Inter Zaprešić (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2011- | Rijeka | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ilija Sivonjić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈiliːa ˈsiːʋɔɲitɕ]; born 13 January 1987 in Zubovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian professional footballer, currently playing for HNK Rijeka of the Croatian Prva Liga
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[edit] Club career
Sivonjić started his senior career in top flight, debuting for Kamen Ingrad on 21 May 2005. He spent three seasons playing as midfielder and scored 9 goals in 49 appearances. Following Kamen's relegation at the end of the 2006–07 season, he was bought by Inter Zaprešić and made his first appearance for the club on 14 September 2007 against Međimurje, netting a brace in his debut.[1] He ended the 2007–08 season with 4 goals in 21 appearances. In the 2008–09 season Sivonjić was Inter's top goalscorer before he was transferred to Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on 18 December 2008. In his debut season for Dinamo Sivonjič made 14 league and 3 more in the Croatian Cup, scoring 4 goals. Sivonjić started 2009–10 season with a goal at Dinamo's opening league match against Istra 1961 and also came in as a late substitute in Champions League match against Pyunik.
[edit] National team
Sivonjić was capped four times in Croatia's under–19 team, all in 2006[2] in their under–19 European Championship qualifying campaign. He is also eligible to play for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2004–05 | Kamen Ingrad | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | 28 | 7 | 28 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Druga HNL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 2007–08 | Inter Zaprešić | Prva HNL | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 8 | ||||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 105 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 27 | ||
Also, he got famous for the "worst goal miss ever" in game Dinamo vs Cibalia (25.10.2009).
[edit] References
- ^ "Sivonjić pravi pogodak" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 2007-09-18. http://www.sportnet.hr/Vijest.aspx?ID=349852. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Mlada reprezentacija statistike" (in Croatian). HNS-CFF.hr. http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=U&id=35812. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
- ^ Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website
- ^ Career statistics at transfermarkt.de
[edit] External links
- Ilija Sivonjić at Transfermarkt.de
- Ilija Sivonjić at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)
- Ilija Sivonjić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
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