Ilija Sivonjić

Ilija Sivonjić
	Sivonjić with Dinamo Zagreb
Personal information
Date of birth	13 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zubovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker, winger
Youth career
	Dinamo Dežanovac
2003–2005	Kamen Ingrad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Kamen Ingrad
2007–2008	Inter Zaprešić
2008–2010	Dinamo Zagreb
2010	→ Inter Zaprešić (loan)
2010–2011	Lokomotiva
2011–2012	Rijeka
2013–2014	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2014–2015	SC Oberweikertshofen
2015–2016	VSST Günzlhofen-Oberschweinbach
2016–2018	SC Fürstenfeldbruck
2018–2019	KAV Dendermonde
International career‡
2006	Croatia U19
2006	Croatia U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2006

Ilija Sivonjić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈiliːa ˈsiːʋɔɲitɕ]; born 13 January 1987) is a Croatian professional footballer.

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. Between 2014 and 2018 Sivonjić played for a string of lower-tier German clubs^[2] followed by a season at the Belgian 6th tier team KAV Dendermonde.^[3]

National team

Sivonjić was capped four times in Croatia's under–19 team, all in 2006^[4] in their under–19 European Championship qualifying campaign. He is also eligible to play for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
- Prva HNL: 2008–09
- Croatian Cup: 2009
- Croatian Supercup: 2010

Career statistics

As of 9 September 2009^[5]^[6]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
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	Inter Zaprešić		17	8							17	8
2008–09	Dinamo Zagreb		14	3	3	1			0	0	17	4
2009–10	Dinamo Zagreb		4	2	0	0			1	0	5	2
Career total			105	26	3	1	0	0	1	0	108	27

References

^ "Sivonjić pravi pogodak" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ Ilija Sivonjić at fupa.net
^ KAV Dendermonde 2018-2019 at belgianfootballstats.be
^ "Mlada reprezentacija statistike" (in Croatian). HNS-CFF.hr. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
^ Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website

External links

Ilija Sivonjić at Soccerway.com
Ilija Sivonjić at FBref.com
Ilija Sivonjić at the Croatian Football Federation

[1] "Sivonjić pravi pogodak" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[2] Ilija Sivonjić at fupa.net

[3] KAV Dendermonde 2018-2019 at belgianfootballstats.be

[4] "Mlada reprezentacija statistike" (in Croatian). HNS-CFF.hr. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[5] Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin

[6] Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website

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