Josip "Beli" Brezovec (born 12 March 1986) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for NK Polet.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Varaždin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NK Polet | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| 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) |
| 2016–2018 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 37 | (17) |
| 2018 | Slaven Belupo | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Varaždin | 7 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Inter Zaprešić | 17 | (0) |
| 2019– | NK Polet | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Croatia U21 | 5 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2018 | |||
Club career
editBrezovac was born Varaždin. His home club was NK Nedeljanec but as a 10-year-old, he 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 (new name of the Varteks) in the mid-season for an 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]
On 19 November 2018, Brezovec joined Croatian First Football League side Inter Zaprešić.[6]
On 23 June 2019, Brezovec joined Croatian Third Football League side NK Polet.[7]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 27 May 2019
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup & Supercup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Belišće | 2006–07 | 2. HNL | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 16 | 4 | |
| Varteks | 2006–07 | 1. HNL | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2008–09 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 19 | 6 | |||
| Total | 97 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 13 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2010–11 | 1. HNL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| Slaven Belupo | 2011–12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| Rijeka | 2012–13 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 73 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 94 | 5 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie B | 34 | 5 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 51 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2016–17 | Nat. Div. | 28 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 | 5 | – | 12 | 1 | 21 | 6 | |||
| Total | 37 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 54 | 19 | ||
| Slaven Belupo | 2017–18 | 1. HNL | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Varaždin | 2018–19 | 2. HNL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | |
| Inter Zaprešić | 2018–19 | 1. HNL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 19 | 1 | |
| Career total | 336 | 45 | 39 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 400 | 56 | ||
Honours
editDinamo Zagreb
Rijeka
- Prva HNL runner-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Croatian Cup: 2014
- Croatian Super Cup: 2014
Sheriff Tiraspol
References
edit- ^ Strahija, Ivana (25 November 2010). "Brezovec se dogovorio s Dinamom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Glasnović, Mario (15 June 2011). "Skender i Brezovec napustili Maksimir". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Brezovec na posudbi u Speziji". Vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Josip Brezovec: Sretan sam što sam se vratio u Rijeku". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Vujnović, Korado (2 July 2016). "Josip Brezovec napušta Bijele redove". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "JOSIP BREZOVEC POJAČAO INTER" (in Croatian). NK Inter Zaprešić. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "JOSIP BREZOVEC U NK POLET IZ SVETOG MARINA NA MURI" (in Croatian). EVarazdin. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
External links
edit- Josip Brezovec at Soccerway
- Josip Brezovec at the Croatian Football Federation
- Josip Brezovec at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
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