Ilija Sivonjić

Ilija Sivonjić
Sivonjić with Dinamo Zagreb
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-13) 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 Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Kamen Ingrad 49 (9)
2007–2008 Inter Zaprešić 38 (12)
2008–2010 Dinamo Zagreb 30 (9)
2010 → Inter Zaprešić (loan) 13 (3)
2010–2011 Lokomotiva 6 (0)
2011–2012 Rijeka 5 (0)
2013–2014 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 35 (6)
2014–2015 SC Oberweikertshofen 20 (8)
2015–2016 VSST Günzlhofen-Oberschweinbach 26 (13)
2016–2018 SC Fürstenfeldbruck 37 (26)
2018–2019 KAV Dendermonde (6)
International career‡
2006 Croatia U19 3 (1)
2006 Croatia U20 1 (0)
*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

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 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

References

  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