Andrija Filipović

Andrija Filipović
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bunyodkor
Youth career
2002–2008 Crikvenica[2]
2008–2016 Rijeka
2015 → Juventus (loan)
2015–2016 → Spezia Calcio (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Siena 0 (0)
2017–2019 Gorica 62 (11)
2019–2020 NAC Breda 15 (1)
2020–2021 Mura 32 (4)
2021 Partizani 6 (0)
2022 Atyrau 24 (13)
2023 Aktobe 21 (4)
2024 Kisvárda 9 (1)
2024– Bunyodkor 13 (5)
International career
2015 Croatia U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2024

Andrija Filipović (born 18 April 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor.

Club career

Born in Rijeka, Filipović played football at a youth level with HNK Rijeka before joining the youth team of Juventus in 2015 on a temporary basis.[3] Spells with Spezia Calcio and Siena followed,[1][4] before joining Slovenian side ND Gorica in February 2017 on a deal until the end of the 2019–20 season[5][6] After making 62 league appearances with Gorica, scoring 11, Filipović joined Eerste Divisie side NAC Breda in the summer of 2019, signing a two-year contract with the club, with the option for a further year.[1][7][8] After 15 appearances with Breda, scoring once, he joined Slovenian side NŠ Mura on a two-year contract on 31 January 2020, lasting until the end of 2022.[3] However, his contract was mutually terminated in August 2021.[9]

In September 2021, Filipović signed for Albanian club FK Partizani on a three-year contract.[10] He left the club at the end of the calendar year,[11] having scored twice in 10 matches in all competitions.[12]

In February 2022, Filipović signed for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Atyrau.[13]

On 13 February 2023, Filipović signed for fellow Kazakhstan Premier League club Aktobe.[14] On 24 January 2024, Aktobe announced that had left the club.[15]

On 23 January 2024, Kisvárda announced the signing of Filipović.[16]

International career

Filipović appeared for the Croatia under-19 team in a 3–1 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification victory against Montenegro in 2015.[17]

Honours

Mura

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Andrija Filipović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Nogometna obitelj Filipović". crikva.hr (in Croatian). 29 December 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Okrepitev: Andrija Filipović". nsmura.si (in Slovenian). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Andrija Filipovic – Carriera – stagioni, presenze, goal". tuttocalciatori.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ "ANDRIJA FILIPOVIĆ NOVI ČLAN ND GORICE". nd-gorica.com (in Slovenian). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Andrija Filipović okrepil goriški napad" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ^ Marcelis, Hanneke (26 June 2019). "NAC versterkt selectie met aanvallers Stokkers en Filipovic". Breda Vandaag (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. ^ Blanco, Yadran (26 June 2019). "NAC presenteert aanvallers Stokkers en Filipovic in Bredase kroeg". BN DeStem. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Mura je prekinila pogodbo s hrvaškim napadalcem, ki se poslavlja s štirimi goli" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. ^ "IMA NOV KLUB! Še avgusta je bil član slovenskega prvaka, zdaj pa je okrepil vrste PARTIZANIJA!". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^ "EX-NAC: Filipovic weer weg bij FK Partizani".
  12. ^ a b c "Croatia – A. Filipović – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Клуб КПЛ подписал экс-игрока академии "Ювентуса" – Футбол".
  14. ^ "Dobrodošli, Andrija! 🇭🇷" (in Kazakh). FC Aktobe. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Хвала, Андрия!". instagram.com/fcaktobe_official/ (in Kazakh). FC Aktobe Instagram. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  16. ^ "A Juventust is megjárt horvát csatár érkezett". kisvardafc.hu (in Hungarian). Kisvárda FC. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Croatia — Montenegro 3:1 (U19 EURO Qualifiers 2015/2016, Group 2)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2020.