Krešimir Kordić
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Krešimir Kordić | ||
Date of birth | September 3, 1981 | ||
Place of birth |
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | |||
HNK Hajduk Split | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | 43 | (16) |
2002 | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3 | (0) |
2002–2004 | NK Zadar | 32 | (7) |
2005–2007 | HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | 45 | (21) |
2007–2008 | NK Posušje | 29 | (16) |
2008–2010 | HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | 71 | (33) |
2010–2012 | Slovan Bratislava | 25 | (5) |
2012 | → DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2012–2014 | NK Široki Brijeg | 62 | (25) |
2014–2016 | HŠK Zrinjski Mostar | 30 | (5) |
Total | 350 | (129) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Krešimir Kordić (born September 3, 1981 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a football player who currently plays for HŠK Zrinjski Mostar.
Club career
Kordić made his professional debut for boyhood and hometown club HŠK Zrinjski Mostar in 1999. In his first two seasons as a professional, the striker scored 16 goals in 41 appearances, earning himself a move to 1. HNL side NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in January 2002. After six months with NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac where Krešimir failed to establish himself as a first team regular, he moved to Croatian side NK Zadar. In three years with Zadar, Kordić managed seven goals in 32 appearances.
In 2005, Kordić made his return to Mostar, resigning with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. His spell at Zrinjski was very successful, scoring 21 goals in 46 games. In 2007, Kordić moved to fellow Croatian - Hercegovinian side NK Posušje and had another successful season. After just one year with Posušje, Kordić moved back to Zrinjski and scored 33 goals in 71 games over the next two seasons.
In 2010, Kordic made his first international transfer, moving to Slovak side ŠK Slovan Bratislava. Kordic won the Corgoň liga and Slovak Cup in his first season with the Slovak club scored 5 goals in 22 games .Before ending of his contract with ŠK Slovan Bratislava he was loaned out to FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda in 2012 and spent three months there.
Once his contract with Slovan expired, NK Široki Brijeg enticed him back to BiH and he signed a two-year contract. He scored 25 goals in 64 games in national and continental competitions for Široki.
In the summer of 2014, newly crowned champions of Bosnia and Hercegovina HŠK Zrinjski Mostar brought back the fan favourite as their first reinforcement.The last season of his contract, he won third championship with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. He scored the most goals (75) in HŠK Zrinjski Mostar history and he is on third (3) place of Bosnian Premier league topscorers from beginning scoring 83 goals. Also he is one of successful players from Bosnia and Herzegovina winning 4 national championships and 2 cups.
Honours
Club
- HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
- Bosnian Premier League: 2004/2005 , 2008-09, 2015-16
- ŠK Slovan Bratislava
- NK Široki Brijeg
- Bosnian Cup: 2012–13,
External links
- Krešimir Kordić profile
- (in Croatian)
- (in Croatian)