Ivica Križanac
Ivica Križanac (born 13 April 1979 in Split) is a former Croatian football defender.
 Ivica Križanac playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Omiš | |||
| Šibenik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Šibenik | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Slaven Belupo | 8 | (0) |
| 2000 | Varteks | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | FK Jablonec | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Sparta Prague | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | Górnik Zabrze | 13 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 |
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 49 | (4) |
| 2005–2011 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 100 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | RNK Split | 60 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2008–2010 | Croatia | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He played for Górnik Zabrze of Poland where he became one of Polish league's best players.
Križanac made his international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Slovenia on 20 August 2008 in Maribor, coming on as a half-time substitute for Dario Šimić. He was regularly included in the squad during the team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making 6 appearances in the competition. His final international appearance came in a friendly match against Belgium on 3 March 2010. After winning 11 caps for Croatia, he officially retired from the national team in May 2010.[1] Križanac was released by Zenit St.Petersburg in January 2011, after spending six seasons at the club.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 28 November 2010[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit St.Petersburg | 2005 | Russian Premier League | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 24 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2010 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 102 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 7 | ||
Honours
Zenit St. Petersburg
- Russian Premier League: 2007, 2010
- Russian Super Cup: 2008
- UEFA Cup: 2008
- UEFA Super Cup: 2008
- Russian Cup: 2010
References
- Pacak, Tomislav (4 May 2010). "Križanac se oprostio od reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- Ivica Križanac at Russian Premier League
External links
- Ivica Križanac – FIFA competition record
- Ivica Križanac at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ivica Križanac – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Ivica Križanac at the Croatian Football Federation
- Ivica Križanac at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile)
- Ivica Križanac at the Zenit St. Petersburg official website (in Russian)