Kristijan Krajček
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Osijek, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | winger, attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hougang United | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Đakovo Croatia | ||
2011 | NK HAŠK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | NK HAŠK | 21 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Đakovo Croatia | - | (-) |
2014–2016 | Bijelo Brdo | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 31 | (3) |
2017 | Marsonia | ||
2018 | Brežice 1919 | 13 | (3) |
2018 | Bijelo Brdo | 13 | (2) |
2019–2021 | Balestier Khalsa | 50 | (16) |
2022– | Hougang United | 56 | (21) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2024 |
Kristijan Krajček (born 1 October 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United. Considered as one of the best players in the league as well of Hougang, Krajček is known for his free-kick abilities, assists, finishing, dribbling and long-range efforts.
He is the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a Singapore Cup Final when they faced Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 19 November 2022, where he help the club win its first ever piece of Silverware.
Career
[edit]NK HASK
[edit]Krajček being his career with NK HASK when he was 17, after starting his football journey in an academy that is
Brežice 1919
[edit]On 21 February 2018,Krajček joined Slovenian Second League club, Brežice 1919.
Bijelo Brdo
[edit]On 13 July 2918, Krajček moved to Bijelo Brdo.
Balestier Khalsa
[edit]On 2 February 2019, Krajček moved to Southeast Asia to joined Singapore Premier League club, Balestier Khalsa.
Hougang United
[edit]In January 2022, Krajček moved to another Singaporean club, Hougang United for the 2022 season.[1] Having just joined the club at the beginning of the year, he became instrumental throughout the season helping them in finished as a runners up in the 2022 AFC Cup group stage, finishing third place in the league and also a hat-trick in the 2022 Singapore Cup final against Tampines Rovers which gave Hougang their first ever piece of silverware.[2] He ends the season well with 12 goals and 17 assists in 34 appearances.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 16 September 2023[3]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
NK HAŠK | 2011–12 | 2. HNL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
Total | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Bijelo Brdo | 2014–15 | 3. HNL | – | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2016–17 | 2. HNL | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
Total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Brežice 1919 | 2017–18 | 2. SNL | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
Bijelo Brdo | 2018–19 | 2. HNL | 13 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
2020 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
2021 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | ||
Total | 47 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 16 | ||
Hougang United | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
2023 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | ||
2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 21 | ||
Career total | 176 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 46 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Hougang United
- Singapore Cup Champions (1): 2022
- Singapore Cup Runner-ups (1): 2023
Individual
[edit]- Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Football: For Croatia's Kristijan Krajcek, the grass is greener in Hougang".
- ^ "Hougang United are 2022 Singapore Cup champions".
- ^ Kristijan Krajček at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Osijek
- Men's association football midfielders
- Croatian men's footballers
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen
- NK HAŠK players
- NK BSK Bijelo Brdo players
- NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players
- NK Marsonia players
- NK Brežice 1919 players
- Balestier Khalsa FC players
- Hougang United FC players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Slovenian Second League players
- Singapore Premier League players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
- Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
- Croatian football forward stubs