Josip Golubar Explained

Josip Golubar
Fullname:Josip Golubar
Birth Date:4 March 1985
Birth Place:Krkanec, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.87 m
Currentclub:Podravina
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Varteks
Years1:–2005
Clubs1:Nedeljanec
Years2:2005–2006
Clubs2:Sankt Michael
Years3:2008
Clubs3:Neuberg
Caps3:10
Goals3:1
Years4:2008–2009
Clubs4:Stegersbach
Caps4:15
Goals4:5
Years5:2009–2012
Clubs5:Varaždin
Caps5:66
Goals5:5
Years6:2012
Clubs6:RNK Split
Caps6:11
Goals6:0
Years7:2012–2014
Clubs7:Zavrč
Caps7:56
Goals7:18
Years8:2014–2015
Clubs8:Olimpija Ljubljana
Caps8:8
Goals8:0
Years9:2015–2016
Clubs9:Zavrč
Caps9:17
Goals9:4
Years10:2016–2017
Clubs10:Varaždin
Caps10:17
Goals10:9
Years11:2017
Clubs11:Lučko
Caps11:7
Goals11:2
Years12:2017–2019
Clubs12:Varaždin
Caps12:41
Goals12:7
Clubs13:Valour FC
Years13:2019
Caps13:3
Goals13:0
Clubs14:SV Neuberg
Years14:2020
Caps14:1
Goals14:0
Clubs15:Varteks
Years15:2020–
Clubs16:Podravina
Years16:2021-
Pcupdate:19:27, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Josip Golubar (born 4 March 1985) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NK Podravina.

Career

Early career

Golubar played at youth level with hometown club Varteks (later renamed Varaždin).[1] He spent much of his early senior career in the Austrian Landesliga.[2]

Stegersbach

In 2008, Golubar signed with Austrian Regionalliga club SV Stegersbach.[2] He made 15 appearances that season, scoring five goals.[2]

Varaždin

In 2009, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with First League side Varaždin, near his home town.[3]

On 14 July 2011, Golubar made his European debut in the Europa League second qualifying round against Moldovan side Iskra-Stal.[4] He went on to make four Europa League appearances that season, scoring one goal.[3]

RNK Split

In winter 2012, Golubar signed with RNK Split.[2] [3]

Zavrč

In the summer 2012, Golubar signed with Slovenian Second League side Zavrč.[2] [3] In his first season in Slovenia, he made 24 appearances and scored 13 goals, tying Amer Krcić for top scorer in the league.[3] [5] Zavrč won the league that season and earned promotion to the PrvaLiga.[5]

In the 2013–14 PrvaLiga, Golubar made 32 appearances for Zavrč, scoring five goals, and helping the club to a fifth-place finish, missing out on a Europa League spot by five points.[3]

Olimpija Ljubljana

In the summer 2014, Golubar signed with Olimpija Ljubljana.[3] He would make a total of thirteen league appearances for Olimpija before leaving the club in September 2015.[3]

Second spell at Zavrč

Shortly after leaving Olimpija, Golubar returned to Zavrč for a second spell, making 17 league appearances and scoring four goals that season.[3]

Second spell at Varaždin

In summer 2015, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with Varaždin for a second spell, this time in the Third League.[6]

Lučko

Midway through the 2016–17 season, Golubar left Varaždin to sign with Croatian Second League club Lučko.[3] Over the remainder of the season, he made seven league appearances and scored two goals.[3]

Third spell at Varaždin

After Varaždin earned promotion to the Croatian Second League, Golubar re-signed again on 6 July 2017.[6] In the 2017–18 season he made 29 league appearances, scoring four goals, and scored the lone goal in Varažin's 1–2 Croatian Football Cup loss to Cibalia.[3] He helped Varaždin to a second-place finish in the Croatian Second Football League, earning a spot in the promotion playoff against Istra 1961, which they lost 3–2 on aggregate.[3]

On 23 January 2019, Golubar and Varaždin agreed to the mutual termination of his contract so that he could pursue opportunities abroad.[7]

Valour FC

On 14 February 2019, Golubar signed with new Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[2] Golubar only got to play in three games for Valour during the 2019 Canadian Premier League season due to sustaining a season ending injury early on.[8] On 29 November 2019, the club announced that Golubar would not be returning for the 2020 season.[9]

Return to Neuberg

On 21 January 2020, Golubar signed with his former club SV Neuberg, now playing in the Burgenland 2. Liga Süd of the Austrian 2. Landesliga.[10]

Varteks

Varteks

Honours

Zavrč

2012–13

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ivan Tomašković . Golubar: U Kanadi sam nakon ozljede umalo dobio sepsu...' . 24Sata . 5 January 2020 . Croatian . 2 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Valour FC signs Croatian midfielder Josip Golubar from NK Varazdin . Canadian Premier League . 14 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Josip Golubar . Soccerway . 14 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Iskra-Stal vs. Varaždin – 14 July 2011 . Soccerway . 14 February 2019.
  5. Web site: 2. SNL 2012/13 . Soccerway . 14 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Martin Novosel . Nakon samo pola godine izbivanja, u NK Varaždin se vratio Josip Golubar . Varaždinke vijesti . 14 February 2019 . Croatian . 6 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Damir Ivančić . Josip Golubar i NK Varaždin danas su sporazumno raskinuli ugovor ali ima i dolazaka . eVaraždin . 14 February 2019 . Croatian . 23 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Inaugural Season Year in Review – Valour FC. 2019-11-04.
  9. Web site: Valour FC Roster Moves . Valour FC . 29 November 2019 . 29 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Patrick Bauer . Golubar und das Denken an früher . BVZ . 23 January 2020 . German . 22 January 2020.