| Josip Knežević | |
| Birth Date: | 1988 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] |
| Clubnumber: | 30 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1999–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Osijek |
| Years1: | 2006–2009 |
| Clubs1: | Osijek[2] |
| Caps1: | 69 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs2: | Amkar Perm |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Kairat (loan) |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Kairat |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 16 |
| Years5: | 2015 |
| Clubs5: | Kaisar |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Osijek |
| Caps6: | 43 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 2017–2021 |
| Caps7: | 110 |
| Goals7: | 40 |
| Years8: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2023 |
| Clubs9: | Šibenik |
| Caps9: | 12 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2023– |
| Caps10: | 27 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2006–2007 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2008–2009 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2009 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 5 May 2024 |
Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club BSK Bijelo Brdo.
Knežević has started his career in senior professional team of NK Osijek on 2005/2006 at the age of 17. He has regularly played for Croatia national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in the Croatia national team for young players. Now, Josip Knežević is an active member of the Croatia national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship Prva HNL with 7 assists.
On 12 February 2010 Knežević moved to Russian side Amkar Perm in a deal initially worth €500,000.[3] Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat.[4] After an impressive start, in which he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, Knežević suffered a mid-season injury, but still ended up as the teams topscorer with 6 goals (3 – pen.). At the end of Kneževićs loan deal he returned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.[5]
After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.[6]
Knežević is former youth international player for the Croatian U21,[7] U19 and U17 sides.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| - | - | - | - | Osijek | ||||||
| 2006–07 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Total | 103 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 13 | ||
| Amkar Perm | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Kairat | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2013 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 10 | ||
| 2014 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | ||
| Total | 63 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 24 | ||
| Kaisar | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Puskás Akadémia | ||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 36 | 15 | ||
| 2018–19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 12 | ||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 32 | 10 | ||
| Total | 110 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 45 | ||
| Career Total | 307 | 81 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 338 | 89 | ||
Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.