Kristijan Krajček | |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1993 |
Birth Place: | Osijek, Croatia |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Currentclub: | Hougang United |
Clubnumber: | 10 |
Position: | winger, attacking-midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Đakovo Croatia |
Youthyears1: | –2011 |
Youthclubs2: | NK HAŠK |
Youthyears2: | 2011 |
Years1: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs1: | NK HAŠK |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs2: | Đakovo Croatia |
Caps2: | - |
Goals2: | - |
Years3: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs3: | Bijelo Brdo |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs4: | Hrvatski Dragovoljac |
Caps4: | 31 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2017 |
Clubs5: | Marsonia |
Years6: | 2018 |
Clubs6: | Brežice 1919 |
Caps6: | 13 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2018 |
Clubs7: | Bijelo Brdo |
Caps7: | 13 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs8: | Balestier Khalsa |
Caps8: | 50 |
Goals8: | 16 |
Years9: | 2022– |
Clubs9: | Hougang United |
Caps9: | 56 |
Goals9: | 21 |
Club-Update: | 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.
Krajček being his career with NK HASK when he was 17, after starting his football journey in an academy that is
On 21 February 2018,Krajček joined Slovenian Second League club, Brežice 1919.
On 13 July 2918, Krajček moved to Bijelo Brdo.
On 2 February 2019, Krajček moved to Southeast Asia to joined Singapore Premier League club, Balestier Khalsa.
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.
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[3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 1 | 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 | 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 |
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