Josip Knežević
Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club Šibenik. Playing career Club 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. Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat. 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. After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with