Kristijan Krajček
![]() Krajček with Hougang United in 2023 | |||
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
- 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