Josip Brezovec

Josip Brezovec
Personal information
Date of birth	12 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Varaždin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	NK Polet
Number	21
Youth career
1994–1996	NK Nedeljanec
1996–2004	Varteks
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005	NK Nedeljanec
2005–2006	SV St. Michael
2006	Belišće
2007–2010	Varteks
2010–2011	Dinamo Zagreb
2011–2012	Slaven Belupo
2012–2016	Rijeka
2014–2015	→ Spezia (loan)
2016–2018	Sheriff Tiraspol
2018	Slaven Belupo
2018	Varaždin
2018–2019	Inter Zaprešić
2019–	NK Polet
International career
2005–2008	Croatia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2018

Josip "Beli" Brezovec (born 12 March 1986) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for NK Polet.

Club career

Brezovac was born Varaždin. His home club was NK Nedeljanec but as a 10-year-old, he joined NK Varteks and played there until leaving the junior experience in winter 2004–05.

As a junior, he did not manage to enter into the first team at Varteks, so he returned to his home club Nedeljanec. Then he went to the Austrian Regionalliga (Club St. Michael). After a short time in Austria, he returned in Croatia in the summer of 2006. He signed a contract with the Croatian second division club NK Belišće.

In November 2010, it was announced that Brezovec agreed on terms with Dinamo Zagreb and will be transferred out of NK Varaždin (new name of the Varteks) in the mid-season for an undisclosed fee. He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.^[1] However, after playing only nine games for Dinamo by the end of season, Brezovec was signed by Slaven Belupo.^[2] In June 2012, Brezovec was signed by HNK Rijeka. With ten assists to his account, he was the league leader in the 2012–13 season. In September 2014, Brezovec was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.^[3] In January 2016, he returned to Rijeka, where he played for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.^[4] On 2 July 2016, it was announced that Brezovec was signed by FC Sheriff Tiraspol for a fee of €250,000.^[5]

On 19 November 2018, Brezovec joined Croatian First Football League side Inter Zaprešić.^[6]

On 23 June 2019, Brezovec joined Croatian Third Football League side NK Polet.^[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 May 2019

Club	Season	League	League		Cup & Supercup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belišće	2006–07	2. HNL	14	1	2	3	–		16	4
Varteks	2006–07	1. HNL	8	0	–		–		8	0
	2007–08		26	2	4	0	–		30	2
	2008–09		29	4	2	0	–		31	4
	2009–10		18	0	3	1	–		21	1
	2010–11		16	4	3	2	–		19	6
	Total		97	10	12	3	0	0	109	13
Dinamo Zagreb	2010–11	1. HNL	6	0	3	0	–		9	0
Slaven Belupo	2011–12		26	5	2	0	–		28	5
Rijeka	2012–13		30	2	1	0	–		31	2
	2013–14		25	1	7	1	6	0	38	2
	2014–15		6	0	1	0	5	0	12	0
	2015–16		11	1	1	0	–		12	1
	Total		73	4	10	1	11	0	94	5
Spezia (loan)	2014–15	Serie B	34	5	–		–		34	5
	2015–16	Serie B	17	2	4	0	–		21	2
	Total		51	7	4	0	0	0	55	7
Sheriff Tiraspol	2016–17	Nat. Div.	28	12	3	0	2	1	33	13
	2017	Nat. Div.	9	5	–		12	1	21	6
	Total		37	17	3	0	14	2	54	19
Slaven Belupo	2017–18	1. HNL	8	0	–		–		8	0
Varaždin	2018–19	2. HNL	7	1	1	1	–		8	2
Inter Zaprešić	2018–19	1. HNL	17	0	2	1	–		19	1
Career total			336	45	39	9	25	2	400	56

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Prva HNL: 2010–11
Croatian Cup: 2011

Rijeka

Prva HNL runner-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Croatian Cup: 2014
Croatian Super Cup: 2014

Sheriff Tiraspol

References

^ Strahija, Ivana (25 November 2010). "Brezovec se dogovorio s Dinamom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Glasnović, Mario (15 June 2011). "Skender i Brezovec napustili Maksimir". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ "Brezovec na posudbi u Speziji". Vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "Josip Brezovec: Sretan sam što sam se vratio u Rijeku". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ Vujnović, Korado (2 July 2016). "Josip Brezovec napušta Bijele redove". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ "JOSIP BREZOVEC POJAČAO INTER" (in Croatian). NK Inter Zaprešić. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "JOSIP BREZOVEC U NK POLET IZ SVETOG MARINA NA MURI" (in Croatian). EVarazdin. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

External links

Josip Brezovec at Soccerway
Josip Brezovec at the Croatian Football Federation
Josip Brezovec at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)

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[1] Strahija, Ivana (25 November 2010). "Brezovec se dogovorio s Dinamom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[2] Glasnović, Mario (15 June 2011). "Skender i Brezovec napustili Maksimir". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[3] "Brezovec na posudbi u Speziji". Vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[4] "Josip Brezovec: Sretan sam što sam se vratio u Rijeku". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[5] Vujnović, Korado (2 July 2016). "Josip Brezovec napušta Bijele redove". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[6] "JOSIP BREZOVEC POJAČAO INTER" (in Croatian). NK Inter Zaprešić. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[7] "JOSIP BREZOVEC U NK POLET IZ SVETOG MARINA NA MURI" (in Croatian). EVarazdin. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

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