Ivica Križanac

Ivica Križanac
	Ivica Križanac playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg
Personal information
Date of birth	13 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Omiš
	Šibenik
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Šibenik
1998–2000	Slaven Belupo
2000	Varteks
2000–2001	Jablonec
2001–2003	Sparta Prague
2003	Górnik Zabrze
2003–2005	Dyskobolia
2005–2011	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2011–2014	RNK Split
International career
2008–2010	Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivica Križanac (born 13 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Križanac was born in Split. He played for Polish outfit Górnik Zabrze where he became one of Ekstraklasa's best players. Following a two-year stay at Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski he joined Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2005. He played in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final for Zenith, winning the biggest trophy of his career after beating Glasgow Rangers. Križanac was released by Zenit Saint Petersburg in January 2011, after spending six seasons at the club.

International career

Križanac made his international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Slovenia on 20 August 2008 in Maribor, coming on as a half-time substitute for Dario Šimić.^[1] He was regularly included in the squad during the team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making 6 appearances in the competition. His final international appearance came in a friendly match against Belgium on 3 March 2010. After winning 11 caps for Croatia, he officially retired from the national team in May 2010.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

^[3]^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2005	Russian Premier League	12	2	2	0	8	0	–		22	2
	2006		16	0	1	0	–		–		17	0
	2007		15	0	5	0	–		–		20	0
	2008		25	1	0	0	14	0	2	0	41	0
	2009		18	2	2	1	5	0	–		25	3
	2010		14	1	1	0	5	0	–		20	1
	Total		100	6	11	1	32	0	2	0	145	7
Career total			100	6	11	1	32	0	2	0	145	7

Honours

Sparta Prague

Czech First League: 2000–01^[5]

Zenit St. Petersburg^[5]

Individual

Piłka Nożna Foreigner of the Year: 2004^[6]

References

^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ Pacak, Tomislav (4 May 2010). "Križanac se oprostio od reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ Ivica Križanac at Russian Premier League
^ "Ivica Križanac » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ivica Križanac". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.

External links

Ivica Križanac – FIFA competition record (archived)
Ivica Križanac at National-Football-Teams.com
Ivica Križanac – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
Ivica Križanac at the Croatian Football Federation
Ivica Križanac at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile) (archived) (in Croatian)
Ivica Križanac at the Zenit St. Petersburg official website (in Russian)

[1] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[2] Pacak, Tomislav (4 May 2010). "Križanac se oprostio od reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[3] Ivica Križanac at Russian Premier League

[4] "Ivica Križanac » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[90m-5] "Ivica Križanac". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[6] "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]