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Kristijan Krajček
Krajček with Hougang United in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31)
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
0000–2011 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

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NK HASK

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Krajček being his career with NK HASK when he was 17, after starting his football journey in an academy that is

Brežice 1919

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On 21 February 2018,Krajček joined Slovenian Second League club, Brežice 1919.

Bijelo Brdo

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On 13 July 2918, Krajček moved to Bijelo Brdo.

Balestier Khalsa

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On 2 February 2019, Krajček moved to Southeast Asia to joined Singapore Premier League club, Balestier Khalsa.

Hougang United

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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

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Club

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As of 16 September 2023[3]
Club Season League Cup Asia Total
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
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup

Honours

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Club

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Hougang United

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Football: For Croatia's Kristijan Krajcek, the grass is greener in Hougang".
  2. ^ "Hougang United are 2022 Singapore Cup champions".
  3. ^ Kristijan Krajček at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2019.


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