Sulejman Krpić

Sulejman Krpić
Krpić playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Brčko, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Željezničar
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2006 Hajduk Orašje
2006–2008 Orašje
2008–2010 Dinamo Zagreb
2010–2011 LASK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 LASK II 11 (5)
2011 Orašje 6 (4)
2012 Sarajevo 22 (2)
2013–2014 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 13 (3)
2014–2017 Sloboda Tuzla 87 (28)
2017 AIK 6 (0)
2017–2018 Sloboda Tuzla 13 (4)
2018 Tractor 5 (0)
2018–2020 Željezničar 50 (28)
2020 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 (2)
2020–2021 Astra Giurgiu 17 (2)
2021–2022 Tuzla City 30 (14)
2022–2023 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 (2)
2023– Željezničar 59 (18)
International career
2009–2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 4 (0)
2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024

Sulejman Krpić (born 1 January 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.

He also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Brčko,[1] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still within SFR Yugoslavia, Krpić played with the youth team of Orašje where he became noticed for being the top scorer in the team and scoring in the Bosnian Youth Cup final against Bosna Visoko which Orašje won by 4–1.[2] He joined the Dinamo Zagreb youth team in 2008. In April 2009, while he was 18 years old, he signed a 10-year contract with Dinamo.[2] He stayed with the Croatian giants for two years, playing in their youth and reserves teams. In 2010, he moved to Austria joining LASK juniors team competing in the 2010–11 Austrian Regional League Central, better known as Regionalliga, Austrian third level.[3]

In the summer of 2011, Krpić returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and after a half-season with Orašje, he signed a one-year contract with Sarajevo the during winter-break,[4] and debuted in the second half of the 2011–12 league season. A year later, Krpić left Sarajevo and moved to neighbor Serbia where he played in the second level, Serbian First League, with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.[3]

Sloboda Tuzla

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Krpić left Metalac and joined Sloboda Tuzla, then playing in the second level but clearly aiming to return to the top level. Sloboda had brought coach Miroslav Blažević whose first signings were Edin Husić and Krpić.[5][6] They achieved promotion that year by winning the 2013–14 First League of FBiH.

Krpić stayed with Sloboda the following seasons, being a member of the squad for the 2015–16 season , just two years after their promotion, when they finished second in the league and were cup finalists.[3] At the start of that season, Krpić left Sloboda and signed a three-year contract with Croatian top-flight side Istra 1961,[5] however, he left Istra shortly afterward, without even debuting for them in any competition, and during the following winter-break he rejoined Sloboda.[7]

Halfway through the 2016–17 season, Krpić led the scoring table in the Bosnian Premier League, subsequently attracting interest from abroad. On 3 March 2017, it was announced that he had signed a three-year contract with Swedish first-tier side AIK, a fee rumoured to be €150,000, upon recommendation from the club's assistant manager Nebojša Novaković.[8] He left the club the same year and came back to Sloboda. After one season in Sloboda, Krpić left and joined Iranian club Tractor.

Željezničar

At the end of the season, Krpić left Tractor, came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed a two-year contract with Željezničar.[9] In the 2018–19 season, he finished as the league's top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals in 32 league games for Željezničar.[10]

Krpić scored two goals in Željezničar's 5–2 Sarajevo derby win against his former club FK Sarajevo on 31 August 2019.[11] On 30 November 2019, he scored another goal against Sarajevo in the city derby, this time in Željezničar's 3–1 away league win.[12]

Later career

On 3 January 2020, Krpić signed a contract with South Korean K League 1 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings for a €230.000 transfer fee.[13] He made his official debut on 19 February 2020, in an AFC Champions League match against Vissel Kobe.[14] He left Suwon on 7 November 2020 after his contract with the club expired.[15]

Krpić joined Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu in December 2020.[16] He made his debut in a league game against Argeș Pitești on 6 February 2021.[17] He scored his first goal for Astra against Academica Clinceni in a league game on 27 February 2021.[18]

On 28 June 2021, Krpić signed a three-year contract with Tuzla City.[19] He debuted and scored his first goal for Tuzla City on 19 July 2021, in a league game against Sarajevo.[20] Following Tuzla City, he played for Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers.[21]

Return to Željezničar

Krpić returned to Željezničar in February 2023, signing a two-year deal.[22] He made his second debut for Željezničar in a Bosnian Cup game against Leotar on 18 February.[23] He scored his first goal for the club since returning on 25 February, in a league game against Igman Konjic.[24]

On 12 May 2023, Krpić scored the equaliser 6 minutes into stoppage time against rivals Sarajevo in the Sarajevo derby, helping his team to narrowly escape defeat in a 2–2 draw.[25] He made his 100th appearance for Željezničar in the Sarajevo derby on 14 April 2024.[26] In August 2024, he signed a one-year contract renewal, keeping him at the club until at least July 2025.[27] Krpić scored his 50th goal for Željezničar with a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win over GOŠK Gabela on 9 December 2024.[28]

International career

Krpić was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team in 2009 and 2011. He made 4 appearances for the national team but did not score a goal.[3]

In December 2021, Krpić received his first senior call-up, for a friendly game against the United States, and debuted in that game on 18 December.[29][30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LASK Linz II 2010–11 Regionalliga 11 5 0 0 — 11 5
Orašje 2011–12 First League of FBiH 6 4 — — 6 4
Sarajevo 2011–12 Bosnian Premier League 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
2012–13 Bosnian Premier League 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Total 22 2 0 0 0 0 22 2
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2012–13 Serbian First League 13 3 0 0 — 13 3
Sloboda Tuzla 2013–14 First League of FBiH 14 10 — — 14 10
2014–15 Bosnian Premier League 13 3 0 0 — 13 3
2015–16 Bosnian Premier League 25 4 6 3 — 31 7
2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 18 11 1 0 1 0 20 11
Total 70 28 7 3 1 0 78 31
AIK 2017 Allsvenskan 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Sloboda Tuzla 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 13 4 2 1 — 15 5
Tractor 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0
Željezničar 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 32 16 0 0 4 3 36 19
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 18 12 0 0 — 18 12
Total 50 28 0 0 4 3 54 31
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2020 K League 1 13 2 2 0 1 0 16 2
Astra Giurgiu 2020–21 Liga I 17 2 5 2 — 22 4
Tuzla City 2021–22 Bosnian Premier League 30 14 4 1 — 34 15
Western Sydney Wanderers 2022–23 A-League Men 13 2 0 0 — 0 0
Željezničar 2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 15 2 4 0 — 19 2
2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 28 8 1 0 4 1 33 9
2024–25 Bosnian Premier League 16 8 1 0 — 17 8
Total 59 18 6 0 4 1 69 19
Career total 327 111 26 7 15 4 368 122

International

As of match played 18 December 2021[31]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Sloboda Tuzla[3]

Individual

References

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