Zdravko Šimić

Football player infobox
playername = Zdravko Šimić


fullname = Zdravko Šimić
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|9|8
cityofbirth = Rijeka
countryofbirth = Croatia
height = 181 cm
weight = 80kg
years = 1996-1999
1999-2004
2005
2006-2007
2008-present
clubs = H.N.K Rijeka
N.K. Pomorac
Sabah FA
N.K. Draga
Sengkang Punggol
currentclub = Sengkang Punggol
clubnumber = 10
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
caps(goals) = 49 (4)
131 (24)
15 (2)
28 (9)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1991-1992
1993-1994
1995-1996
nationalteam = Croatia U-15
Croatia U-17
Croatia U-19
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (3)
12 (3)
8 (1)
pcupdate =May 21,2008
ntupdate =May 21,2008

Zdravko Šimić (born September 8 1977) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sengkang Punggol of the Singapore S-League. He can play in both the defensive and offensive midfielder positions, and is the captain of his current club.

Club career

Šimić started his senior footballing career in his native Croatia, playing for his local club H.N.K. Rijeka.

He then moved to N.K. Pomorac where he became a more regular feature in the team's setup, helping them to win promotion to the Prva HNL "(Croatian First Football League)" in 2002.

In 2005, he was sold to then-Malaysian Super League club Sabah FA, where he could not help his club to avoid relegation, and in 2006, he returned home to Croatia to play for N.K. Draga.

Within two years, Šimić was on his way back to Southeast Asia, this time to Singapore where he is currently playing for Sengkang Punggol as a midfielder and its captain.

On May 21, 2008, Šimić scored his first goal for Sengkang against the Young Lions in dramatic fashion. He stepped up to take a penalty kick, subsequently blasting his effort over the bar, but the referee, Sukhbir Singh, ruled that the Cubs' defenders had stepped into the box before the kick was taken, and called for a retake. Šimić then scored from the spot on his second try. It was his first goal in the S.League, as well as Sengkang's first win in the season since it began.

International career

Šimić had a short stint playing for the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 teams of the Croatian National Team. There, he played alongside current Croatian National Team stars Igor Tudor (Hajduk Split) and Dario Šimić (A.C. Milan).