Danijel Pranjić

Danijel Pranjić

Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1981 (1981-12-02) (age 29)
Place of birth	Našice[1], Yugoslavia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich
Number	23
Youth career
	NAŠK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2000	NAŠK
2000–2001	Papuk
2001–2002	Belišće
2002–2004	Osijek	53	(3)
2004–2005	Dinamo Zagreb	29	(2)
2005–2009	Heerenveen	128	(32)
2009–	Bayern Munich	49	(1)
2011	Bayern Munich II	1	(0)
National team‡
2002–2004	Croatia U21	15	(1)
2004–	Croatia	39	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2011

Danijel Pranjić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈdanijɛl ˈpraɲitɕ]; born 2 December 1981) is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich.

Club career

Pranjić started his career at Papuk. He played for NAŠK, Papuk, Belišće, and Osijek before making his move to a bigger stage at Dinamo Zagreb in 2004. While at Dinamo Zagreb, he also played regularly during their 2004–05 UEFA Cup campaign, making 6 appearances and scoring one goal in the competition.

In 2005, he was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie side Heerenveen. His good performances as an offensive winger secured him a return to international football with Croatia in 2007. He started the 2008–09 Eredivisie season well, netting four goals in his first three league matches. Pranjić scored his first hat-trick in the Dutch Cup on 12 November 2008, in a huge 7–0 win against Haaglandia. On 31 January 2009, he made the lone goal in a Heerenveen victory at Ajax. A month later, he scored a late penalty that gave Heerenveen a 3–2 win at PSV.

He won the Dutch Cup with Heerenveen at the end of the 2008–09 season, which turned out to be his last match for the club.^[2] In June 2009, Bayern Munich announced Pranjić would join the club.^[3][4] He struggled to make an impact in his first season with the club, starting only 14 matches and losing out to first choice left-back Holger Badstuber. However, due to his utility, and convenient injuries, he has started an increasing number of games in his second season.

International career

Pranjić started his international career with the Croatian national under-21 football team, winning a total of 15 international caps and scoring one goal for the team between 2002 and 2004.

On 16 November 2004, he made his full international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland. After two years of absence from the national team, he was called up for a friendly match against Norway in February 2007. Later that year, he also appeared in three UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.

Asked to play a defensive role by Croatia coach Slaven Bilić, although still predominantly a midfielder in his club career, Pranjić was the only Croatian to start all four games at the UEFA Euro 2008 finals. Pranjić provided an assist to Dario Srna to score the opener in Croatia's 2–1 victory over Germany and an assist to Ivan Klasnić to score the only goal in their next game, a 1–0 win over Poland.

He kept his place as a regular in the national team during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, appearing in a total of 9 matches.

Player stats

As of 6 November 2011 (2011 -11-06)^[update]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Europe		Total
2002–03	Osijek	Prva HNL	30	1					30	1
2003–04			23	2					23	2
2004–05	Dinamo Zagreb	Prva HNL	29	2			6	1	35	3
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
2005–06	Heerenveen	Eredivisie	32	5	2	0	8	0	42	5
2006–07			34	2	1	0	6	1	41	3
2007–08			33	9	2	0	2	0	37	9
2008–09			24	16	2	3	4	1	30	20
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2009–10	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	20	1	2	0	7	0	29	1
2010–11			28	0	4	0	7	0	39	0
2011–12			1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Total	Croatia		82	5			6	1	88	6
	Netherlands		123	32	7	3	20	2	150	37
	Germany		49	1	7	0	14	0	70	1
Career total			254	38	14	3	40	3	308	44

Honours

Heerenveen

• KNVB Cup: 2008–09

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2009–10
• DFB-Pokal: 2009–10

References

1. ^ "Danijel Pranjic". FC Bayern Munich. http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/en/teams/profis/00113.php. Retrieved 27 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Laatste duel voor Pranjic" (in Dutch). sportwereld.nl. 13 May 2009. http://www.sportwereld.nl/voetbal/clubdossiers/heerenveen/3217804/Laatste_duel_voor_Pranjic.html. Retrieved 15 August 2009. 
3. ^ "Danijel Pranjic to sign for Bayern". Bayern Munich. 22 June 2009. http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/news/news/2009/19849.php?fcb_sid=b20275cbd92c6c083882c15ee92e9a16. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 
4. ^ "Pranjic heeft eindelijk gewenste droomtransfer" (in Dutch). SC Heerenveen. 22 June 2009. http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=42457/contentid=10397. Retrieved 22 June 2009. 

External links

• Danijel Pranjić at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)
• Danijel Pranjić at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Danijel Pranjić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website

Persondata
Name	Pranjic, Danijel
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	2 December 1981
Place of birth	Našice, Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death