- Josip Šimić
Football player infobox
playername = Josip Šimić
fullname = Josip Šimić
height = 1.82m
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|09|16
cityofbirth =Zagreb
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub =free agent
clubnumber =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1993-2000 2000-2002 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-2007
clubs =Dinamo Zagreb Club Brugge Aris A.S. Club Brugge Hyundai Horang-iFC Kärnten NK Varteks
caps(goals) = 40 (17) 37 (7) 21 (4) 2 (0) 16 (1) 31 (9) ? (?)
nationalyears = 1998-2000
nationalteam = flagicon|Croatia Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) = 7 (1)
pcupdate = 25 September 2007
ntupdate =Josip Šimić (born
September 16 ,1977 ) is aCroatia n football striker, currently afree agent . He made his international debut against Poland in the 4-1 win atVinkovci on 22 April 1998. He has made seven appearances for theCroatia national football team , scoring one goal, in a friendly against Mexico on 16 June 1999.In 1993 Šimić started his football career in the Croatian capital, where he won three consecutive national championships with Dinamo Zagreb (formerly Croatia Zagreb) from 1997-2000. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/kroa-champ-teams.html Croatia - Championship Winning Squads] ] After the third of these, he left his homeland to play in Belgium for Club Brugge before going on to play in the national leagues of Greece, Korea and Austria.
He returned to the Prva HNL, signing for Varteks as a free agent, having left previous club
FC Kärnten on expiry of his contract in June 2006. After many injury problems and only few appearances he left Varteks in summer of 2007. Currently he is a free agent and his future in professional football is undefined, mostly because of trouble regaining fitness after many injuries suffered during his career.References
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=12231 National Football Teams - Šimić, Josip Player Details]
* [http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=en&w=statistike&d=prisutnost&repka=A&id=109052 Croatian Football Federation: Statistics - Josip Šimić]
* [http://www.hnl-statistika.com/p1.asp?ID=440 Josip Šimić profile] atNogometni Magazin hr icon
* [http://new.kleaguei.com/record/mania/player.aspx k-league personal record - 시미치2] ko icon
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