Filip Krovinović (born 29 August 1995) is a Croatian professional football midfielder who plays for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split.
 Krovinović with Benfica in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Filip Krovinović[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hajduk Split | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||
| 2007–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2009–2012 | Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Zagreb | 75 | (12) |
| 2015–2017 | Rio Ave | 35 | (5) |
| 2017–2021 | Benfica | 17 | (1) |
| 2019 | Benfica B | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 51 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2021– | Hajduk Split | 97 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Croatia U21 | 11 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2019 | |||
Club career
editNK Zagreb
editKrovinović, coming from the NK Zagreb academy, made his Prva HNL debut against GNK Dinamo Zagreb on 5 April 2013, signing a 5-year professional contract with the team soon after.[2] In summer 2015 due to increasing financial problems at NK Zagreb and transfer window moving towards the end, more intensively was media rumor of transfer move to Dinamo Zagreb and especially to Hajduk Split. But compensation fee of €400,000 plus a percentage on future transfer NK Zagreb was seeking were not realized.[3] In the end, both Krovinović and NK Zagreb accepted transfer bid from Portugal.
Rio Ave
editOn 30 August 2015, Krovinović signed a four-year contract with Portuguese club Rio Ave of the Primeira Liga.[4] He went to Portugal at the late end of summer transfer window and joined Rio Ave team who by then had a series of positive results. Regular Croatian under 21 national team member made his debut for Rio Ave on 10 October 2015 in starting eleven against Vitória de Guimarães in home league cup match won by Rio Ave 3–2. In next three months Krovinović gathered only seven appearances, one of which was the away league cup match on 29 December 2015 against Leixões that Rio Ave won 2–1. For a second time that season Krovinović played all 90 minutes being one of the match heroes. Young midfielder was in process of adjusting to demands of Primeira Liga and Rio Ave gradually receiving more and more playing time.[5][6] The next two months Krovinović managed to gather 10 more appearances while scoring twice.
His first goal for Rio Ave came on 13 January 2016 in quarter-final national cup match against Estoril in which he scored second goal of the game in 3–0 home victory seeing Rio Ave progress to semi-finals of Portuguese Cup. A week later he scored his second goal in a 1–1 home league cup draw with Belenenses. Last appearance in 2015–16 season, making a total of 17 appearances in his first season with Rio Ave was on 7 March 2016 in round 25 of Primeira Liga against Estoril as a half-time substitute in home defeat 3–1. Since then, Krovinović was oddly removed from starting eleven and even from the bench in most occasions, being so excluded from the squad for the rest of the season and its end. Despite the fact that he did not play in any Rio Ave official match for next three months, Krovinović made a great progress advancing in various technical and tactical segments bracing himself for very fast, technically polished football played in Primeira Liga.
With the end of 2015–16 campaign and replacement of coach Pedro Martins by coach Capucho on 20 May 2016, Krovinović received a number 10 jersey at the beginning of the 2016–17 season, thus acknowledging high expectations the club had for him in becoming one of the more important players for the team in an upcoming season.[7] With the arrival of new coach Luís Castro, Krovinović started to play more scoring two goals this season so far.[8]
Benfica
editOn 14 June 2017, Krovinović signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica. He won the 2018–19 Primeira Liga with them in his second season at the club.[9]
Loans to West Bromwich Albion
editAfter winning the league title with Benfica, Krovinović was loaned out to West Bromwich Albion in the EFL Championship, initially for one season.[10][11] After returning to his parent club over the summer, Benfica agreed another season-long loan with West Brom.[12] On 4 October 2020, Krovinović made his Premier League debut as a substitute for Romaine Sawyers in a 0–2 away defeat by Southampton.[13]
Loan to Nottingham Forest
editOn 22 January 2021, Krovinović was recalled from his loan at West Bromwich Albion and immediately loaned to Nottingham Forest for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.[14] He scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest in a 1-1 draw with Brentford on 20 March 2021.[15]
Hajduk Split
editOn 19 July 2021, Krovinović returned to the Croatian Football League, signing with HNK Hajduk Split.[16] He signed a contract until the summer of 2024 and picked jersey number 23. In his first season with Hajduk, Krovinović won the 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup. Krovinović reached 100 appearances for Hajduk in a 1-1 draw away at NK Osijek.[17]
International career
editOn 1 September 2016 at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica Krovinović played 90 minutes for Croatia U21 in 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6 home match against Sweden. Match ended in 1–1 draw with Krovinović missing to complete a goal at the opening when his shot was off target by a thin margin thus failing to gain advantage from Croats better start. Draw was a bit of disappointment and compromised the position and chances to qualify for European Under-21 Championship even though Croatia remained group leader.[18]
Career statistics
editStatistics accurate as of match played on 28 April 2024.[19][20]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| NK Zagreb | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Druga HNL | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 8 | |||
| 2014–15 | Prva HNL | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 78 | 13 | ||||
| Rio Ave | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| Total | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 6 | ||
| Benfica | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2019–20 | Championship | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | ||
| Nottingham Forest (loan) | 2020–21 | Championship | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| Hajduk Split | 2021–22 | Prva HNL | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | |
| 2022–23 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 43 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 6 | |||
| Total | 93 | 11 | 10 | 4 | — | 8 | 1 | 111 | 16 | |||
| Career total | 290 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 341 | 42 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
Honours
editNK Zagreb
Benfica
Hajduk Split
References
edit- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: West Bromwich Albion" (PDF). English Football League. p. 75. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Krovinović osnažio vjernost Zagrebu" [Krovinović confirmed commitment to Zagreb] (in Croatian). NK Zagreb. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Splićani žele 'pjesnike' Bobana i Krovinovića" [Hajduk Split want 'poets' Boban and Krovinović] (in Croatian). Večernji list. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Filip Krovinovic assina pelo Rio Ave FC" [Filip Krovinovic sign for Rio Ave FC] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "U Portugalu me navijači prepoznaju" [Fans in Portugal recognize me] (in Croatian). Večernji list. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "U Portugalu me navijači prepoznaju" [Fans in Portugal recognize me] (in Croatian). GOAL Hrvatska. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "U Portugalu sam dobio desetku" [I got jersey number 10 in Portugal] (in Croatian). GOAL Hrvatska. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Matheus je nezgodan igrač" [Matheus is a cunning player] (in Croatian). Večernji list. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Vai ser uma honra vestir esta camisola" [It will be an honour to wear this jersey]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Empréstimo oficializado" [Loan officialised] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Krovinović joins Albion from Benfica". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Baggies bring back Krovinović". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Southampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies boss Slaven Bilic demands more from players". BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Krovinovic signs on loan". Nottingham Forest FC. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest". BBC. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Hajduk Split sign former Benfica and West Bromwich Albion midfielder". Croatia Week. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Filip Krovinović ušao u klub 100". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Hrvatska U21 remizirala sa Švedskom" [Croatia U21 drew with Sweden] (in Croatian). GOAL Hrvatska. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Filip Krovinović at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Football: Filip Krovinović career summary". Football Database. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "São estes os campeões nacionais pelo Benfica em 2018/19" [These are the national champions for Benfica in 2018–19]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Rijeka - Hajduk 1:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
External links
edit- Filip Krovinović at the Croatian Football Federation
- Filip Krovinović at Croatian Football Statistics (in Croatian)
- Filip Krovinović at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Filip Krovinović at WorldFootball.net
