Josip Golubar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josip Golubar | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Krkanec, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Podravina | ||
Youth career | |||
Varteks | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2005 | Nedeljanec | ||
2005–2006 | Sankt Michael | ||
2008 | Neuberg | 10 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Stegersbach | 15 | (5) |
2009–2012 | Varaždin | 66 | (5) |
2012 | RNK Split | 11 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Zavrč | 56 | (18) |
2014–2015 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 8 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Zavrč | 17 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Varaždin | 17 | (9) |
2017 | Lučko | 7 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Varaždin | 41 | (7) |
2019 | Valour FC | 3 | (0) |
2020 | SV Neuberg | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Varteks | ||
2021- | Podravina | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 6 October 2020 (UTC) |
Josip Golubar (born 4 March 1985) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NK Podravina.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Golubar played at youth level with hometown club Varteks (later renamed Varaždin).[1] He spent much of his early senior career in the Austrian Landesliga.[2]
Stegersbach
[edit]In 2008, Golubar signed with Austrian Regionalliga club SV Stegersbach.[2] He made 15 appearances that season, scoring five goals.[2]
Varaždin
[edit]In 2009, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with First League side Varaždin, near his home town.[3]
On 14 July 2011, Golubar made his European debut in the Europa League second qualifying round against Moldovan side Iskra-Stal.[4] He went on to make four Europa League appearances that season, scoring one goal.[3]
RNK Split
[edit]In winter 2012, Golubar signed with RNK Split.[2][3]
Zavrč
[edit]In the summer 2012, Golubar signed with Slovenian Second League side Zavrč.[2][3] In his first season in Slovenia, he made 24 appearances and scored 13 goals, tying Amer Krcić for top scorer in the league.[3][5] Zavrč won the league that season and earned promotion to the PrvaLiga.[5]
In the 2013–14 PrvaLiga, Golubar made 32 appearances for Zavrč, scoring five goals, and helping the club to a fifth-place finish, missing out on a Europa League spot by five points.[3]
Olimpija Ljubljana
[edit]In the summer 2014, Golubar signed with Olimpija Ljubljana.[3] He would make a total of thirteen league appearances for Olimpija before leaving the club in September 2015.[3]
Second spell at Zavrč
[edit]Shortly after leaving Olimpija, Golubar returned to Zavrč for a second spell, making 17 league appearances and scoring four goals that season.[3]
Second spell at Varaždin
[edit]In summer 2015, Golubar returned to Croatia and signed with Varaždin for a second spell, this time in the Third League.[6]
Lučko
[edit]Midway through the 2016–17 season, Golubar left Varaždin to sign with Croatian Second League club Lučko.[3] Over the remainder of the season, he made seven league appearances and scored two goals.[3]
Third spell at Varaždin
[edit]After Varaždin earned promotion to the Croatian Second League, Golubar re-signed again on 6 July 2017.[6] In the 2017–18 season he made 29 league appearances, scoring four goals, and scored the lone goal in Varažin's 1–2 Croatian Football Cup loss to Cibalia.[3] He helped Varaždin to a second-place finish in the Croatian Second Football League, earning a spot in the promotion playoff against Istra 1961, which they lost 3–2 on aggregate.[3]
On 23 January 2019, Golubar and Varaždin agreed to the mutual termination of his contract so that he could pursue opportunities abroad.[7]
Valour FC
[edit]On 14 February 2019, Golubar signed with new Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[2] Golubar only got to play in three games for Valour during the 2019 Canadian Premier League season due to sustaining a season ending injury early on.[8] On 29 November 2019, the club announced that Golubar would not be returning for the 2020 season.[9]
Return to Neuberg
[edit]On 21 January 2020, Golubar signed with his former club SV Neuberg, now playing in the Burgenland 2. Liga Süd of the Austrian 2. Landesliga.[10]
Varteks
[edit]Honours
[edit]Zavrč
Individual
- Slovenian Second League top scorer: 2012–13
References
[edit]- ^ Ivan Tomašković (2 January 2020). "Golubar: U Kanadi sam nakon ozljede umalo dobio sepsu...'" (in Croatian). 24Sata. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Valour FC signs Croatian midfielder Josip Golubar from NK Varazdin". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Josip Golubar". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Iskra-Stal vs. Varaždin – 14 July 2011". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b "2. SNL 2012/13". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b Martin Novosel (6 July 2017). "Nakon samo pola godine izbivanja, u NK Varaždin se vratio Josip Golubar" (in Croatian). Varaždinke vijesti. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Damir Ivančić (23 January 2019). "Josip Golubar i NK Varaždin danas su sporazumno raskinuli ugovor ali ima i dolazaka" (in Croatian). eVaraždin. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Inaugural Season Year in Review – Valour FC". Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Valour FC Roster Moves". Valour FC. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ Patrick Bauer (22 January 2020). "Golubar und das Denken an früher" (in German). BVZ. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)
- Josip Golubar at Soccerway
- Austrian career stats – ÖFB
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Varaždin County
- Men's association football midfielders
- Croatian men's footballers
- SV Stegersbach players
- NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players
- RNK Split players
- NK Zavrč players
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
- NK Varaždin (2012) players
- NK Lučko players
- Valour FC players
- Austrian Landesliga players
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- Croatian Football League players
- Slovenian Second League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Second Football League (Croatia) players
- First Football League (Croatia) players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Austrian 2. Landesliga players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Canada