Josip Kneà ¾evià(born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Croatian club BSK Bijelo Brdo.
Kneà ¾eviàhas started his career in senior professional team of NK Osijek on 2005/2006 at the age of 17. He has regularly played for Croatia national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in the Croatia national team for young players. Now, Josip Kneà ¾eviàis an active member of the Croatia national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship Prva HNL with 7 assists.
On 12 February 2010 Kneà ¾eviàmoved to Russian side Amkar Perm in a deal initially worth â¬500,000. Two years later, in January 2012, Kneà ¾eviàsigned a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat. After an impressive start, in which he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, Kneà ¾eviàsuffered a mid-season injury, but still ended up as the teams topscorer with 6 goals (3 â pen.). At the end of Kneà ¾eviÃÂs loan deal he returned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.
After six-months without a team, Kneà ¾eviàsigned a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.
Kneà ¾eviàis former youth international player for the Croatian U21, U19 and U17 sides.
Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.