Sulejman Krpić (born 1 January 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Western Sydney Wanderers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Hajduk Orašje | ||
| 2006–2008 | Orašje | ||
| 2008–2010 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2010–2011 | LASK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | LASK II | 11 | (5) |
| 2011 | Orašje | 6 | (4) |
| 2012 | Sarajevo | 22 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 13 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | Sloboda Tuzla | 87 | (28) |
| 2017 | AIK | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Sloboda Tuzla | 13 | (4) |
| 2018 | Tractor | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Željezničar | 50 | (28) |
| 2020 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 13 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Astra Giurgiu | 17 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Tuzla City | 30 | (14) |
| 2022– | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021 | |||
Born in Brčko,[1] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still within SFR Yugoslavia, Krpić played with the youth team of Orašje where he became noticed for being the top scorer in the team and scoring in the Bosnian Youth Cup final against Bosna Visoko which Orašje won by 4–1.[2] He joined the Dinamo Zagreb youth team in 2008. In April 2009, while he was 18 years old, he signed a 10-year contract with Dinamo.[2] He stayed with the Croatian giants for two years, playing in their youth and reserves teams. In 2010, he moved to Austria joining LASK juniors team competing in the 2010–11 Austrian Regional League Central, better known as Regionalliga, Austrian third level.[3]
In the summer of 2011, Krpić returned to Bosnia, and after a half-season with Orašje, he signed a one-year contract with Sarajevo the during winter-break,[4] and debuted in the second half of the 2011–12 league season. A year later, Krpić left Sarajevo and moved to neighbor Serbia where he played in the second level, Serbian First League, with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.[3]
At the end of the 2012–13 season, Krpić left Metalac, and returned to Bosnia where he joined the historic side Sloboda Tuzla, then playing in the second level but clearly aiming to return to the top level. Sloboda had brought coach Miroslav Blažević[5] whose first signings were Edin Husić and Krpić.[6] They achieved promotion that year by winning the 2013–14 First League of FBiH. He stayed with Sloboda the following seasons, also being a member of the historical squad for the season 2015–16, just two years after their promotion, when they finished second in the league and were cup finalists.[3] Although, at the start of that season, Krpić left Sloboda and signed a 3-year contract with Croatian top-flight side Istra 1961,[5] however, he left Istra shortly afterward, without even debuting for them in any competition, and during the following winter-break he rejoined Sloboda.[7]
Halfway through the 2016–17 season, Krpić led the scoring table in the Bosnian Premier League, subsequently attracting interest from abroad. On 3 March 2017, it was announced that Krpić had signed a three-year contract with the Swedish first-tier side AIK, a fee rumoured to be €150,000, upon recommendation from the club's assistant manager Nebojša Novaković.[8] He left the club the same year and came back to Sloboda. After one season in Sloboda, Krpić left and joined the Iranian club Tractor.
At the end of the season, he left Tractor, came back to Bosnia and signed a two-year contract with Željezničar.[9] In the 2018–19 season, Krpić finished not only as Željezničar's top goalscorer but as league top goalscorer as well, scoring 16 goals in 32 league games, and 19 goals in 36 games in all competitions for Željezničar.[10] He scored two goals in Željezničar's 5–2 home league match, Sarajevo derby win against his former club FK Sarajevo on 31 August 2019.[11] On 30 November 2019, Krpić scored another goal against Sarajevo in the city derby, this time in Željezničar's 1–3 away league win.[12]
On 3 January 2020, he signed a contract with South Korean K League 1 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings for a €230.000 transfer fee.[13] He made his official debut on 19 February 2020, in an AFC Champions League match against Vissel Kobe.[14] Krpić left Suwon on 7 November 2020 after his contract with the club expired.[15]
He joined Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu in December 2020.[16] Krpić made his debut in a league game against Argeș Pitești on 6 February 2021.[17] He scored his first goal for Astra against Academica Clinceni in a league game on 27 February 2021.[18]
On 28 June 2021, Krpić signed a three-year contract with Tuzla City.[19] He debuted and scored his first goal for Tuzla City on 19 July 2021, in a league game against Sarajevo.[20]
Krpić was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team in 2009 and 2011. He made 4 appearances for the national team but did not score a goal in that period.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| LASK Linz II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 5 | |
| Orašje | 2011–12 | First League of FBiH | 6 | 4 | — | — | 6 | 4 | ||
| Sarajevo | 2011–12 | Bosnian Premier League | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | Bosnian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 2012–13 | Serbian First League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 3 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2013–14 | First League of FBiH | 14 | 10 | — | — | 14 | 10 | ||
| 2014–15 | Bosnian Premier League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bosnian Premier League | 25 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 31 | 7 | ||
| 2016–17 | Bosnian Premier League | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | |
| Total | 70 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 31 | ||
| AIK | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2017–18 | Bosnian Premier League | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 15 | 5 | |
| Tractor | 2017–18 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Željezničar | 2018–19 | Bosnian Premier League | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | Bosnian Premier League | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 12 | ||
| Total | 50 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 31 | ||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2020 | K League 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2020–21 | Liga I | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 22 | 4 | |
| Tuzla City | 2021–22 | Bosnian Premier League | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | 34 | 15 | |
| Career total | 255 | 91 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 286 | 101 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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