Niko Kranchar ( Kranjcar , Croatian Niko Kranjčar ; born August 13, 1984, Zagreb , Yugoslavia ) - Croatian footballer, midfielder of the Rangers Scottish club. He played for the Croatian team . A citizen of Croatia and Austria .
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| Growth | 185 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
The son of a football player and coach of the Croatian national team Zlatko Kranjcar . Niko spent part of his childhood in Vienna, while his father played for the Viennese " Rapid " (until 1991). At 17, Niko became the youngest captain in the history of Dinamo Zagreb [2] , but in the winter of 2005 he moved to the camp of Dynamo's main rival Hajduka from Split for a record 1.5 million euros for Croatia. In the 2004/05 season as part of Hajduk, he became the champion of Croatia and gained a permanent place in the national team.
After a very successful start in the 2006/07 season, Niko signed a four-year contract with the English club Portsmouth [3] .
On the last day of summer transfers, on September 1, 2009, Niko Kranjcar moved from Portsmouth to Tottenham Hotspur . The amount of the transaction between the clubs was 2.5 million pounds [4] . After the successful 2009/2010 season, Niko firmly settled on the bench of Harry Redknapp's team and in November 2010 it was reported that he and David Bentley would be sold in the winter transfer window . In the championship of England Niko spent only 3 matches and three times went out in the Champions League and in the Cup of England.
On June 6, 2012, Niko Kranchar moved to Dynamo Kyiv . The contract is signed for a period of 4 years. Compensation for the transition, according to unofficial data, amounted to 7 million euros, and the annual salary of a football player - 2 million [5] . On January 14, 2016, it was officially announced that Dynamo and Niko came to a mutual agreement on the early termination of the contract [6] .
Croatia national team
In the decisive for Russia qualifying round match for the 2008 European Championship between England and Croatia, Niko scored the first goal against the English in the 7th minute, which was aided by the gross error of the English goalkeeper. As a result, the Croatian national team won the Wembley (3: 2), which ensured both Russia and Russia a hit on the continental championship.
Achievements
- Dynamo Zagreb
- Croatian Championship : 2002/03
- Croatian Cup : 2001/02 , 2003/04
- Hajduk
- Croatian Championship : 2004/05
- Croatian Super Cup : 2005
- "Portsmouth"
- FA Cup : 2007/2008
- Dynamo Kiev
- Bronze medalist of the championship of Ukraine : 2012/13
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Player to Watch: Niko Kranjčar Archived copy dated March 4, 2016 on the Wayback Machine . WorldCupBlog. April 22, 2006
- ↑ Pompey complete Kranjcar signing . BBC Sport. August 31, 2006
- ↑ Horvath Kranjčar will be Pavlyuchenko's mate in Tottenham . RIA News . September 1, 2009
- ↑ Niko Kranchari signed a four-year contract with Dynamo in Warsaw
- ↑ Niko Kranjcar leaves Dynamo Kyiv . The official website of Kiev "Dynamo" (January 14, 2016). The appeal date is January 14, 2016.