Šime Gržan

Šime Gržan (born 6 April 1994 in Zadar) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for NK Istra 1961 in the Croatian First Football League.

Šime Gržan
Personal information
Full name Šime Gržan
Date of birth (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994
Place of birth Zadar, Croatia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Istra 1961
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2012 Zadar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Zadar 49 (1)
2014–2015 Lokomotiva 28 (3)
2016–2017 Istra 1961 46 (7)
2018–2019 Zrinjski Mostar 9 (0)
2019 GOŠK Gabela 12 (1)
2019– Istra 1961 38 (5)
National team‡
2012 Croatia U18 6 (0)
2011–2013 Croatia U19 9 (0)
2015 Croatia U21 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 July 2016

Club career

Gržan went through all the ranks of his hometown club NK Zadar's academy, debuting for the first team shortly after his 17th birthday, on 14 May 2011, coming in the 82nd minute of the home 0-0 draw against GNK Dinamo Zagreb for Luka Begonja.[1] He continued featuring for the first team until the end of 2013. He scored his only goal for Zadar in March 2013, the game winner against NK Lokomotiva, to Begonja's assist.[2]

In the 2013–14 winter transfer period Gržan and teammate Begonja moved together to Lokomotiva.[3] Two years later, Gržan moved on to NK Istra 1961.[4]

After almost of two years playing at Istra, Gržan left the club and signed for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club HŠK Zrinjski Mostar on 29 December 2017.[5] He won the league title with Zrinjski in the 2017–18 season. He left Zrinjski on 1 February 2019.[6]

The same day that Gržan left Zrinjski, he signed for NK GOŠK Gabela.[7] He made his first appearance for GOŠK on 23 February 2019, in a 1–0 away loss against FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[8] He scored his first goal for GOŠK on 24 April 2019, in a 1–2 home loss against FK Radnik Bijeljina.[9] In May 2019, after the end of the season and after the relegation of GOŠK to the First League of FBiH, Gržan decided to leave the club.[10]

International career

Gržan represented Croatia on various youth levels.

He was part of the Croatia U18 and Croatia U19 teams, featuring in 9 and 6 games respectively for them.

Gržan was also a part of the Croatia U21 team,[11] but didn't feature in any game for them.

Honours

Club

Zrinjski Mostar

References
  1. Zadar - Dinamo 0:0 at hrnogomet.com
  2. Gržan okrunio bolji prvi dio Zadra, Lokomotiva poražena na Stanovima at ZNet
  3. Luka Begonja i Šime Gržan prelaze iz Zadra u Lokomotivu at Slobodna Dalmacija web page
  4. Šime Gržan odlazi u Istru 1961 at NK Lokomotiva official site
  5. A. Lendo (29 December 2017). "Zvanično: Šime Gržan novi fudbaler Zrinjskog" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  6. A. Lendo (1 February 2019). "Razišli se HŠK Zrinjski i Šime Gržan". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. A. Pašić (1 February 2019). "GOŠK se pojačao iz Zrinjskog". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. M. Šljivak (23 February 2019). "Filip Arežina majstorijom donio pobjedu FK Mladost!". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  9. E. Čaušević (24 April 2019). "Zvijezda 09 pregazila Čelik, GOŠK pakuje kofere za niži rang" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  10. "Premijer liga završena, krenulo rasipanje tima" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  11. Gračan okuplja U-21 reprezentaciju: "Želimo se što bolje upoznati prije kvalifikacija koje počinju u rujnu" at crosport
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