Damir Kreilach

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Damir Kreilach
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Kreilach with Real Salt Lake in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Vukovar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Real Salt Lake
Number 8
Youth career
1995–2000 Opatija
2000–2007 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Rijeka 133 (19)
2013–2018 Union Berlin 157 (33)
2018– Real Salt Lake 124 (43)
National team‡
2008 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2010 Croatia U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2010

Damir Kreilach (German pronunciation: [daːmɪr kraɪlach]; born 16 April 1989) is a Croatian football midfielder who currently plays for and captains Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.[2]

Career

Kreilach began his professional career with Rijeka in the Croatian first division, making his debut at 18 years old in the 2007–08 season, eventually playing 128 matches in six seasons while scoring 19 goals. He was the club's top goalscorer in the 2011–12 season with nine goals.

He then moved to Union Berlin in the German second division for five seasons, scoring 33 goals in 147 matches, highlighted by a 12-goal season in 32 matches in 2015–16.[3]

In February 2018, Kreilach signed with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4][5]

Career statistics

As of 4 March 2018[6][7]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rijeka 2007–08 Prva HNL 5 0 – – 5 0
2008–09 13 1 1 0 2 0 16 1
2009–10 25 2 2 0 3 0 30 2
2010–11 28 2 3 0 – 31 2
2011–12 27 9 4 0 – 31 9
2012–13 30 5 1 0 – 31 5
Total 128 19 11 0 5 0 144 19
Union Berlin 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 32 3 3 0 – 35 3
2014–15 33 7 1 0 – 34 7
2015–16 32 12 1 0 – 33 12
2016–17 33 9 1 0 – 34 9
2017–18 19 2 2 0 – 21 2
Total 149 33 8 0 0 0 157 33
Real Salt Lake 2018 MLS 33 12 3[a] 3 – 36 15
2019 32 6 3[b] 1 1[c] 0 36 7
2020 21 8 1[d] 1 – 22 9
2021 33 16 1[e] 0 – 34 16
Total 119 42 8 5 1 0 128 47
Career total 396 94 27 3 6 0 429 99
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  2. ^ 2 Appearances and 1 Goal in 2019 US Open Cup + 1 Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in MLS is Back Tournament Knockout Stage
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

References

  1. ^ "Damir Kreilach". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Damir Kreilach". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Kreilach wird ein Eiserner" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ^ ""Ich erfülle mir einen Traum": Damir Kreilach wechselt nach Salt Lake City". fc-union-berlin.de (in German). 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "RSL signs midfielder Damir Kreilach". rsl.com. MLS. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ "D. Kreilach". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Damir Kreilach » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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