Filip Ozobić

Filip Ozobić (Azerbaijani: Filip Ozobiç; born 8 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ. Born in Croatia, Ozobić represented the Croatia national team in two friendly matches before switching to represent the Azerbaijan national team.

Filip Ozobić
Ozobić with Spartak Moscow in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991
Place of birth Bjelovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Qarabağ
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2006 Mladost Ždralovi
2006–2008 Dinamo Zagreb
2008–2009 Zadar
2009–2010 Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Spartak Moscow 2 (0)
2012–2013 → Hajduk Split (loan) 16 (0)
2013–2016 Slaven Belupo 71 (9)
2016–2018 Gabala 46 (16)
2018– Qarabağ 94 (35)
International career‡
2006–2007 Croatia U16 11 (2)
2006–2008 Croatia U17 13 (2)
2009 Croatia U18 4 (1)
2008–2010 Croatia U19 15 (3)
2008–2011 Croatia U20 9 (0)
2009–2011 Croatia U21 6 (0)
2017 Croatia 2 (0)
2021– Azerbaijan 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

Club career

Early career

In January 2008, Spartak Moscow acquired Filip while he was still playing for Dinamo Zagreb's under-19 side. Spartak then immediately loaned him out to Croatian First Division side Zadar, where he spent the remainder of the 2007–08 and the 2008–09 seasons. He then returned to Spartak for the 2010–11 season and made his professional debut in the Russian Premier League on 28 November 2010 for Spartak Moscow.[1] He made one further appearance that season and in the following first half of the next season. Croatian club HNK Hajduk Split then took Ozobić on a loan for the next 18 months where he largely failed to impress and spent most of the time as either a reserve or a substitute. He was released from his Spartak contract in summer 2013. NK Slaven Belupo, amid other sides, were interested in the player who was then a free agent and moved fastest, confirming his signing on 6 September 2013.

Gabala

On 11 June 2016, Ozobić signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FK.[2]

Qarabağ

Ozobić signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ FK on 2 June 2018 after his Gabala contract had expired.[3]

International career

Croatia

From 2006, until 2011, Ozobić has been part of Croatia at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played 58 matches and scored eight goals.[4] In December 2016, he was named as part of the Croatia squad for 2017 China Cup.[5] On 11 January 2017, Ozobić made his debut with Croatia in 2017 China Cup semi-final against Chile after being named in the starting line-up.[6]

Azerbaijan

On 14 July 2021, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan announced that FIFA accepted Ozobić's request to play for Azerbaijan after staying in the country for almost five years.[7] On 27 August 2021, he was called up to join Azerbaijan national football team.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 December 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak Moscow 2010 Russian Premier League 100010—20
2011–12 100000—10
2012–13 000000—00
Total 200010—30
Hajduk Split (loan) 2011–12 Prva HNL 1000000—100
2012–13 600030—90
Total 1600030—190
Slaven Belupo 2013–14 Prva HNL 14252—22216
2014–15 26321—284
2015–16 31461—375
Total 719134—228615
Gabala 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League 271142142—4515
2017–18 1956441—2910
Total 4616106183—7425
Qarabağ 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League 26840131—439
2019–20 510031—82
2020–21 20110081—2812
2021–22 12700101—228
Total 632740344—10131
Career total 1995127105672228371

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 201720
Total20
Azerbaijan 202170
202220
Total90

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 September 2022Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Kazakhstan2–03–02022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Club

Hajduk Split[9]

Qarabağ[9]

Individual

References
  1. "Match report". Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  2. "Filip Ozobiç Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. "Filip Ozobiç rəsmən Qarabağ ımızda !". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. Filip Ozobić at the Croatian Football Federation
  5. "Replacements in Croatia squad: Tudor and Ivanušec to travel to China Cup". Croatian Football Federation. 22 December 2016.
  6. "Ozobic made his debut for Croatian provisional". Gabala FK. 11 January 2017.
  7. "Filip Ozobic may be invited to A national team". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 14 July 2021.
  8. "Millinin 3 oyun üçün heyəti". www.affa.az. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. Filip Ozobić at Soccerway
  10. Filip Ozobić at National-Football-Teams.com
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