Damir Kreilach

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Damir Kreilach
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Vukovar, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
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 130 (47)
National team‡
2008 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2010 Croatia U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2021
‡ 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 Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.[1]

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.[2]

In February 2018, Kreilach signed with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[3][4]

Career statistics[]

As of 4 March 2018[5][6]
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". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Kreilach wird ein Eiserner" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ ""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.
  4. ^ "RSL signs midfielder Damir Kreilach". rsl.com. MLS. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "D. Kreilach". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Damir Kreilach » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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