Viktor Kanižaj

Croatian footballer (born 2003)
Viktor Kanižaj
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Čakovec, Croatia
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Inter Turku
Youth career
0000–2015 Međimurje
2015–2023 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Dinamo Zagreb II 2 (0)
2023–2024 Lokomotiva Zagreb 11 (0)
2024– Inter Turku 1 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Croatia U16 9 (1)
2018–2020 Croatia U17 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024

Viktor Kanižaj (born 2 February 2003) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.

Club career

Kanižaj played in the youth sector of Međimurje before joining the academy of Dinamo Zagreb in 2015,[1] and making his senior debut with the club's reserve team in 2022.

In the 2023–24 season, he played for Lokomotiva Zagreb in top-tier Croatian Football League.[2]

On 29 August 2024, Kanižaj moved to Finland and signed with Inter Turku in the country's top-tier Veikkausliiga.[3]

Career statistics

As of 15 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2021–22 1. NL 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2023–24 1. HNL 11 0 1 0 – – 12 0
Inter Turku 2024 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Career total 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb II

  • 1. HNL Juniori: 2022–23

References

  1. ^ Viktor Kanižaj strijelac za Hrvatsku reprezentaciju protiv Gruzije, radio1.hr, 13 February 2020
  2. ^ Viktor Kanižaj debitirao u HNL-u, msm.hr, 25 July 2023
  3. ^ Kroatialainen Viktor Kanizaj Interin hyökkäykseen, fcinter.fi, 29 August 2024
  • Viktor Kanižaj at Soccerway
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Inter Turku – current squad