Silvije Begić

Silvije Begić (born 3 June 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer, currently playing as a centre-back for Rubin Kazan in Russia.

Silvije Begić
Begić with Rubin Kazan in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-03) 3 June 1993
Place of birth Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right back, Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Rubin Kazan
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2009 Posušje
2009–2011 Imotski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Posušje
2012–2013 Kamen Ivanbegovina 25 (2)
2013–2015 Rudeš 29 (3)
2015–2017 Inter Zaprešić 39 (1)
2017–2019 FC Orenburg 51 (4)
2019– Rubin Kazan 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2020

Club career

A native of the border town Posušje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Begić spent most of his formative years at the local NK Posušje, before moving just across the border to NK Imotski. He remained there for two seasons at U17 and U19 levels, playing alongside future RNK Split player Ante Majstorović, before returning to his home town where he made his senior debut. In the summer of 2012, he returned to Croatian football by joining the freshly promoted Treća HNL Jug side Kamen Ivanbegovina. He established himself as a first team player there immediately, and his games earned him a move up to the Druga HNL and NK Rudeš in Zagreb, one of his first games being a cup match against his former team Kamen.[1]

The young defender established himself as a first team player there in the 2014/2015 season, making his name by scoring a goal where he reportedly "brought a high ball down to his feet, dribbled past three or four players, reached the goalkeeper and calmly scored".[2] His games overall were noted by that season's Druga HNL champions NK Inter Zaprešić, and he joined them in the summer of 2015, following their promotion to the Prva HNL.

The start of the season saw him as a back-up for the young Josip Filipović, and he made his Prva HNL debut in the 4th round of the 2015/16 season as a starter in the 8 August 2015 away goalless draw with NK Istra 1961.[3] After establishing himself as a first-team regular, he scored his first Prva HNL goal in the 13th round, in a 1-1 draw with RNK Split, scoring the leading goal in the 78th minute of the match.[4]

In August 2017, he moved to the second-tier Russian National Football League club FC Orenburg. The club was promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2018–19 season.

On 29 June 2019, he signed a 4-year contract with another Russian team FC Rubin Kazan.[5]

References
  1. Rudešu Kamen ipak tvrd orah at podbablje-portal.com
  2. Rudeš slomio Cibaliju at Sportnews.hr
  3. Istra 1961 - Inter 0:0 at hrnogomet
  4. Split - Inter 1-1 at hrnogomet
  5. "Сильвие Бегич – в «Рубине»" [Silvije Begić at Rubin] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 29 June 2019.
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