Strahinja Bošnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња Бошњак; born 18 February 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Gravina.

Strahinja Bošnjak
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Gravina
Youth career
Čibukovac
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Partizan 0 (0)
2016Teleoptik (loan) 3 (0)
2017Teleoptik (loan) 10 (0)
2018Zemun (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2020 Voždovac 11 (0)
2020–2021 Kolubara 22 (1)
2021–2022 Borac Banja Luka 17 (0)
2023 Krupa
2024 FC Mauerwerk 6 (1)
2024– Gravina 1 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Serbia U16
2015–2016 Serbia U17 12 (1)
2015–2016 Serbia U18 3 (0)
2016–2018 Serbia U19[a] 11 (0)
2018 Serbia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2024

Club career

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Born in Banja Luka, but spent his childhood in Kraljevo, he started out at local club Čibukovac. He also spent some time at OFK Beograd, before joining the youth system of Partizan. In the summer of 2015, Bošnjak was promoted to the first-team squad in preparations for the 2015–16 season.[1] He was subsequently loaned to their affiliated side Teleoptik in early 2016.

In November 2016, Bošnjak signed his first professional contract with Partizan, on a three-year contract.[2] He was again sent on loan to Teleoptik in the 2017 winter transfer window, helping them win the Serbian League Belgrade and promotion to the Serbian First League.

In July 2018, Bošnjak was loaned to Serbian SuperLiga club Zemun.

In the meantime, he played one season each in Voždovac and Kolubara before he returned to his hometown and signed for Borac Banja Luka in September 2021.

International career

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Bošnjak represented Serbia at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He made his debut for the under-21 team in a friendly against Qatar U23 in December 2017.[3]

Honours

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Teleoptik
Partizan

Notes

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  1. ^ Only official UEFA matches included

References

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  1. ^ "Sedam nada iz škole Partizana" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Strahinja Bošnjak novi profesionalac Partizana" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Katar lepo ugostio "orliće" i FSS" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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