Danijel Cesarec

Danijel Cesarec (born 8 January 1983) is a Croatian retired footballer.

Danijel Cesarec

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-01-08) 8 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Marsonia	41	(7)
2002–2005	Sparta Prague	3	(0)
2003–2004	→ Příbram (loan)	23	(3)
2004–2005	→ Akratitos (loan)	24	(10)
2005–2007	Egaleo	40	(5)
2007–2010	Asteras Tripolis	72	(26)
2010–2012	Aris	31	(4)
2012	Maccabi Haifa	8	(1)
2012–2014	Rijeka	22	(7)
2014	→ Osijek (loan)	12	(4)
2014	Slaven Belupo	16	(2)
International career‡
2002–2003	Croatia U-21	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 October 2009

Club career

NK Marsonia

Cesarec started his career in NK Marsonia. He played there 2 years (2000-2002), making 40 appearances and scoring 6 league goals. This good season was a result of a big interest from foreign clubs.

Sparta Prague

In 2002, Daniel joined Czech major club AC Sparta Prague. In Prague he made only 3 league appearances, and his dream never became true. Then, Sparta sent him loan at 1. FK Příbram. There, he made 23 league appearances, scoring 3 goals. After Příbram, Sparta Prague sent him (again) on loan at Akratitos F.C. In Akratitos, he had a fine season, with 24 performances and 10 goals.

Greece

Egaleo

Cesarec spent 2005–2007 years in Egaleo F.C. He had full seasons in Egaleo, with a total of 40 appearances and only 5 goals. However, many Greek teams are interested to sign Cesarec.

Asteras Trpolis

Cesarec had his best time of his career in Tripoli, Greece. He joined Asteras Tripoli F.C. in 2007 summer. He stayed there for 3 years with fine seasons. His statistics with blue-yellow jersey are 72 performances and 26 goals. He was expert for heading and penalty-taking. He is the club's top goalscorer ever in Greek Superleague. He was one of the most successful forwards these years.

Aris

His fine seasons with Asteras prized with a signing with a club with many success in Greece and Europe. This club, is Aris Thessaloniki F.C. But Cesarec hadn't his best season, because he was struck with a lot of injuries. He made about 30 appearances with Aris and scored only 5 goals (3 of them were on Europa League, and Aris made his best season in Europe this season). In 2011-2012 season, he has made 2 league appearances. On late November he scored against Panionios. The next matchday he scored also in the home victory against Panathinaikos FC.

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 December 2011.

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Asteras Tripolis F.C.	2008-09	19	8	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	21	10	0
	2009-10	29	10	7	2	1	0	-	-	-	31	11	7
Aris	2010–11	23	2	1	0	0	0	8	3	0	31	5	1
	2011-12	8	2	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	9	2	0

External links

• Danijel Cesares at the Croatian Football Federation website