Mihael Žaper
{{short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mihael Žaper
| fullname =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Osijek, Croatia
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Hajduk Split
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2008–2010
| youthclubs1 = Olimpija Osijek
| youthyears2 = 2010–2016
| youthclubs2 = Osijek
| years1 = 2016–2019
| clubs1 = Osijek II
| caps1 = 56
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2016–2023
| clubs2 = Osijek
| caps2 = 127
| goals2 = 18
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Hajduk Split
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Croatia U19
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam2 = Croatia U21
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2022
| nationalteam3 = Croatia U23
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 26 May 2024
| ntupdate = 19 January 2023
}}
Mihael Žaper (born 11 August 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hajduk Split in the Croatian First Football League.
Club career
Žaper made his professional debut with Osijek in a 4–2 Croatian First Football League loss to NK Inter Zaprešić on 13 May 2016, scoring his side's second goal in his debut.{{Cite web|url=https://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/13/croatia/1-hnl/nk-inter-zapresic/nk-osijek/2042847/|title=Inter Zaprešić vs. Osijek - 13 May 2016 - Soccerway|website=ca.soccerway.com}}
International career
Žaper was born in Croatia, and was called up to represent the Croatia U21 at the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.{{Cite web|date=9 March 2021|title=Izbornik Bišćan predstavio mlade Vatrene za EP|url=https://hns-cff.hr/news/22405/izbornik-biscan-predstavio-mlade-vatrene-za-ep/|access-date=15 March 2021|website=Hrvatski nogometni savez|language=hr}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|27 July 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="9"|Osijek
|rowspan="8"|Prva HNL |1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20
|30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21
|30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22
|28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23
|28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!127 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 147 | 18 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!127 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 18 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|mihael-aper/444305}}
- {{CFF player|156609/mihael-zaper}}
- [https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/156609/mihael-zaper/ Mihael Žaper] at the Croatian Football Federation Semafor site
{{HNK Hajduk Split squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaper, Mihael}}
Category:Footballers from Osijek
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Croatia men's youth international footballers
Category:Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:HNK Hajduk Split players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:First Football League (Croatia) players
Category:21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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