Damir Kreilach
_(cropped).jpg) Kreilach with Real Salt Lake in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Vukovar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 87 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2000 | Opatija | ||
| 2000–2007 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2013 | Rijeka | 128 | (19) |
| 2013–2018 | Union Berlin | 149 | (33) |
| 2018–2023 | Real Salt Lake | 151 | (47) |
| 2024–2025 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | Rijeka | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Croatia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Croatia U21 | 4 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 October 2010 | |||
Damir Kreilach (German pronunciation: [daːmɪr kraɪlach]; born 16 April 1989) is a former Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]
Career
[edit]Kreilach began his professional career with Rijeka in the Croatian first division, making his debut at 18 years old in the 2007–08 season, eventually playing 128 matches in six seasons while scoring 19 goals. He was the club's top goalscorer in the 2011–12 season with nine goals.
He then moved to Union Berlin in the German second division for five seasons, scoring 33 goals in 147 matches, highlighted by a 12-goal season in 32 matches in 2015–16.[3]
In February 2018, Kreilach signed with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[4][5] In his time at the club, he became the club's third highest-ever goalscorer with 47 goals, and acted as club captain during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Kreilach left the club after six seasons in December 2023, joining fellow MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[6][7]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rijeka | 2007–08 | Prva HNL | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 9 | |||
| 2012–13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 5 | |||
| Total | 128 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 144 | 19 | ||
| Union Berlin | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 12 | |||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 9 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 149 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 33 | ||
| Real Salt Lake | 2018 | MLS | 33 | 12 | 3[a] | 3 | – | 36 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 32 | 6 | 3[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| 2020 | 21 | 8 | 1[d] | 1 | – | 22 | 9 | |||
| 2021 | 33 | 16 | 1[e] | 0 | – | 34 | 16 | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 27 | 4 | 6[f] | 4 | – | 33 | 8 | |||
| Total | 151 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 56 | ||
| Career total | 428 | 99 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 467 | 108 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ↑ Two Appearances, one goal in 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs; one appearance in 2019 US Open Cup
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
- ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS is Back Tournament Knockout Stage
- ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ↑ Five Appearances, four goals in 2023 US Open Cup, one appearance in 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs
Hounors
[edit]Vancouver Whitecaps
MLS All Star game: 2021
References
[edit]- ↑ "Damir Kreilach". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ "Damir Kreilach". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ "Kreilach wird ein Eiserner" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ ""Ich erfülle mir einen Traum": Damir Kreilach wechselt nach Salt Lake City". fc-union-berlin.de (in German). 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ "RSL signs midfielder Damir Kreilach". rsl.com. MLS. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ "Real Salt Lake, captain Damir Kreilach part ways after six seasons | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
- ↑ "Vancouver Whitecaps sign Damir Kreilach after RSL exit | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
- ↑ "D. Kreilach". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ "Damir Kreilach » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Damir Kreilach at the Croatian Football Federation
- Damir Kreilach at Soccerway
- Damir Kreilach at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
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- 1989 births
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- 2. Bundesliga players
- Major League Soccer players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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