Saša Kajkut

Saša Kajkut
Kajkut with Borac Banja Luka in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
2002–2003 Omladinac Banja Luka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Borac Banja Luka 17 (3)
2005–2006 Karlovac 14 (5)
2006 Zadar 10 (8)
2006–2007 Pomorac 1921 25 (5)
2007–2008 Sheriff Tiraspol 23 (5)
2008–2010 Borac Banja Luka 48 (17)
2010–2011 Baku 9 (1)
2011–2012 Borac Banja Luka 24 (9)
2012–2013 Čelik Zenica 37 (18)
2013–2014 South China 4 (4)
2014–2015 Kerkyra 27 (5)
2015–2016 Veria 20 (0)
2016–2017 Krupa 8 (5)
2017 Zrinjski Mostar 10 (2)
2017–2018 Željezničar 23 (4)
2018–2021 Borac Banja Luka 55 (18)
Total 354 (104)
International career
2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saša Kajkut (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Кајкут; born 7 July 1984) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

As a teenager, Kajkut played for hometown team Omladinac Banja Luka, after which he moved to Borac Banja Luka where he started his professional career. After that, Kajkut played for Croatian 2. HNL teams Zadar and Pomorac.

One of his remarkable memorable moment in his career is connected to the 2nd leg match for Sheriff Tiraspol against a team from Andorra in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. He first passed the ball to Wilfried Balima for scoring Sheriff's lead of 0–1 in the 68th minute (just 3 minutes after he entered the game), and then scored his first goal for the new team in the 77th minute. Kajkut created history in just 12 minutes, as he became the first ever player from Banja Luka scoring in an official Champions League match. With this extraordinary performance he became one of the favourite players for Sheriff fans though he only stayed there for one single season after that game.

After Sheriff, Kajkut went back to Borac, after which he played for Baku, again for Borac and Čelik Zenica. On 31 December 2013, he signed with South China permanently after a successful trial.

On 18 August 2015, PAE Kerkyra, for who Kajkut played at the time, was dismissed by Super League Greece for fake shareholds transfers. The club got relegated to Football League and Kajkut was eventually released by the club. He was approached directly Veria and agreed to join it on 19 August 2015. His yearly wages at Veria were €100,000. Kajkut was officially announced as Veria's player on 28 August 2015.[1] He debuted on 12 September 2015, in a 3–0 home defeat against PAOK. He scored his first goal for Veria with a penalty kick in a Greek Cup match against Atromitos. After Varia, Kajkut once again went back to Bosnia and played for Krupa, Zrinjski Mostar and Željezničar.

In June 2018, for a fourth time in his career, Kajkut signed with Borac.[2] In the 2018–19 First league of RS season, with Borac, he won the league title and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.[3] Kajkut finished his career at Borac in January 2021.[4]

International career

Kajkut made his first and only international appearance for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 June 2009, a 0–0 away friendly match draw against Uzbekistan, coming in as a 46th-minute substitute for Emir Hadžić.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [6]
Club Division League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borac Banja Luka 2003–04 Bosnian Premier League 17300——173
Karlovac 2005–06 2. HNL South 14500——255
Zadar 2005–06 2. HNL 10800——255
Pomorac 1921 2006–07 2. HNL 25500——255
Sheriff Tiraspol 2007–08 Divizia Națională 235002[a]1—256
Borac Banja Luka 2008–09 Bosnian Premier League 211100——2111
2009–10 Bosnian Premier League 27621——297
Total 481721——5018
Baku 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League 91212[b]1—133
Borac Banja Luka 2011–12 Bosnian Premier League 2494000—289
Čelik Zenica 2012–13 Bosnian Premier League 231343——2716
2013–14 Bosnian Premier League 14510——155
Total 371853——4221
South China 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division League 44217[c]31[d]1149
Kerkyra 2014–15 Super League Greece 27530——305
Veria 2015–16 Super League Greece 20031——231
Krupa 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 8500——85
Zrinjski Mostar 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 10200——102
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League ——1[a]0—10
Total 1020010—112
Željezničar 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 23450——284
Borac Banja Luka 2018–19 Bosnian First League 231320——2513
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 18510——195
2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 140002[b]0—160
Total 55183020—6018
Career total 35410429714511398117
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in AFC Champions League, five appearances and three goals in AFC Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in Hong Kong Senior Shield

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Borac Banja Luka

South China

Zrinjski Mostar

Željezničar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Καϊκούτ για 2 χρόνια
  2. ↑ Saša Kajkut odbio Čelik i potpisao za Borac at klix.ba, 26 June 2018
  3. ↑ S. Mlaćo (11 May 2019). "Borac i zvanično osigurao povratak u Premijer ligu!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ A. Čaušević (11 January 2021). "Kajkut okačio kopačke o klin: Teren mijenja pregovaračkim stolom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Saša Kajkut at Soccerway
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