Viktor Kanižaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Čakovec, Croatia | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sesvete | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Međimurje | ||
| 2015–2023 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 11 | (0) |
| 2024 | Inter Turku | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | Inter Turku II | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Sesvete | 25 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Croatia U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Croatia U17 | 16 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 October 2024 | |||
Viktor Kanižaj (born 2 February 2003) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Prva NL club Sesvete.
Club career
Kanižaj played in the youth sector of Međimurje before joining the academy of Dinamo Zagreb in 2015,[1] and making his senior debut with the club's reserve team in 2022.
In the 2023–24 season, he played for Lokomotiva Zagreb in top-tier Croatian Football League.[2]
On 29 August 2024, Kanižaj moved to Finland and signed with Inter Turku in the country's top-tier Veikkausliiga.[3]
Career statistics
- As of 28 June 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 2021–22 | Prva NL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2023–24 | HNL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Inter Turku II | 2024 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sesvete | 2024–25 | Prva NL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
- ↑ Includes Croatian Cup
Honours
Dinamo Zagreb II
- 1. HNL Juniori: 2022–23
References
- ↑ Viktor Kanižaj strijelac za Hrvatsku reprezentaciju protiv Gruzije, radio1.hr, 13 February 2020
- ↑ Viktor Kanižaj debitirao u HNL-u, msm.hr, 25 July 2023
- ↑ Kroatialainen Viktor Kanizaj Interin hyökkäykseen, fcinter.fi, 29 August 2024
External links
- Viktor Kanižaj at Soccerway
Categories:
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Croatian men's footballers
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players
- FC Inter Turku players
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- NK Međimurje players
- NK Sesvete players
- Croatian Football League players
- First Football League (Croatia) players