# Kristijan Krajček

Kristijan Krajček (born 1 October 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who recently played either as a winger or attacking-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Hougang United. Considered as one of the best players in the league as well of Hougang, Krajček is known for his free-kick abilities, assists, finishing, dribbling and long-range efforts.
He is the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a Singapore Cup Final when they faced Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 19 November 2022, where he help the club win its first ever piece of Silverware.

## Career
### NK HASK

Krajček being his career with NK HASK when he was 17, after starting his football journey in an academy that is

### Brežice 1919

On 21 February 2018,Krajček joined Slovenian Second League club, Brežice 1919.

### Bijelo Brdo

On 13 July 2918, Krajček moved to Bijelo Brdo.

### Balestier Khalsa

On 2 February 2019, Krajček moved to Southeast Asia to joined Singapore Premier League club, Balestier Khalsa.

### Hougang United

In January 2022, Krajček moved to another Singaporean club, Hougang United for the 2022 season. Having just joined the club at the beginning of the year, he became instrumental throughout the season helping them in finished as a runners up in the 2022 AFC Cup group stage, finishing third place in the league and also a hat-trick in the 2022 Singapore Cup final against Tampines Rovers which gave Hougang their first ever piece of silverware. He ends the season well with 12 goals and 17 assists in 34 appearances.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 16 September 2023
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| NK HAŠK | 2011–12 | 2. HNL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| NK HAŠK | 2012–13 | 2. HNL | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| NK HAŠK | Total | Total | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Bijelo Brdo | 2014–15 | 3. HNL | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bijelo Brdo | 2015–16 | 3. HNL | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bijelo Brdo | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2016–17 | 2. HNL | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Total | Total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Brežice 1919 | 2017–18 | 2. SNL | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Brežice 1919 | Total | Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Bijelo Brdo | 2018–19 | 2. HNL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Bijelo Brdo | Total | Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2020 | Singapore Premier League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2021 | Singapore Premier League | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Balestier Khalsa | Total | Total | 47 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 16 |
| Hougang United | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
| Hougang United | 2023 | Singapore Premier League | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| Hougang United | 2024–25 | Singapore Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hougang United | Total | Total | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 21 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 176 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 46 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup

## Honours
### Club

Hougang United
* Singapore Cup Champions (1): 2022
* Singapore Cup Runner-ups (1): 2023

### Individual

* Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2020