| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Marsonia | 41 | (7) |
| 2002–2005 | Sparta Prague | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Příbram (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | → Akratitos (loan) | 24 | (10) |
| 2005–2007 | Egaleo | 40 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Asteras Tripolis | 72 | (26) |
| 2010–2012 | Aris | 31 | (4) |
| 2012 | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Rijeka | 22 | (7) |
| 2014 | → Osijek (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| 2014 | Slaven Belupo | 16 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Croatia U-21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2009 | |||
Danijel Cesarec (born 8 January 1983) is a Croatian retired footballer.
Cesarec started his career in NK Marsonia. He played there 2 years (2000-2002), making 40 appearances and scoring 6 league goals. This good season was a result of a big interest from foreign clubs.
In 2002, Daniel joined Czech major club AC Sparta Prague. In Prague he made only 3 league appearances, and his dream never became true. Then, Sparta sent him loan at 1. FK Příbram. There, he made 23 league appearances, scoring 3 goals. After Příbram, Sparta Prague sent him (again) on loan at Akratitos F.C. In Akratitos, he had a fine season, with 24 performances and 10 goals.
Cesarec spent 2005–2007 years in Egaleo F.C. He had full seasons in Egaleo, with a total of 40 appearances and only 5 goals. However, many Greek teams are interested to sign Cesarec.
Cesarec had his best time of his career in Tripoli, Greece. He joined Asteras Tripoli F.C. in 2007 summer. He stayed there for 3 years with fine seasons. His statistics with blue-yellow jersey are 72 performances and 26 goals. He was expert for heading and penalty-taking. He is the club's top goalscorer ever in Greek Superleague. He was one of the most successful forwards these years.
His fine seasons with Asteras prized with a signing with a club with many success in Greece and Europe. This club, is Aris Thessaloniki F.C. But Cesarec hadn't his best season, because he was struck with a lot of injuries. He made about 30 appearances with Aris and scored only 5 goals (3 of them were on Europa League, and Aris made his best season in Europe this season). In 2011-2012 season, he has made 2 league appearances. On late November he scored against Panionios. The next matchday he scored also in the home victory against Panathinaikos FC.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Asteras Tripolis F.C. | 2008-09 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 11 | 7 | |
| Aris | 2010–11 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 1 |
| 2011-12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | |