Andrej Kramaric (born 19 June 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Croatia national team.
Kramaric started his football career in his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb and holds the record as the top youth goalscorer in the club's history. Hailed as one of the club's biggest talents, he made his first official appearance for Dinamo at the age of 17. In 2013, after he had a dispute with the Dinamo board of directors, Kramaric was transferred to HNK Rijeka, where he scored 37 times in 42 league games prior to his move to Leicester City for a record £9 million. He played a year-and-a-half there, spending time on loan at 1899 Hoffenheim before moving there permanently. On 29 March 2019, he became the club's all-time top goalscorer. On 24 January 2021, he became Bundesliga all-time top Croatian goalscorer.
Kramaric was capped 53 times at various youth levels for Croatia, scoring 22 goals in total. He took part at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, making four appearances for a Croatian team that reached the tournament semi-finals. He made his debut for the senior team in 2014, and later took part at the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020 and the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, helping Croatia to reach the final of the 2018 tournament.<\/P>","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"27","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2016-7-1","56D1193A280251FE":"Andrej Kramaric","165A9E64AAEECF0376C325C4F36A5C95":"6000000.00","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"
CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Dinamo Zagreb
<\/STRONG>Croatian First League: 2009–10, 2010–11
Croatian Cup: 2010–11
Croatian Super Cup: 2013
Rijeka
<\/STRONG>Croatian Cup: 2013–14
Croatian Super Cup: 2014
INTERNATIONAL<\/U>
Croatia
<\/STRONG>FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018, third place: 2022
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Prva HNL Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2014
Football Oscar Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2013, 2014
Ivica Jobo Kurtini Award:
<\/STRONG>2014
Croatian First League Top Scorer:
<\/STRONG>2014–15
Hoffenheim Player of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2016–17
Bundesliga Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
September 2020<\/P>","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Andrej Kramaric","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","229187823D238BA5":"921","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"85819","80071F80C4550E7F":"177cm","F14A25307A7B90F34DF7D46459F247E0":"1991-6-19","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"73kg","D91AFD3F8E13D94664CE2C04A1143112":"Leicester City,Hoffenheim[on loan],NK Rijeka,Dinamo Zagreb,NK Lokomotiva Zagreb[on loan],Dinamo Zagreb (U19)","e_index":3};