Fabijan Krivak

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Fabijan Krivak
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Zabok, Croatia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right forward
Team information
Current team
Lokomotiva Zagreb
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Lokomotiva Zagreb 35 (2)
2023Jarun (loan) 9 (1)
International career
2023– Croatia U19 6 (0)
2025– Croatia U21 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:15 (UTC) 3 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:50 (UTC) 6 June 2025

Fabijan Krivak (born 24 February 2005) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a right forward for NK Lokomotiva Zagreb of the Croatian First Football League. He is a Croatian youth international. [1]

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Club career

A product of the NK Lokomotiva Zagreb academy, he made his senior league debut in April 2022 home against HNK Rijeka in the Croatian First Football League. [2] [3] During the 2022/23 season he also played on loan at NK Jarun Zagreb in the Second Football League. [4] He scored his first senior league goal in a 2:1 win for Jarun over NK Kustošija Zagreb on 24 April 2023. [5]

He had a breakthrough season in 2023/24, playing 20 games for the first team of Lokomotivia and contributing a goal in a 2:2 draw against Dinamo Zagreb, his first league goal for the club. His form was such he was linked to a transfer to Serie A side AS Roma, lead by José Mourinho at the time. [6] [7] However, an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury in June 2024 hampered his progress. [8] [9] [10] After nine months out through injury, he returned to the Lokomotiva first team match day squad for their Croatian First Football League match against HNK Gorica on 28 March 2025. [11] He made his return to the pitch for the club appearing as a second-half substitute for Luka Vrbančić in a 1:1 away draw in the Croatian First Football League against Hajduk Split on 13 April 2025. [12]

He started the 2025/26 season with a great solo goal in a 1:0 win against Vukovar 91 and earned his first player of the match award. [13]

International career

He is a Croatia U19 international. [14] In March 2024, he was called-up to the Croatia national under-21 football team ahead of their UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying matches against Andorra U21 and Portugal U21. [15]

Personal life

Born in Zabok, he played youth football in NK Ivančica Zlatar-Bistrica before joining Lokomotiva Zagreb. [16]

References

  1. "Fabijan Krivak". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. "FABIJAN KRIVAK - A HERO AND A NEW FACE FROM KAJZERICA". Germanijak.hr. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. "DINAMO ZAGREB VS. LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB 2 - 1". Soccerway. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  4. Jozić, Mijo (April 27, 2023). "We choose the player of the round in SuperSport Prva NL". Sportalo.hr. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  5. "JARUN VS. KUSTOŠIJA 2 - 1". Soccerway. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. "Sportske novosti - Dragulj iz HNL-a raspametio Josea Mourinha! Veliki je transfer već najavljen, a u igri su milijuni". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  7. "Romano otkrio što se događa s transferom jednog od najvećih HNL talenata u Romu". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  8. "Lokomotiva's youngster, whom Mourinho wanted, experienced terrible bad luck and a serious injury". Telegram.hr. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  9. "Lokomotive's new talent suffered a serious injury: They will start the season without him". net.hr. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  10. "A big revelation ahead of the derby with the Blues: 'My area has always been painted blue, but there is no discount for Dinamo". sportske. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  11. "LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB VS. HNK GORICA 1 - 1". Soccerway. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  12. "HAJDUK SPLIT VS. LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB 1 - 1". Soccerway. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  13. "VIDEO 'Slalom' Krivaka pored trojice pa kirurški precizan šut. Pogledajte prvi gol nove sezone". www.24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  14. "Hrvatska U-19 na dvostrukom gostovanju u Slovačkoj". hns.team. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  15. "The list of players of the U-21 national team for Andorra and Portugal has been published, three of them are from Varaždin". regionalni.com (in Croatian). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  16. "Fabijan Krivak". semafor.hns.family (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-08-05.