Kristijan Bistrovic

Kristijan Bistrovic (Croatian pronunciation: [kristijan bistroʋitɕ]; born 9 April 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder for Italian Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.

Club Career

Slaven Belupo

Bistrovic made his senior debut for Slaven Belupo on 30 May 2015, coming on for Petar Misic in 77th minute as Slaven lost 3–2 to Osijek. His proper debut came during 2016–17 season after the winter break, when he joined the senior team permanently. In summer 2017, during the preseason, Slaven drew 1–1 with Russian champions Spartak Moscow in a friendly match in Villach on 7 July. Slaven's equalizer was a joint effort of Bistrovic and Bruno Bogojevic, who netted it in. The match helped Bistrovic attract attention of the Russian market, with Spartak's rivals CSKA Moscow's coach Viktor Goncharenko insisting that the club buys the young Croatian.

CSKA Moscow

On 12 January 2018, CSKA Moscow signed Bistrovic for €500,000 until the summer of 2022. At the time of signing for the Moscow club, Bistrovic had made only sixteen appearances for Slaven. On 8 March, he made his debut for the team in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 match against Lyon where he came on as a substitute for Alan Dzagoev in the 82nd minute. In the quarter-final home leg against Arsenal on 12 April, he was praised for his performance as CSKA drew 2–2, but nevertheless failed to progress to the semi-finals.

On 27 July, he played the whole game in the 2018 Russian Super Cup as CSKA defeated Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 after extra time, earning Bistrovic his first career trophy. He scored his first goal for CSKA on 18 August to contribute to a 3–0 victory over Arsenal Tula.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Кристиян Бистрович (russian)