Fabijan Krivak

Fabijan Krivak
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-02-24) 24 February 2005
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Lokomotiva Zagreb 35 (2)
2023 → Jarun (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]

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.


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