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{{short description|Belgian footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Josip Weber
|name = Josip Weber
| image =
|image = Josip_Weber.jpg
|caption = Weber with [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| fullname = Josip Veber / Weber
|fullname = Josip Veber / Weber
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1964|11|16}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1964|11|16}}
| birth_place = [[Slavonski Brod]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
|birth_place = [[Slavonski Brod]], [[SR Croatia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|11|8|1964|11|16|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|11|8|1964|11|16|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Slavonski Brod]], [[Croatia]]
|death_place = Slavonski Brod, Croatia
|height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
|position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
|years1 = 1981–1982
| youthclubs1 =
|years2 = 1982–1985
| years1 = 1981–1982
| years2 = 1982–1985
|years3 = 1985–1987
| years3 = 1985–1987
|years4 = 1987–1988
| years4 = 1987–1988
|years5 = 1988–1994
|years6 = 1994–1997
| years5 = 1988–1994
|clubs1 = Borac Podvinje
| years6 = 1994–1997
|clubs2 = [[NK Marsonia|BSK Slavonski Brod]]
| clubs1 = NK Borac Podvinje
| clubs2 = [[BSK Slavonski Brod]]
|clubs3 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
| clubs3 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
|clubs4 = [[HNK Cibalia|Dinamo Vinkovci]]
| clubs4 = [[HNK Cibalia|Dinamo Vinkovci]]
|clubs5 = [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]
| clubs5 = [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]
|clubs6 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|caps2 = 240
| clubs6 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|caps3 = 17

| caps2 = 240
|caps4 = 29
| caps3 = 17
|caps5 = 197
| caps4 = 29
|caps6 = 25
| caps5 = 204
|totalcaps = 515
| caps6 = 25
|goals2 = 130
| totalcaps = 515
|goals3 = 2
| goals2 = 130
|goals4 = 11
| goals3 = 2
|goals5 = 135
| goals4 = 11
|goals6 = 16
| goals5 = 136
|totalgoals = 294
| goals6 = 16
|nationalyears1 = 1992
|nationalyears2 = 1994
| totalgoals = 295
|nationalteam1 = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
| nationalyears1 = 1992
|nationalteam2 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalyears2 = 1994
|nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalteam1 = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalteam2 = [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
|nationalgoals1 = 1
|nationalgoals2 = 6
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 6
}}
}}


'''Josip Weber''', nicknamed Joske, (born '''Josip Veber'''; 16 November 1964 – 8 November 2017) was a [[Croatia]]n-[[Belgium|Belgian]] professional [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He represented [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] at international level.
'''Josip Weber''', nicknamed Joske, (born '''Josip Veber'''; 16 November 1964 – 8 November 2017) was a professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He represented [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] at international level.


==Career==
==Club career==
Weber began his senior career in Yugoslavia with lower league side NK Borac Podvinje. He then joined [[BSK Slavonski Brod]] where he played 3 seasons before moving to [[HNK Hajduk Split]] of the [[Yugoslav First League]] in 1985. He spent 2 seasons in Split, winning the 1987 [[Yugoslav Cup]]. He also played for Yugoslav side [[HNK Cibalia|NK Dinamo Vinkovci]]. He then moved to Belgium where he played several seasons for Cercle Brugge. There he proved to be a prolific goalscorer, becoming Belgium's top scorer several years in a row without any contention despite Cercle Brugge only being an average team in the league at the time. Eventually he did join RSC Anderlecht (which was Belgium's top team at the time) and looked like he was headed for a brilliant few years. Unfortunately he got sidelined by a serious knee injury and never got to fulfil his clearly great potential with RSC Anderlecht, one of the few glimpses he was able to show was a strong performance in the Champions League match against Hungarian team Ferencvaros.


==International career==
He began his senior career in Yugoslavia with lower league side NK Borac Podvinje. He then joined [[BSK Slavonski Brod]] where he played 3 seasons before moving to [[HNK Hajduk Split]] of the [[Yugoslav First League]] in 1985. He spent 2 seasons in Split, winning the 1987 [[Yugoslav Cup]]. He also played for Yugoslav side [[HNK Cibalia|NK Dinamo Vinkovci]].
In his international career, Weber became notable as one of the last footballers who played for national teams of two countries after being granted permission through clear connection shown from his family members. In July 1992, he started his international career with the [[Croatia national football team|Croatia national team]] during their Australian tour, where he appeared in all three of their friendly matches against the [[Australia national association football team|Australia national team]] and also managed to score Croatia's only goal during the tour as he scored in the second match, which they lost 3–1. The other two matches ended with a 1–0 win for Australia and a goalless draw respectively. After that, he never played for Croatia again.


During the 1993–94 season, Weber took the job as a Belgium international team striker. [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]] (he was allowed to play for Belgium because his grandfather was originally from Belgium and because the previous matches for Croatia were all friendlies that were not under FIFA. Croatia only joined FIFA and UEFA in 1993). He made his debut for Belgium on 3 June 1994 in their friendly match against [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]], which was highly successful as he managed to score five goals in a 9–0 win.
In his international career, Weber became notable as one of the last footballers who played for national teams of two countries after being granted permission thought clear connection shown from his family members. In July 1992, he started his international career with the [[Croatia national football team|Croatian national team]] during their [[Australia]]n tour, where he appeared in all three of their friendly matches against the [[Australia national association football team|Australian national team]] and also managed to score Croatia's only goal during the tour as he scored in the second match, which they lost 3-1. The other two matches ended with a 1-0 win for Australia and a goalless draw respectively. After that, he never played for Croatia again.


During the 1993-94 season, Weber took the job as a Belgium international team striker. [[Belgium national football team|Belgian national team]] (he was allowed to play for Belgium because his grandfather was originally from Belgium and because the previous matches for Croatia were all friendlies that were not under FIFA. Croatia only joined FIFA and UEFA in 1993). He made his debut for Belgium on 3 June 1994 in their friendly match against [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]], which was highly successful as he managed to score five goals in a 9-0 win for Belgium. He was also a regular member of the Belgian team at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] in the [[United States]] and played in all of their four matches at the tournament, starting three of them. He nevertheless did not manage to score any goals before Belgium was eliminated by [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the round of 16. In minute 63 of the game, he was brought down in the penalty area by [[Thomas Helmer]], but referee [[Kurt Röthlisberger]] did not grant the penalty that could have led to a 3-2 score and a red card for the defender<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-03/sports/sp-11502_1_world-cup</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/17/sports/world-cup-94-some-referees-deserve-red-cards.html</ref>. He won a total of eight international caps and scored six goals for Belgium, all in 1994. Five of his goals were scored in a 9-0 Belgian victory over [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]].
He was also a regular member of the Belgian team at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] in the United States and played in all of their four matches at the tournament, starting three of them. He nevertheless did not manage to score any goals before Belgium was eliminated by [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the round of 16. In minute 63 of the game, he was brought down in the penalty area by [[Thomas Helmer]], but referee [[Kurt Röthlisberger]] did not grant the penalty that could have led to a 3–2 score and a red card for the defender.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-03/sports/sp-11502_1_world-cup|title=WORLD CUP USA '94 ROUND OF 16 : Germany Clean as a Non-Whistle : Soccer: Voeller scores twice in 3-2 victory, but lack of a call has Belgians crying foul.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Chris Dufresne|date=3 July 1994|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/17/sports/world-cup-94-some-referees-deserve-red-cards.html|title=WORLD CUP '94; Some Referees Deserve Red Cards|author=Lawrie Mifflin|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 July 1994|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>


He won a total of eight international caps and scored six goals for Belgium, all in 1994. Five of his goals were scored in a 9-0 Belgian victory over [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]. His final international was an October 1994 [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|European Championship qualification]] match away against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22643|title=Player Database|accessdate=28 January 2023|website=EU-football}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==

=== International goals for Croatia ===
==Death==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
Weber died on 8 November 2017 in [[Slavonski Brod]], Croatia from [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-belgium-striker-josip-weber-dies-at-52-4928457/|title=Former Belgium striker Josip Weber dies at 52|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|work=[[The Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]]|date=8 November 2017|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=21337284|title=Former Belgium striker Josip Weber dies at 52|publisher=[[ESPN]]|agency=Associated Press|date=8 November 2017|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Croatia's and Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Weber goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Josip Weber<ref name="JWeber">{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22643|title=Football PLAYER: Josip Weber|publisher=eu-football.info|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope="col"|No.
| 1. || 8 July 1992 || [[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]] || {{fb|AUS}} || 2–'''1''' || 3–1 || Friendly
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|-
!colspan="7"|Croatia goal
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 7 October 2015''</small><ref name="JWeber">{{cite web | url = http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22643 | title = Football PLAYER: Josip Weber | publisher = eu-football.info | accessdate = 7 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1||8 July 1992||[[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]], Australia||{{fb|AUS}}||style="text-align:center"|1–2||style="text-align:center"|1–3||Friendly
|}

=== International goals for Belgium ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|-
!colspan="7"|Belgium goals
| 1. || rowspan=5|4 June 1994 || rowspan=5|[[King Baudouin Stadium|Heysel Stadium]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] || rowspan=5|{{fb|ZAM}} || '''1'''-0 || rowspan=5|9–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1||rowspan="5"|4 June 1994||rowspan="5"|[[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium]], [[Brussels]], Belgium
| 2. || '''2'''–0 || Friendly
| rowspan="5" |{{fb|ZAM}}||style="text-align:center"|1–0||rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|9–0||Friendly
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2||style="text-align:center"|2–0||Friendly
| 3. || '''6'''–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3||style="text-align:center"|6–0||Friendly
| 4. || '''7'''–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4||style="text-align:center"|7–0||Friendly
| 5. || '''9'''–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5||style="text-align:center"|9–0||Friendly
| 6. || 8 June 1994 || [[King Baudouin Stadium|Heysel Stadium]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] || {{fb|HUN}} || '''1'''–0 || 3–1 || Friendly
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 7 October 2015''</small><ref name="JWeber"/>
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6||8 June 1994||Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||{{fb|HUN}}||style="text-align:center"|1–0||style="text-align:center"|3–1||Friendly
|}
|}

== Death ==
== Honours ==
Josip Weber died on the 8 November 2017 in [[Slavonski Brod]], [[Croatia]] after a long battle with prostate cancer<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-belgium-striker-josip-weber-dies-at-52-4928457/</ref><ref>http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=21337284</ref>.
'''Hajduk Split'''<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web|title=Fiche technique de Hajduk Split|url=https://www.rtbf.be/sport/football/detail_fiche-technique-de-hajduk-split?id=3599483}}</ref>
* [[Yugoslav Cup]]: [[1986–87 Yugoslav Cup|1986–87]]

'''Anderlecht'''<ref name="eurosport322">{{cite web|title=RSC Anderlecht {{!}} Palmares|url=https://www.rsca.be/nl/club/palmares}}</ref>
* [[Belgian First Division A|Belgian First Division]]: [[1994–95 Belgian First Division|1994–95]]
* [[Belgian Super Cup]]: 1995

'''Individual'''
* [[Belgian First Division A top scorers|Belgian First Division top scorer]]: [[1991–92 Belgian First Division|1991–92]] (26 goals), [[1992–93 Belgian First Division|1992–93]] (31 goals), [[1993–94 Belgian First Division|1993–94]] (31 goals)'''<ref name="eurosport323">{{cite web|title=Topscorer Eerste Klasse|date=6 January 2020 |url=https://www.voetbal.com/topscoorders/bel-eerste-klasse-a/}}</ref>'''


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.cerclemuseum.be/ Profile] - Cercle Brugge

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{{Belgium Squad 1994 World Cup}}
{{Belgium Squad 1994 World Cup}}
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Latest revision as of 18:11, 7 March 2024

Josip Weber
Weber with Anderlecht
Personal information
Full name Josip Veber / Weber
Date of birth (1964-11-16)16 November 1964
Place of birth Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Date of death 8 November 2017(2017-11-08) (aged 52)
Place of death Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Borac Podvinje
1982–1985 BSK Slavonski Brod 240 (130)
1985–1987 Hajduk Split 17 (2)
1987–1988 Dinamo Vinkovci 29 (11)
1988–1994 Cercle Brugge 197 (135)
1994–1997 Anderlecht 25 (16)
Total 515 (294)
International career
1992 Croatia 3 (1)
1994 Belgium 8 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josip Weber, nicknamed Joske, (born Josip Veber; 16 November 1964 – 8 November 2017) was a professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented Croatia and Belgium at international level.

Club career[edit]

Weber began his senior career in Yugoslavia with lower league side NK Borac Podvinje. He then joined BSK Slavonski Brod where he played 3 seasons before moving to HNK Hajduk Split of the Yugoslav First League in 1985. He spent 2 seasons in Split, winning the 1987 Yugoslav Cup. He also played for Yugoslav side NK Dinamo Vinkovci. He then moved to Belgium where he played several seasons for Cercle Brugge. There he proved to be a prolific goalscorer, becoming Belgium's top scorer several years in a row without any contention despite Cercle Brugge only being an average team in the league at the time. Eventually he did join RSC Anderlecht (which was Belgium's top team at the time) and looked like he was headed for a brilliant few years. Unfortunately he got sidelined by a serious knee injury and never got to fulfil his clearly great potential with RSC Anderlecht, one of the few glimpses he was able to show was a strong performance in the Champions League match against Hungarian team Ferencvaros.

International career[edit]

In his international career, Weber became notable as one of the last footballers who played for national teams of two countries after being granted permission through clear connection shown from his family members. In July 1992, he started his international career with the Croatia national team during their Australian tour, where he appeared in all three of their friendly matches against the Australia national team and also managed to score Croatia's only goal during the tour as he scored in the second match, which they lost 3–1. The other two matches ended with a 1–0 win for Australia and a goalless draw respectively. After that, he never played for Croatia again.

During the 1993–94 season, Weber took the job as a Belgium international team striker. Belgium national team (he was allowed to play for Belgium because his grandfather was originally from Belgium and because the previous matches for Croatia were all friendlies that were not under FIFA. Croatia only joined FIFA and UEFA in 1993). He made his debut for Belgium on 3 June 1994 in their friendly match against Zambia, which was highly successful as he managed to score five goals in a 9–0 win.

He was also a regular member of the Belgian team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States and played in all of their four matches at the tournament, starting three of them. He nevertheless did not manage to score any goals before Belgium was eliminated by Germany in the round of 16. In minute 63 of the game, he was brought down in the penalty area by Thomas Helmer, but referee Kurt Röthlisberger did not grant the penalty that could have led to a 3–2 score and a red card for the defender.[1][2]

He won a total of eight international caps and scored six goals for Belgium, all in 1994. Five of his goals were scored in a 9-0 Belgian victory over Zambia. His final international was an October 1994 European Championship qualification match away against Denmark.[3]

Death[edit]

Weber died on 8 November 2017 in Slavonski Brod, Croatia from prostate cancer.[4][5]

Career statistics[edit]

Scores and results list Croatia's and Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Weber goal.
List of international goals scored by Josip Weber[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Croatia goal
1 8 July 1992 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia  Australia 1–2 1–3 Friendly
Belgium goals
1 4 June 1994 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Zambia 1–0 9–0 Friendly
2 2–0 Friendly
3 6–0 Friendly
4 7–0 Friendly
5 9–0 Friendly
6 8 June 1994 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Hungary 1–0 3–1 Friendly

Honours[edit]

Hajduk Split[7]

Anderlecht[8]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chris Dufresne (3 July 1994). "WORLD CUP USA '94 ROUND OF 16 : Germany Clean as a Non-Whistle : Soccer: Voeller scores twice in 3-2 victory, but lack of a call has Belgians crying foul". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ Lawrie Mifflin (17 July 1994). "WORLD CUP '94; Some Referees Deserve Red Cards". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Former Belgium striker Josip Weber dies at 52". The Indian Express. Indian Express Limited. AP. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Former Belgium striker Josip Weber dies at 52". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Football PLAYER: Josip Weber". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Fiche technique de Hajduk Split".
  8. ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  9. ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse". 6 January 2020.

External links[edit]

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