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| Full name | Josip Stanišić[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (age 25)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Perlach 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | 1860 Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | SC Fürstenfeldbruck | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Bayern Munich II | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Bayern Munich | 56 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | →Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Croatia U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Croatia | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:29, 14 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:34, 17 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Josip Stanišić (Croatian pronunciation:[jǒsipstǎniʃitɕ]; born 2 April 2000) is a professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forBundesliga clubBayern Munich. Born in Germany, he plays for theCroatia national team. Stanišić has featured most often as aright-back but also as acentre-back,left-back andwing-back at senior level.
Stanišić already played in the youth teams for the then second divisionTSV 1860 Munich and stayed there until the summer of 2015.
As a 15-year-old, the change took place in front of the gates of the state capital in the U16s of the then sixth divisionSC Fürstenfeldbruck.[5] With the club's younger B-Juniors, he was one of the top performers from the start and, as the second-best goalscorer in his team, contributed to the fact that the Bruckers were one of the two top teams in the B-Junior District League alongside 1. FC Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Already in May 2016, just turned 16, he was pulled up to the U17, in which he was also one of the top performers and with two goals in the remaining eight games of the season contributed to the U17 ofSC Fürstenfeldbruck being promoted from the regional league to the state league, in the junior B division, the third highest division behind the Bundesliga and Bayernliga. The Croatian also had a regular place in the team in the regional league, which just missed the Bayern league at the end of the season.
Stanisic was no longer there at this point, however, asFC Bayern Munich had noticed him in the meantime and signed him for their U17s in January 2017. Hardly in Munich, Stanišić suffered an ankle fracture in preparation for the second half of the season and was out for the rest of the season.[6] So he missed winning the German B-Junior Championship.[7]
In the summer of 2018, Stanišić played part of the season preparation with the professional team ofBayern Munich and was also used in two games inKlagenfurt andPhiladelphia.[8] However, Stanišić continued to play everyday life with the A-Juniors and was the new team captain there in his second season. In January he had to undergo a groin operation and was absent for several weeks. In that season, too, the team missed the final round of the German championship, with fourth place even quite clearly, and the two cup competitions again ended early.
He made his professional debut forBayern Munich II in the3. Liga on 26 July 2019, coming on as a substitute at half-time forAngelo Mayer in the home match againstKFC Uerdingen, which finished as a 2–1 win.[9]
Stanišić made hisBundesliga debut forBayern Munich in a 1–1 draw withUnion Berlin on 10 April 2021, being named in the starting lineup as aleft back.[10] On 1 July 2021, Stanišić signed a professional contract with Bayern until 2023.[11] After impressing Bayern coachJulian Nagelsmann during thepre-season, Stanišić remained with the senior team, despite the original plan to be sent on loan toHeidenheim.[12][13][14][15][16] He was named in the starting lineup as aright back on 13 August 2021, the first day ofBundesliga, as Bayern drew 1–1 withBorussia Mönchengladbach.[17][15] Four days later, he was named in the starting lineup once again, as Bayern defeatedBorussia Dortmund 3–1 to win theDFL-Supercup.[18][19][15] On 14 September, Stanišić made hisChampions League debut in a 3–0 victory overBarcelona, coming off the bench forNiklas Süle in the 82nd minute.[20][21] On 15 October 2021, Stanišić extended his contract with Bayern until 2025.[22]
On 14 May 2022, Stanišić scored his first goal for Bayern in a 2–2 draw withWolfsburg.[23] Later that year, on 12 November, he extended his contract with Bayern until 2026.[24]
On 20 August 2023, Stanišić joined fellow Bundesliga clubBayer Leverkusen on a one-year loan deal.[25] On 10 February 2024, he scored his first goal for Leverkusen by scoring the first goal in a 3–0 victory over his parent club Bayern Munich.[26] On 14 April, Bayer Leverkusen secured their first-ever Bundesliga title, in which he became the second player to win the competition with two different clubs in two consecutive seasons, followingAugust Starek in 1968 and 1969.[27] A week later, on 21 April, he scored a header in the 97th minute of stoppage time in a 1–1 away draw against Borussia Dortmund, to extend Leverkusen's unbeaten streak in all competitions.[28] On 9 May, he scored another 97th-minute goal in a 2–2 draw againstRoma in theEuropa League semi-final second leg, qualifying his club to thefinal by winning 4–2 on aggregate, as well as prolonging his club's unbeaten streak to 49 matches, breaking the previous record set byBenfica between 1963 and 1965.[29]
On 27 June 2024, Stanišić extended his contract with Bayern until 2029.[30]
Stanišić holds bothGerman andCroatian citizenships.[31] Despite previously playing forGermany U19,[32][33] Stanišić was called up to theCroatia U21 team byIgor Bišćan on 23 August 2021 for the upcomingUEFA Under-21 Euro 2023 qualifiers againstAzerbaijan andFinland.[34] However, he failed to make his debut due to an injury.[35] Soon after, on 20 September, Stanišić was called up to thesenior Croatia team byZlatko Dalić for the upcoming2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers againstCyprus andSlovakia.[36] He made his debut on 8 October in a 3–0 victory over the former opponent, being named in the starting lineup.[37]
On 9 November 2022, Stanišić was named in Dalić's26-man squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup.[38] He received no playtime until the 2–1third place play-off victory overMorocco on 17 December, when he replaced the injuredJosip Juranović in the starting lineup.[39][40][41]
Stanišić was born inMunich toCroat parents. His father Damir hails fromMalino and his mother Sandra fromOriovac.[42][3][43]
In January 2024, it was announced that Stanišić had become the father of a son.[44]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 0 | — | — | — | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Total | 56 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 3 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13[d] | 1 | — | 38 | 4 | |
| Career total | 118 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Croatia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | |
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