Dejan Školnik (born 1 January 1989) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pohorje.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pohorje | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2004 | Maribor | ||
2004–2007 | Železničar Maribor | ||
2007–2008 | Maribor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Maribor | 72 | (6) |
2010–2014 | Nacional | 44 | (4) |
2015 | Aluminij | 10 | (1) |
2015–2016 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 28 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Mantova | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Drava Ptuj | 21 | (0) |
2018–2020 | USV Mettersdorf | 40 | (5) |
2020–2021 | SV Kaindorf/Sulm | 7 | (0) |
2021–2022 | 1. FC Leibnitz | 0 | (0) |
2022 | Roho | 6 | (1) |
2023– | Pohorje | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2009 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2023 |
Club career
editŠkolnik started his career with hometown NK Maribor at the age of 7,[2] and then transferred to Železničar Maribor at the age of 14.[3] He played there for three years before returning to Maribor, where he signed his first professional contract.[2]
Školnik then played for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, earning 72 appearances and scoring 6 goals in the process.[4] After the 2009–10 season, he moved to Portuguese first division team Nacional, where he joined his former Maribor teammate Rene Mihelič, signing a five-year contract.[5]
Školnik later played in the Austrian lower divisions.[6]
International career
editŠkolnik was a member of the Croatian under-21 team. Before his international debut for Croatia, he was offered a place in the Slovenian under-21, but Školnik turned down the offer and decided in favour of his parents' homeland.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Dejan Školnik". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Vem, kaj pomeni nositi ta grb na dresu". nkmaribor.com (in Slovenian). 23 July 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Viškovič, Rok (24 April 2009). "Dejan Školnik: Sanjam o Mariboru v ligi prvakov". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Dejan Školnik – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Po Miheliču tudi Školnik na Madeiro". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Dejan Skolnik". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Hrvati ukradli mariborski biser". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Iz Slovenije na Hrvaško: Dejan Školnik bo zaigral za hrvaško reprezentanco". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 3 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
External links
edit- Dejan Školnik at Soccerway.com
- Dejan Školnik at FBref.com
- Dejan Školnik at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Dejan Školnik at NZS (in Slovene)
- Dejan Školnik at ÖFB (in German)