Dejan_Školnik

Dejan Školnik

Dejan Školnik

Croatian footballer

Dejan Školnik (born 1 January 1989) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pohorje.

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Club career

Školnik 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

Školnik 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

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    "Dejan Školnik". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Vem, kaj pomeni nositi ta grb na dresu". nkmaribor.com (in Slovenian). 23 July 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    Viškovič, Rok (24 April 2009). "Dejan Školnik: Sanjam o Mariboru v ligi prvakov". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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    "Dejan Školnik – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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    "Po Miheliču tudi Školnik na Madeiro". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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    "Dejan Skolnik". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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    "Hrvati ukradli mariborski biser". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Iz Slovenije na Hrvaško: Dejan Školnik bo zaigral za hrvaško reprezentanco". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 3 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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