Deni_Hočko
Deni Hočko
Montenegrin footballer (born 1994)
Deni Hočko (Serbian Cyrillic: Дени Хочко; born 22 April 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Košice and the Montenegro national football team.
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Hočko with Montenegro in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Cetinje, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Košice | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Lovćen | 26 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Budućnost | 117 | (7) |
| 2017–2019 | Famalicão | 63 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Mouscron | 53 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Pafos | 35 | (0) |
| 2023 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | FC Košice | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Montenegro U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Montenegro U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Montenegro U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2018– | Montenegro | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
Budućnost
Hočko was born in Cetinje, Montenegro. He joined Budućnost from his hometown club Lovćen in 2013. In his first season at the club, Budućnost fielded the youngest team in the entire Montenegrin First League that season.[1] One teammate at Budućnost belonging to Hočko's generation was Momčilo Raspopović, who was also born in 1994. They both ended up playing together in Montenegro's national team from 2019.
Famalicão
On 21 July 2017, Hočko signed a two-year contract with Portuguese club Famalicão.[2] In his second season at the club, Famalicão finished in second place in the 2018–19 LigaPro, earning promotion to Portugal's Primeira Liga for the first time since the 1993–94 season.[3]
Mouscron
On 28 June 2019, Hočko signed a three-year contract with Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron.[4]
Pafos
On 14 July 2021, he moved to Pafos in Cyprus for an undisclosed fee.[5]
Beitar Jerusalem
On 23 August 2023 signed for the Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.[6]
On 28 May 2018, Hočko made his debut for Montenegro under coach Ljubiša Tumbaković in a 0–0 tie with Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7][8]
- Davide Capogrossi (21 April 2014). "ESCLUSIVA - Il talento del giovane Hocko: "Giocare nella Lazio sarebbe un sogno, ma ora penso a migliorare con il mio club!"". La Lazio Siamo Noi (in Italian). Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Hočko potpisao na dvije godine". Vijesti (in Serbian). 14 November 2019.
- A. Tomović (4 May 2019). "CETINJANIN SA "FAMALIKAOM" IZBORIO PLASMAN U PRVU PORTUGALSKU LIGU, HOČKO: ČAST JE BITI DIO ISTORIJE". RTV Cetinje (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Deni Hocko s'engage avec l'Excel Mouscron". Notélé (in French). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Ο DENI HOCKO ΕΝΤΑΣΣΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΦΟΣ FC" (in Greek). Pafos. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Levi, Tomer (23 August 2023). "רשמי: דני הוצ'קו חתם בבית"ר ירושלים" (in Hebrew). The Sport Channel. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- "Kakav jubilej - Hočko 100. fudbaler koji je zaigrao za Crnu Goru". Vijesti (in Serbian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- Deni Hočko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Deni Hočko at WorldFootball.net