Dejan Školnik

Dejan Školnik
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2022–2023 Roho
2023–2024 Pohorje
International career
2009 Croatia U20 3 (0)
2009–2010 Croatia U21 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Školnik (born 1 January 1989) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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 league 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

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