Dejan Školnik

Dejan Školnik (born 1 January 1989[1]) is a Croatian football midfielder who plays for USV Mettersdorf.

Dejan Školnik
Personal information
Full name Dejan Školnik
Date of birth (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 USV Mettersdorf
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– USV Mettersdorf
National team
2009 Croatia U20 3 (0)
2009–2010 Croatia U21 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2019

Club career

Školnik started his career in Maribor and then transferred to Železničar Maribor youth sides at the age of 14.[2] He played there for three years before returning to his home club where he signed his first professional contract.

Školnik then played for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, earning 72 appearances and scoring 6 goals in the process.[3] His talent was then spotted by Portuguese first division team Nacional, where he joined his teammate from Maribor Rene Mihelič, signing a five-year contract until 1 July 2015.[4]

International career

Currently Školnik was a member of Croatia U21 team. Before his international debut for Croatia he was offered a place in Slovenia U21 but Školnik turned down the offer and decided in favour of his parents homeland.[5][6]

Personal life

Školnik was born in Maribor, present day Slovenia and lived there his whole life. He is of Croatian ancestry as his parents originate from northeastern Croatia. According to him he started playing football on the streets of Maribor and only joined NK Maribor youth sides after he was convinced to join by his friends he played with after school and one of which was Rene Mihelič.

References
  1. "Dejan Školnik". footballdatabase.eu. Footballdatabase. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. Dejan Školnik: Sanjam o Mariboru v ligi prvakov | Intervjuji - Planet Siol.net
  3. Dejan Školnik
  4. Po Miheliču tudi Školnik na Madeiro :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija
  5. Hrvati ukradli mariborski biser :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija
  6. Iz Slovenije na Hrvaško: Dejan Školnik bo zaigral za hrvaško reprezentanco | Dnevnik
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