Dejan Školnik

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

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

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. "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.

External links

• Dejan Školnik at Soccerway.com
• Dejan Školnik at kicker (in German)
• Dejan Školnik at FBref.com
• Dejan Školnik at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Dejan Školnik at NZS (in Slovene)
• Dejan Školnik at ÖFB (in German)