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]