Deni Hočko

Deni Hočko
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
 Karmiotissa
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 Košice 9 (0)
2024– Karmiotissa 0 (0)
International career‡
2010 Montenegro U17 2 (0)
2012 Montenegro U19 3 (0)
2013–2015 Montenegro U21 7 (0)
2018– Montenegro 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Deni Hočko (Serbian Cyrillic: Дени Хочко; born 22 April 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Karmiotissa and the Montenegro national football team.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Hočko potpisao na dvije godine". Vijesti (in Serbian). 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Deni Hocko s'engage avec l'Excel Mouscron". Notélé (in French). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Ο DENI HOCKO ΕΝΤΑΣΣΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΦΟΣ FC" (in Greek). Pafos. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ Levi, Tomer (23 August 2023). "רשמי: דני הוצ'קו חתם בבית"ר ירושלים" (in Hebrew). The Sport Channel. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kakav jubilej - Hočko 100. fudbaler koji je zaigrao za Crnu Goru". Vijesti (in Serbian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 September 2020.