Dejan Petrovič

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Dejan Petrovič
Petrovič with Rapid Wien in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Rače, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 8
Youth career
2003–2008 Rače
2008–2017 Aluminij
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Aluminij 117 (5)
2020–2023 Rapid Wien 63 (0)
2020 Rapid Wien II 1 (0)
2023– Rijeka 37 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Slovenia U17[a] 8 (0)
2016 Slovenia U19[a] 1 (0)
2018–2021 Slovenia U21 12 (2)
2019 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2020– Slovenia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Dejan Petrovič (born 12 January 1998) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian Football League club Rijeka and the Slovenia national team.[3]

Club career

Petrovič made his professional debut in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for Aluminij on 23 July 2016 in a game against Koper.[4]

International career

Petrovič made his senior debut for Slovenia on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against San Marino.[5]

Personal life

Petrovič hails from a small settlement of Rače, a few kilometers south of Maribor.[6] In an interview, he stated that his family name Petrovič has been erroneously misspelled as Petrović on numerous occasion.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 December 2024[3][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aluminij 2014–15 Slovenian Second League 1 0 — — 1 0
2015–16 Slovenian Second League 12 2 — — 12 2
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 18 0 3 0 — 21 0
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 33 0 7 0 — 40 0
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 33 3 5 0 — 38 3
2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 20 0 2 0 — 22 0
Total 117 5 17 0 — 134 5
Rapid Wien 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 14 0 — — 14 0
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 24 0 3 0 3[b] 0 30 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 21 0 3 0 10[c] 0 34 0
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 63 0 6 0 13 0 82 0
Rijeka 2023–24 Croatian Football League 20 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
2024–25 Croatian Football League 17 0 0 0 6[d] 1 23 1
Total 37 0 4 0 6 1 47 1
Career total 217 5 27 0 19 1 263 6

Notes

  1. ^ a b Official competitive UEFA matches only
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ "Od malih Rač do Dunaja, kjer skuša nase zopet opozoriti Matjaža Keka". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Willkommen bei Rapid, Dejan Petrovic!" (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Slovenia – D. Petrovič – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Dejan Petrovič » PrvaLiga 2016/2017". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ M. R. (8 October 2020). "V drugem polčasu preveč statični, tudi zaradi dveh "štang" jih bodo slišali" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Viškovič, Rok (25 February 2022). "Tihi dunajski vzpon fanta, ki je napolnil blagajno Aluminija" (in Slovenian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Dejan Petrovič – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.


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