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. 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. "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. 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.

External links

• Dejan Petrovič at NZS (in Slovene)
• Dejan Petrovič at Soccerway.com
• Dejan Petrovič at WorldFootball.net
• Dejan Petrovič at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dejan Petrovič at FBref.com
• Dejan Petrovič at EU-Football.info
• Dejan Petrovič at Rapid Archiv (in German)