Petar Stojanović (footballer)

Petar Stojanović
Personal information
Full name Petar Stojanović[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995
Place of birth Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 37
Youth career
2001–2007 Arne Tabor
2007–2010 Slovan
2010–2011 Interblock
2011–2013 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Maribor 45 (2)
2013–2014 → Veržej (loan) 11 (3)
2016– Dinamo Zagreb 19 (0)
National team‡
2010 Slovenia U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 Slovenia U17 15 (2)
2012–2013 Slovenia U18 14 (2)
2013 Slovenia U19 4 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 6 (1)
2014– Slovenia 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2016

Petar Stojanović (born 7 October 1995) is a Slovenian football defender who plays for Dinamo Zagreb in the Prva HNL.

Club career

He started playing football at the local football club Arne Tabor before he transferred to Slovan and later to Interblock youth selections, where he remained until 2011, when he was acquired by top Slovenian club, Maribor.[2][3] After his transfer to Maribor Joc Pečečnik, owner of Interblock, accused Zlatko Zahovič, director of football at the Styrian club, of going behind his back and stealing from them one of the biggest Slovenian talents of his age.[2] At first Stojanović played as a goalkeeper but he then switched to the position of an offensive midfielder.[2] When he transferred to Maribor youth selections he was regarded as one of the most promising young midfielders in the country,[2] however, Maribor's coaches and staff saw a much bigger potential for Stojanović on the position of right back.[3] During his first year in Maribor he mostly played for the U17 team. However, due to the league dominance of the club which plays their matches at the Ljudski vrt stadium, he got his chance to play for the main squad in the second part of the 2011–12 season and made his first appearance in the Slovenian top division, 1. SNL, on 25 March 2012.[4] At the time of his debut, he was 16 years, five months and 18 days of age and set a new club record as the youngest player to appear in the top division.[4] He surpassed the previous record, held by Luka Krajnc and set one season earlier, by exactly two months and 23 days.[4]

On 5 January 2016, he signed a five-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb, reportedly for a transfer fee of around €2 million plus add-ons.[5][6]

International career

Stojanović was a member of the Slovenia national under-17 football team and appeared with the squad at the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, where he scored one goal.[7] He made his senior national team debut versus Colombia on 18 November 2014. [8] At the time he was 19 years, one month and 11 days old and became the youngest debutant in the national team, surpassing the previous record set by Rene Mihelič seven years earlier.[8][9]

Honours

Maribor
Dinamo Zagreb

References

  1. 1 2 NK Maribor. "Petar Stojanović – osebni karton" [Petar Stojanović – personal profile] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jan Krstovski, M. P. (8 June 2011). "Ukradeni talent – 16-letni Stojanovič" (in Slovenian). Žurnal24. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Zakaj? Ker smo kot družina!" [Why? Because we are like family!] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Soigralci in navijači odnesli tremo" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Petar Stojanović v Zagrebški Dinamo" [Petar Stojanovic to Dinamo Zagreb] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ M.R. (5 January 2016). "Stojanović iz Maribora v Dinamo!" [Stojanovic from Maribor to Dinamo] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ↑ T.O. (10 May 2012). "Nobeden izmed želenih scenarijev se kadetom ni izpolnil" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  8. 1 2 B.K. (18 November 2014). "Stojanović novi rekorder" [Stojanović new record holder] (in Slovenian). Ekipa. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Slavko Jerič (19 November 2014). "Stojanović postal najmlajši debitant v dresu Slovenije" [Stojanović became the youngest debutant in Slovenia jersey] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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