Dajan Šimac (born 4 January 1982) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also holds German citizenship.

Club career

Germany

Born in Bingen am Rhein, West Germany, Šimac played in the youth teams of Blau-Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim (1989–1996) and

BFV Hassia Bingen The BFV Hassia Bingen is a German association football club from the city of Bingen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate. It last played at the highest level of German football in 1952–53 and reached the third round of the German Cup twice. History ...

(1996–2000). He made his debut as senior playing with

1. FC Kaiserslautern II 1. FC Kaiserslautern II is the reserve team of German association football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. Historically the team has played as 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure until 2005. The team has reach ...

in the 2001–02 season. After two seasons with them in the Regionalliga Süd. In summer 2003 he moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth however he played only one match in the 2003–04 2. Bundesliga. During the winter break of that season he moved to

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

. He played there for five-and-a-half seasons making 138 league appearances and scoring six goals. He will play with Wehen in the Regionalliga Süd until 2007 when they were promoted to the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

and he played with them two seasons in the second German level (56 appearances and six goals). In summer 2007 he moved to another 2. Bundesliga side, FSV Frankfurt and stay with them one season.Dajan Šimac statistics
at Fussballdaten.de

Debrecen

In summer 2010 Šimac moved to Hungary by signing with

Debreceni VSC Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a professional football club, based in Debrecen, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the ...

. On 1 May 2012, he won the Hungarian Cup with Debrecen by beating MTK Budapest on penalty shoot-out in the 2011–12 season. This was the fifth Hungarian Cup trophy for Debrecen. On 12 May 2012, Šimac won the Hungarian League title with Debrecen after beating Pécs in the 28th round of the Hungarian League by 4–0 at the Oláh Gábor út Stadium which resulted the sixth Hungarian League title for the Hajdús.

Denizlispor

In summer 2013 Šimac left Debrecen after three years, and moved to Turkey by signing with Denizlispor. He made 10 appearances with them in the first half of the

2013–14 TFF First League The 2013–14 TFF First League, also known as ''PTT First League'') due to sponsoring reasons (in Turkish: ''PTT 1. Lig'', is the 13th season since the league was established in 2001 and 51st season of the second-level football league of Turke ...

Jagodina

During the winter break of the 2013–14 season, Šimac left Denizlispor and moved to Serbia signing a 6-months contract with SuperLiga side FK Jagodina.Dajan Šimac
at Soccerway

Later career in Croatia

After his spell in Serbia, he stayed in the region and debuted for the first time in his home-country Croatia when he joined Radnik Sesvete in summer 2015 playing in second level. Later he played with

Stupnik Stupnik is a municipality in Croatia in the Zagreb County. In the 2011 census, there were 3,251 inhabitants, in the following settlements: * Donji Stupnik, population 1,375 * Gornji Stupnik, population 2,003 * Stupnički Obrež, population 3 ...

and Samobor. In season 2017–18 he played with NK Tekstilac-Ravnice.

International career

Šimac played one match for the Croatian U-20 team in 2003.Dajan Šimac profile
at

Croatian Football Federation The Croatian Football Federation ( hr, Hrvatski nogometni savez, HNS) is the governing body of association football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIF ...

official website

Career statistics

Honours

Wehen Wiesbaden * Regionalliga Süd: 2006–07 Debreceni VSC * Hungarian Championship: 2011–12 * Hungarian Cup:

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: 2011 *

runner-up: 2013 Jagodina * Serbian Cup runner-up:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simac, Dajan 1982 births Living people People from Bingen am Rhein German people of Croatian descent German men's footballers Croatian men's footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Men's association football defenders Croatia men's youth international footballers 2. Bundesliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players TFF First League players Serbian SuperLiga players First Football League (Croatia) players BFV Hassia Bingen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players FSV Frankfurt players Debreceni VSC players Denizlispor footballers FK Jagodina players NK Sesvete players NK Samobor players NK Marsonia players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey German expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia