Dario Vizinger (born 6 June 1998) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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, on loan from

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Club career

Varaždin

Vizinger made his senior club debut for NK Varaždin on 24 August 2014. During the 2014–15 season of the

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, he scored six goals.

Rijeka

In June 2015, Vizinger signed a contract with

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of the Croatian top division. In his first season with the club, Vizinger mainly featured for Rijeka II in the 3. HNL, scoring seven goals in twenty appearances. On 7 May 2016, he made his official début for the first team, when he entered as a substitute in an away draw against NK Osijek in the 35th round of the 2015–16 season.

Loans

After not making a single appearance in the first half of the 2016–17 season, he was sent on loan to second division side

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in February 2017. He made 12 appearances in the Croatian Second Football League for the club, in which he scored twice. For the 2017–18 season, Vizinger was loaned to Slovenian first division club

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, scoring two goals in 12 appearances during the first half of the season.

Celje

In January 2018, the loan was terminated prematurely and Vizinger was signed on a permanent contract by Velenje's league rivals

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. Initially struggling to find the net, he would make his breakthrough in the 2019–20 season, making 35 league appearances and scoring 23 goals, making him second on the top goalscorers list in the league, only behind

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, as Celje won the league title. He received the award for the best young player of the season and was named 2019–20 PrvaLiga Team of the Year.

Wolfsberger AC

On 8 September 2020, Vizinger signed a four-year contract with

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club

. He made his debut on the opening day of the 2020–21 season against Red Bull Salzburg on 13 September 2020, coming off the bench and scoring his first goal in a 3–1 defeat. His team having qualified for the group stage of the

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, Vizinger scored the winner of the 1–0 victory against CSKA Moscow on 3 December 2020.

Honours

Celje * Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2019–20 Individual *Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the Year: 2019–20 *Slovenian PrvaLiga Young Player of the Year: 2019–20

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