Dario Zahora (born 21 March 1982 in
Vukovar
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) is a
Croatia
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football striker
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, who is currently a
free agent
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. Zahora started his career from
Croatia
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Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
. From there he was loaned out to
Croatia Sesvete
NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb
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,
Koper
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,
Slaven Belupo
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,
Domžale
Domžale (; german: Domschale)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24. is a town and the seat of Municipality of Domžale. The town lies ...
and
Interblock. He continued his career to
Rosenborg before joining
Bnei Sakhnin
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. After Israel he had short spells with
Lokomotiva,
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
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and
Osijek
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before moving to
Greece
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for
Ergotelis
The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis ( el, Εργοτέλης), ...
and
Iraklis.
Zahora has made several appearances for the
Croatian U21 team, also playing for other junior teams from his home country.
Club career
Zahora started his career with
Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
with which he scored 39 goals from 2001 to 2005.
He made his professional debut with
Croatia Sesvete
NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb
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in
Druga HNL
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, the second tier of Croatia, scoring 15 goals in 24 appearances.
After playing for Dinamo Zagreb for four seasons he was loaned out to
Slovenian PrvaLiga
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outfit
Koper
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where he appeared on 18 occasions scoring a total of 9 goals.
In the
next season he was loaned to
Slaven Belupo
Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo ( en, Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo or simply Slaven, and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city ...
making 3 goals out of 10 matches.
In the
2007–08 season he played for
NK Domžale
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in
Slovenia
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, on loan, where he won the championship and was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals in 34 matches.
On 31 August 2012 he signed for
Greek Football League
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club
Ergotelis
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. He scored 8 goals for Ergotelis in 32 matches.
On 4 July 2013 he signed for
Iraklis in the Greek Football League.
He scored on his debut for his new club in an away 3–2 loss against
Kavala
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.
Honours
Club
;
Rosenborg BK
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*
Norwegian Premier League Championship:
2009
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;
NK Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
* Croatian Championship 2002/2003, 2005/2006
* Croatian Cup 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2003/2004
* Croatian Supercup 2002, 2003
;
NK Slaven Belupo
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* Croatian Cup 2006/2007 Final
;
NK Domzale
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Place ...
* Slovenian Championship 2007/2008
* Slovenian Supercup 2007
;
NK Interblock
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History
The club was founded in 1975 as NK Je ...
* Slovenian Supercup 2008
References
External links
*
*
Player profile- Rosenborg BK (unofficial)
Player profile- PrvaLiga
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vukovar
Men's association football forwards
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Croatia men's youth international footballers
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
NK Croatia Sesvete players
FC Koper players
NK Slaven Belupo players
NK Domžale players
NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players
Rosenborg BK players
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
NK Osijek players
Ergotelis F.C. players
Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players
Croatian Football League players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Eliteserien players
Israeli Premier League players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Football League (Greece) players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece