Darko Nejašmić (born 25 January 1999) is a Croatian professional

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who plays for

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Nejašmić represented the academy of local Adriatic Split as a youth, before moving on to the youth team of

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

. In 2017, he was promoted to the

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and played regularly during the

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. On 20 September 2017, he made his first team debut, coming on as a substitute for Josip Radošević in a 3–0 victory over Oriolik in

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. On 18 June 2018, Nejašmić was promoted to the senior team and signed his first professional contract. He made his league debut on 1 December, playing the whole ninety minutes of a 4–1 victory over Rudeš. On 6 May 2022,

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signed him permanently on a three-year contract.

International career

On 2 October 2018, Nejašmić was called to the under-21 national team for

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matches against Italy and San Marino.

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Darko Nejašmić
at Hajduk Split website {{DEFAULTSORT:Nejasmic, Darko 1999 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Hajduk Split II players NK Osijek players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players