Predrag Valenčić (born 2 October 1963) is a

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ian retired

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player.

Career

Born in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, as a player he spent much of his career with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

, where he collected over 100 caps and scored 14 goals in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

from 1984 to 1989 and 1990-1991. He played against

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in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup and in the 1986-87 Yugoslav Cup final against

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 ...

.Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). ''Kantrida bijelih snova''. Rijeka: Adamić. , pp. 363–4.

Career statistics

References

1963 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers Croatian footballers HNK Rijeka players HNK Orijent players Yugoslav First League players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub