Robert Jandrek (; born 30 August 1995) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in

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, Jandrek started his hometown club

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at the age of 7, before moving on to NK Omladinac Vranjic, before spending two seasons at the regional powerhouse

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's academy. Though a right winger, he played at his own initiative at right-back in a generation with the likes of

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and others. Not breaking through, Jandrek returned to the

region, first to NK Glavice, and then back to Junak. Jandrek spent his last U19 season at

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, where he was moved from the wing to the center of the pitch, but returned to

and his old playing position in the summer of 2014. Jandrek made a strong impact at the third-tier club, quickly securing a first-team place, accumulating 26 caps and 1 goal in his first senior season. He picked up the pace the following fall, drawing interest from

again.

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moved fast and, in November 2015, settled his transfer. Jandrek joined the club at the beginning of 2016, becoming a firm fixture in the reserve team (third-tier at the time). Jandrek picked up his form, scoring 6 goals in 15 matches from the wing, playing well enough that Joan Carrillo not calling him up for the first-team preparations created controversy among the followers of the club. Jandrek, however, was not forgotten by the first team manager, and made his

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debut on March 31, 2017, in the 1–3 away win against

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, coming on in the 89nd minute for Said Ahmed Said. Hajduk's reserve squad achieved promotion to

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at the end of the season, Jandrek having contributed with 12 goals in 26 matches in total. In August 2019, Jandrek returned to

. Jandrek moved to Austrian club Ilzer SV in February 2020. However, due to the

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, no official games was played during his time at the club, so he left the club again in the summer 2020, after playing a few friendly games. He then returned to Junak Sinj once again.PJESMOM I VATROMETOM PROSLAVILI DO JUTRA POVRATAK U DRUGU LIGU! ‘KREĆEMO S PRIPREMAMA, IMAMO AMBICIJA!‘
sportske.jutarnji.hr, 20 July 2020

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at hajduk.hr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jandrek, Robert 1995 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football wingers Croatian men's footballers NK Junak Sinj players HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Hajduk Split II players NK Dugopolje players NK Krško players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Austria