Zoran Arsenić (born 2 June 1994) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

, which he

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Club career

Coming from the NK Osijek academy, Arsenić was ceded to

NK Višnjevac NK Višnjevac is a Croatian football club based in the village of Višnjevac, near Osijek. The team won the Treća HNL East Division in 2003–04, but did not apply for promotion to the second division. As of 2023, they participate in the MŽNL ...

during his first U19 year, where he gathered a couple of senior caps in the Treća HNL Istok. Returning to

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

, he made his first team debut on 22 June 2013, as a starter in a 1–2 home loss against

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional association football, football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First ...

. Not long afterwards, he was sent on loan to

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

side

HNK Segesta HNK Segesta is a Croatian football club located in the city of Sisak. It is named after the Illyrian settlement Segesta from which modern city of Sisak developed. Segesta is one of the oldest Croatian football clubs, although there are no writ ...

, where he spent most of the 2013–14 season, and the following season to

NK Sesvete NK Sesvete is a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the city of Zagreb. History Radnik Sesvete Until 8 July 2013 club was known as ''Radnik Sesvete'' when it changed its name to the current one. Since the 2011–12 season t ...

, playing in the same tier. He settled as a regular at NK Osijek at the start of the 2015–16 season. On 4 January 2017, Arsenić signed a contract with

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

valid from 1 July 2017. On 17 May 2018, he signed a contract extension that tied him to Wisła until 2022. However, due to Wisła's regulatory difficulties his contract was dissolved by mutual consent in January 2019. On 16 January 2019, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Jagiellonia Białystok.

Career statistics

Honours

Raków Częstochowa * Ekstraklasa:

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* Polish Cup:

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, 2021–22 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenic, Zoran 1994 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Osijek players HNK Segesta players NK Sesvete players Wisła Kraków players Jagiellonia Białystok players HNK Rijeka players Raków Częstochowa players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Ekstraklasa players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland