Zvonimir Deranja (born 22 September 1979) is a retired

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who last played for

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...

Club career

He began his football career with local clubs NK Slaven from Gruda and

HNK Dubrovnik HNK Dubrovnik 1919 was a Croatian football club based in the city of Dubrovnik. History The club was founded in 1922 under the name NK Jug. It was created by merging with another club Dubrovnik, hence there in 1919 in its name. During the 1951 ...

. He was discovered by

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 ...

scouts and moved to the club's youth squad. In 1996, he joined the club's senior squad in the

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. He remained with the club until 2004, returning the following season after an unsuccessful year in France. In 2006, he moved to the French

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again, this time with

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, with whom he received more frequent playing time.

International career

Deranja has not been capped for the Croatian national team. However, he has played extensively for the country's junior sides. He was a member of the Croatian side at the

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deranja, Zvonimir 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Association football forwards Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players Le Mans FC players FC Libourne players Royal Excel Mouscron players RNK Split players Croatian Football League players Ligue 2 players Belgian First Division A players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium