Danijel Stojanović (born 18 August 1984) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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. A part from playing as a left-back as his main position, he can even play in a more advanced

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role.

Career

Stojanović began his professional football career at the youth team of Croatian 1. HNL club

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, where he played for two years under a youth contract. In 2005, he earned his first professional contract with, at the time,

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side

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. In the three years he spent at the club, for the most time Stojanović was the first choice

and made 55 league appearances, scoring five goals. These performances merited a move to the ambitious club Zrinjski Mostar in 2008. He was immediately a starter for the club. In the title winning season of 2008–09, Stojanović made 29 appearances and scored six goals while in the previous season, due to injuries he managed only 17 league appearances. At the end of the 2009–10 season, his contract with Zrinjski came to an end and so Stojanović decided to continue his career in Portugal, signing as a free agent on a two-year deal with

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. He became only the second Zrinjski Mostar player to move to Portugal, after

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made the switch in 2007. He struggled to acclimatise to the speed and quality of the Portuguese

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and only made 19 appearances during his time at the club. He then moved back to his homeland, signing for

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

as a replacement for the departing Rúben Lima. Stojanović was officially unveiled as a new player of Hajduk on 4 July 2012. He won the

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with the club in May 2013. In June 2013, Stojanović's contract with Hajduk was terminated, and on 29 December 2013, he returned to Zrinjski Mostar. He played for Zrinjski until January 2017, winning 2 more league titles in the process. After Zrinjski, Stojanović spent a short time with Željezničar from January to June 2017. In June 2017, he signed a contract with, at the time, First League of FBiH club

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. Stojanović scored his first goal for Olimpik on 19 May 2019, in a 6–1 home league win against TOŠK Tešanj. On 26 May 2020, the 2019–20 First League of FBiH season ended abruptly due to the ongoing

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and, by default, Stojanović with Olimpik were crowned league champions and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League. After his contract with the club expired, he left Olimpik on 15 June 2020.

Honours

Zrinjski Mostar *

: 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16 Hajduk Split *

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Olimpik * First League of FBiH: 2019–20

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Danijel Stojanović
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Danijel 1984 births Living people People from Našice Footballers from Osijek-Baranja County Men's association football fullbacks Croatian men's footballers HNK Cibalia players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players HŠK Posušje players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players C.D. Nacional players HNK Hajduk Split players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Olimpik players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Primeira Liga players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Croatian sportsmen