David Tijanić (born 16 July 1997) is a Slovenian professional

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er who plays as a

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for Turkish club Göztepe.

Club career

Tijanić made his

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debut for Olimpija Ljubljana on 5 March 2017 in a game against Rudar Velenje. On 2 May 2021, Tijanić scored the winning goal in the

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final, helping

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 natio ...

to their first ever major honour. On 14 January 2023, Tijanić joined

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club Al-Adalah on loan for the rest of the 2022–23 season. After spending the first part of the 2023–24 season with Turkish

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side Göztepe, he was once again loaned to Al-Adalah in January 2024 for the remainder of the season.

International career

Tijanić made his

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debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana *

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 2015–16 Raków Częstochowa *

: 2020–21 *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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David Tijanić
at NZS * 1997 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players NK Krka players NK Triglav Kranj players Raków Częstochowa players Göztepe S.K. footballers Al-Adalah FC players Slovenian Second League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Ekstraklasa players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Saudi Pro League players Saudi First Division League players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub