Dino Martinović (born 20 July 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as an

attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

Career

Born in

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

, Croatia (at that time part of SFR Yugoslavia), Martinović started his career at Krka's youth selections. Between 2005 and 2007, he was a member of youth teams at Croatian club

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

Gorica

Martinović was signed by Gorica in August 2007, but was immediately loaned back to Krka. Martinović made his debut for Gorica in the

2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga The 2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 19th season of top-tier football in Slovenia. The season began on 18 July 2009 and ended on 16 May 2010. Koper won the league for the first time. Teams Primorje were relegated to the Slovenian Second Le ...

. In January 2010 he was loaned to

Krško Krško (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City Municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area is divided between t ...

. In August 2010 he was signed by Bela Krajina on a half-year loan. In July 2011 Martinović left for

Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...

. However, he returned to Gorica in the same transfer window. Martinović played four games in the

2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga The 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 22nd edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. Also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, PrvaLiga was contested by the top ten clubs in Slovenia, for the title of national champions. T ...

before he left the club in August 2012. He was in the starting eleven on 4 August 2012, in his last game for Gorica.

Verona

Martinović was signed by

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club

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

in August 2012. On 31 August 2012, he signed for third division side AlbinoLeffe. On 22 August 2013, he signed for Paganese, also in the third division. On 29 January 2014, Martinović joined the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the wi ...

side

Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

on a loan. In summer 2014 he was released by Verona.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

On 12 January 2017, Martinović signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

. In summer 2021 he joined Italian side Forum Julii only to leave for Juventina a year later.

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Dino Martinović
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinovic, Dino 1990 births Living people Slovenian people of Croatian descent Footballers from Karlovac 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players Serie C players Swiss Challenge League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players Eccellenza players NK Krka players ND Gorica players NK Krško Posavje players NK Bela Krajina players ND Adria players Hellas Verona FC players UC AlbinoLeffe players Paganese Calcio 1926 players FC Lugano players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Zhetysu players FC Vereya players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan