Domagoj Drožđek (born 20 March 1996) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a winger for Iranian club

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Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

Club career

Born in

Varaždin Varaždin ( or ; , also known by #Name, alternative names) is a city in Northern Croatia, north-east of Zagreb. The total population is 46,946, with 38,839 in the city settlement itself (2011). The city is best known for its baroque buildings, ...

to a Croatian father and German mother, Drožđek started his youth career with the academy of Varteks before joining

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 ...

. He moved to German club

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

in 2013, after agreeing to a three-and-a-half-year deal. After a stint with

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund, currently playing in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. The team won the Regionalliga West in 2009 and became the second ...

, Drožđek returned to Croatia and joined third tier club

on 1 September 2016. During the 2017–18 season, he scored 16 league goals (including a hat-trick against Gorica), and won the Best Player of the Tournament award. On 30 August 2018, Drožđek joined first tier club Lokomotiva. On 23 February 2021, Drožđek joined

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side

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for an undisclosed fee.

Honours

Tractor *

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drozdek, Domagoj 1996 births Footballers from Varaždin Living people Croatian people of German descent 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Borussia Dortmund II players NK Varaždin (2012) players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players Busan IPark players Apollon Limassol FC players Tractor S.C. players Regionalliga players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players K League 2 players Cypriot First Division players Persian Gulf Pro League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Croatian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran