Ivan Dolček (born 24 April 2000) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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on loan from

Slovak First Football League The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...

club

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Club career

Dolček started playing football at the local club in

Podravske Sesvete Podravske Sesvete is a municipality in the Koprivnica–Križevci County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 1,630 inhabitants in the area, all in the settlement of Podravske Sesvete. History In the late 19th century and early 20th cent ...

, where he comes from. At the age of 9 he moved on to Graničar Đurđevac where he was noticed by

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional association football, football Football team, club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They ...

scouts, and he moved to their academy at the age of 11. He went on to stay for four years at the club, spending his last 6 months at the club on loan at

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik (), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, SuperSport HNL, t ...

. At the age of 15, he moved to

Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

's academy, where he would play for the U-17 and U-19 teams. On 1 July 2019, Dolček moved from

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 ...

, signing a four-year contract with the club from

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. On 9 July 2019, Dolček scored on his debut appearance for Hajduk Split. He came off the bench in a 2–0 win over Gżira United F.C. in the

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of the

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and scored in the 95th minute. Dolček got his first

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goal in his second league game for Hajduk, scoring the opener in a 3–0 win over NK Varaždin at

Stadion Varteks Stadion Varteks is a football stadium in Varaždin, Croatia. It is the home ground of the Croatian Football League club NK Varaždin and the lower division club NK Varteks. The stadium was built in 1931 as the home ground for a different NK ...

. In January 2024, Dolček joined

club

on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolcek, Ivan 2000 births Living people Footballers from Koprivnica Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Slaven Belupo players HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Hajduk Split II players F.C. Famalicão players HNK Šibenik players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Primeira Liga players Slovak First Football League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 21st-century Croatian sportsmen