Joško Hajder (15 January 1994 – August 2022) was a

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who played as a

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. He last played for NK Omiš.

Club career

Passing through the ranks of the

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 ...

youth academy, Hajder, an all-rounder playing mostly in the midfield and the attack, debuted for the first team in a 0-1 home loss on the 12.05.2012 to

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, coming in for the injured

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, but never appeared again for the senior team. After not being given a contract by Hajduk, he was signed by

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and immediately sent on a loan to

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in the Treća HNL Jug. He was released during the winter period, and went on trial at

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, which he passed. Having impressed the coach

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, he signed a 3.5 years contract with the

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-based club.Petrak odlazi na posudbu, Hajder ostaje u Puli
at nkistra1961.hr

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hajder, Josko 1994 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen HNK Hajduk Split players RNK Split players NK Imotski players NK Istra 1961 players NK Primorac 1929 players NK Solin players Croatian Football League players Second Football League (Croatia) players