Matija Dvorneković (born 1 January 1989) is a
Croatian retired footballer.
Club career
Early career
Growing up in
Velika Gorica, Dvorneković went through the ranks of the local
Radnik, before joining
NK 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 top tier U19 team in 2007. His appearances for their youth team landed him a contract in March 2008. Graduating from the academy, Dvorneković was sent on loans to third-tier teams, first for a season to
Slaven Slaven may refer to:
* Slaven (given name)
* Slaven (surname)
Slaven is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernie Slaven (born 1960), Scottish-born Irish football player
* Mick Slaven (born 1961), Scottish musician
See also
* ...
's feeder club
NK Koprivnica and then to
NK Križevci for the start of the 2009/2010 season. At the start of 2010, the club agreed to terminate his contract so that he could move to the newly founded
HNK Gorica
Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica (), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They play their home matches at the Gradski stadion Velik ...
back in his hometown. With
Gorica, Dvorneković achieved promotion to the
Druga HNL
The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...
and was a fixture in a team that would win the second tier competition the following season, but, before its end, he made his first international transfer, to
FC Nizhny Novgorod.
Nizhny Novgorod
He made his debut in the
Russian First Division for
FC Nizhny Novgorod on 25 April 2011 in a game against
FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.
Gorica
On 7 August 2014, Dvorneković signed with
Gorica as a free agent.
Kukësi
On 6 January 2016, Dvorneković completed a transfer to
Albanian Superliga side
Kukësi by joining as a free agent. He made his debut later on 23 January, starting in team's 0–1 away defeat to
Teuta Durrës for the first leg of the
Albanian Cup quarter-final. On his league debut eight days later, he came off the bench and scored the third goal as Kukësi won 3–0 against
Bylis Ballsh at home. During the
2016–17 season, Dvorneković contributed with 4 league goals in 33 appearances as Kukësi won its maiden Albanian Superliga title. Following the end of the season, on 10 June 2017, Kukësi decided not to continue its cooperation with the player as his wage was high, leaving him a free agent in the process.
FH
On the 1st of August 2017, Dvorneković joined the Icelandic Champions
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar He played 8 games for the club.
Iceland career stats
- KSÍ
International career
A former youth international for Croatia, Dvorneković has made 2 competitive appearances for under-19 side.
Honours
Kukësi2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
References
External links
*
Matija Dvorneković
Croatian league stats at Nogometni magazin
*
1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Zagreb
Men's association football forwards
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's youth international footballers
NK Slaven Belupo players
NK Koprivnica players
NK Radnik Križevci players
HNK Gorica players
FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FK Kukësi players
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
Second Football League (Croatia) players
Russian First League players
Russian Premier League players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Kategoria Superiore players
Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
Croatian Football League players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Albania
Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
{{Croatia-footy-forward-stub