Michele Šego (; born 5 August 2000) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

in the

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Career

Šego started playing football in the local minnows' NK Omladinac Vranjic' football school. After spending five years in the youth ranks of Adriatic Split, he was hailed as the biggest talent in the club, netting over 50 goals every season. He eventually joined the Croatian national U15 team, before moving on to the

academy at the age of 16. After a quality display in the first half of the season with Hajduk's reserve team, he got called up for their senior team's

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match against

Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second-tier league. Their stadium ...

that took place on 11 February 2018. He scored his first goal for Hajduk's official senior squad match against Istra 1961 on May 9, 2018, netting a volley for a 1-5 victory. In January 2020, Šego was loaned for until the summer of 2020 to

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 ...

. Returning at the end of the season, he was loaned out again in August 2020, this time to

NK Bravo Nogometni klub Bravo (English: Bravo Football Club), commonly referred simply as Bravo, is a Slovenian professional football club from Ljubljana, which plays in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top level of the football league system in the country. ...

in the

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for the 2020-21 season.BAJIĆ NA POSUDBU U SLOVAČKU SENICU, ŠEGO U SLOVENSKI BRAVO
hajduk.hr, 6 August 2020

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