Zlatko Dedić (born 5 October 1984) is a retired Slovenian

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who played as a

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. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Italy, Germany, and Austria.

Club career

Dedić started his football career with

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. In 2001 he transferred to

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, which loaned him out to

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clubs

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in the 2004–05 season and

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in the second half of the 2005–06 season. He made his

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debut for Parma on 21 September 2005 against

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. Dedić joined

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the ...

of Serie B in January 2007, signing a contract until June 2011. In January 2008, he was loaned to

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

of Serie B and was given the number 9 shirt from

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, who had left for

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. After eight years in Italy, Dedić left Frosinone in July 2009 and signed with German club

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesli ...

on a contract until June 2012. In August 2011 he was loaned for one year to

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. K ...

International career

Dedić made his debut for

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on 18 August 2004 in a

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against

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, coming in as a substitute in the 67th minute. He scored his first goal against

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on 6 September 2008, in a

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match. Dedić was later instrumental in his national team's successful qualification to the

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by scoring the winning goal in the second leg of the play-off match against

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, which ended 1–0.

Personal life

Dedić was born in

Bihać Bihać ( cyrl, Бихаћ) is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovi ...

, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, and moved to Slovenia at a very young age where he spent his childhood in the village of Podgorje, near

, in the

Slovenian Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Ad ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dedić goal.''

References

External links

Zlatko Dedić
at NZS * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dedic, Zlatko 1984 births Living people Footballers from Bihać Slovenian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Slovenian footballers Association football forwards Slovenian expatriate footballers Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serie A players Serie B players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Koper players Parma Calcio 1913 players Empoli F.C. players U.S. Cremonese players Frosinone Calcio players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players VfL Bochum players Dynamo Dresden players FSV Frankfurt players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players WSG Tirol players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria 2010 FIFA World Cup players Slovenia youth international footballers Slovenia under-21 international footballers Slovenia international footballers