Alen Petrović
Encyclopedia
Alen Petrović is a retired Croatian
football defender
.
He spent most of his career in Croatia's Prva HNL top level league, with the exception of two season-long stints at Portuguese side C.F. Os Belenenses and Germany's VfL Bochum
. His professional debut came in the 1989–90 Yugoslav First League for the Croatian side NK Osijek
, where he immediately established himself as a regular member of the starting eleven. After spending five seasons with Osijek and a stint at Belenenses in Portugal he was picked up by the Croatian powerhouse NK Dinamo Zagreb (at the time known as "Croatia Zagreb") in 1995.
His time at Croatia proved to be very successful as the squad won three consecutive domestic Doubles between 1996 and 1998 and reached the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Round of 16 in which they were knocked out by Atlético Madrid 2–1 on aggregate. In 1998 he tried his luck abroad once again and spent a season with VfL Bochum
in Germany but he never managed to broke into the first team - he appeared in only seven games for Bochum in the 1998–99 Fußball-Bundesliga before the club was relegated from top level at the end of season. He then returned to Croatia and had stints with NK Osijek, NK Slaven Belupo
and NK Marsonia
before retirement.
Shortly after retiring he was appointed director of football
at NK Osijek in June 2005, a post he held until his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2009.
|1989–90||rowspan="2"|Osijek
||rowspan="2"|First League
||4||0||||||||
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|1990–91||25||4||||||||
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|1992||rowspan="3"|Osijek
||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||22||5||||||||
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|1992–93||30||10||||||||
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|1993–94||32||13||||||||
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|1994–95||Belenenses||Primeira Liga||27||1||||||||
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|1995–96||rowspan="3"|Croatia Zagreb||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||24||3||||||||
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|1996–97||14||1||||||||
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|1997–98||2||0||||||||
|-
|1998–99||VfL Bochum
||Bundesliga
||7||0||2||2||9||2
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|1999–00||Slaven Belupo
||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||12||1||||||||
|-
|2000–01||Osijek
||6||1||||||||
|-
|2001–02||Marsonia
||10||0||||||||
29||4||||||||
152||34||||||||
27||1||||||||
7||0||2||2||9||2
215!!39!!!!!!!!
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
football defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
.
He spent most of his career in Croatia's Prva HNL top level league, with the exception of two season-long stints at Portuguese side C.F. Os Belenenses and Germany's VfL Bochum
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.-Founding to World War II:...
. His professional debut came in the 1989–90 Yugoslav First League for the Croatian side NK Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...
, where he immediately established himself as a regular member of the starting eleven. After spending five seasons with Osijek and a stint at Belenenses in Portugal he was picked up by the Croatian powerhouse NK Dinamo Zagreb (at the time known as "Croatia Zagreb") in 1995.
His time at Croatia proved to be very successful as the squad won three consecutive domestic Doubles between 1996 and 1998 and reached the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Round of 16 in which they were knocked out by Atlético Madrid 2–1 on aggregate. In 1998 he tried his luck abroad once again and spent a season with VfL Bochum
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.-Founding to World War II:...
in Germany but he never managed to broke into the first team - he appeared in only seven games for Bochum in the 1998–99 Fußball-Bundesliga before the club was relegated from top level at the end of season. He then returned to Croatia and had stints with NK Osijek, NK Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...
and NK Marsonia
NK Marsonia
NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the town of Slavonski Brod which currently plays in Treća HNL, Croatia's third level league.NK Marsonia was founded in 1909...
before retirement.
Shortly after retiring he was appointed director of football
Director of football
"Director of football" is a term describing a senior management figure at a football club, most commonly used in Europe. The exact nature of the role is often unclear and extremely variable and causes much debate in the sports media...
at NK Osijek in June 2005, a post he held until his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2009.
Career stats
|-|1989–90||rowspan="2"|Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...
||rowspan="2"|First League
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
||4||0||||||||
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|1990–91||25||4||||||||
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|1992||rowspan="3"|Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...
||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||22||5||||||||
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|1992–93||30||10||||||||
|-
|1993–94||32||13||||||||
|-
|1994–95||Belenenses||Primeira Liga||27||1||||||||
|-
|1995–96||rowspan="3"|Croatia Zagreb||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||24||3||||||||
|-
|1996–97||14||1||||||||
|-
|1997–98||2||0||||||||
|-
|1998–99||VfL Bochum
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.-Founding to World War II:...
||Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
||7||0||2||2||9||2
|-
|1999–00||Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...
||rowspan="3"|Prva HNL||12||1||||||||
|-
|2000–01||Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...
||6||1||||||||
|-
|2001–02||Marsonia
NK Marsonia
NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the town of Slavonski Brod which currently plays in Treća HNL, Croatia's third level league.NK Marsonia was founded in 1909...
||10||0||||||||
29||4||||||||
152||34||||||||
27||1||||||||
7||0||2||2||9||2
215!!39!!!!!!!!
External links
- Alen Petrović Croatian league stats at Hrrepka.com
- Alen Petrović Portuguese league stats at ZeroZeroFootball.com