Dario Vizinger
Croatian footballer (born 1998)
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Dario Vizinger (born 6 June 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.[3]
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Vizinger with Warta Poznań in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Čakovec, Croatia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maribor | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Međimurje | ||
| 2009–2010 | Sloboda Varaždin | ||
| 2010–2015 | Varaždin | ||
| 2015–2016 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Varaždin | 14 | (6) |
| 2015–2018 | Rijeka | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Rijeka II | 20 | (7) |
| 2017 | → Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2017 | → Rudar Velenje (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Celje | 80 | (35) |
| 2020–2023 | Wolfsberger AC | 67 | (11) |
| 2022–2023 | → SSV Jahn Regensburg (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Warta Poznań | 29 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Mura | 53 | (22) |
| 2026– | Maribor | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Croatia U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Croatia U21 | 6 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 | |||
Club career
Varaždin
Vizinger made his senior club debut for NK Varaždin on 24 August 2014. During the 2014–15 season of the 3. HNL, he scored six goals.[4]
Rijeka
In June 2015, Vizinger signed a contract with HNK Rijeka of the Croatian top division.[5] In his first season with the club, Vizinger mainly featured for Rijeka II in the 3. HNL, scoring seven goals in twenty appearances.[6] On 7 May 2016, he made his official début for the first team, when he entered as a substitute in an away draw against NK Osijek in the 35th round of the 2015–16 season.[7]
Loans
After not making a single appearance in the first half of the 2016–17 season, he was sent on loan to second division side Hrvatski Dragovoljac in February 2017.[8] He made 12 appearances in the Croatian Second Football League for the club, in which he scored twice.[2] For the 2017–18 season, Vizinger was loaned to Slovenian first division club Rudar Velenje, scoring two goals in 12 appearances during the first half of the season.[2]
Celje
In January 2018, the loan was terminated prematurely and Vizinger was signed on a permanent contract by Velenje's league rivals Celje.[9] Initially struggling to find the net, he would make his breakthrough in the 2019–20 season, making 35 league appearances and scoring 23 goals,[2] making him second on the top goalscorers list in the league, only behind Ante Vukušić, as Celje won the league title.[10] He received the award for the best young player of the season and was named 2019–20 PrvaLiga Team of the Year.[11]
Wolfsberger AC
On 8 September 2020, Vizinger signed a four-year contract with Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC.[12] He made his debut on the opening day of the 2020–21 season against Red Bull Salzburg on 13 September 2020, coming off the bench and scoring his first goal in a 3–1 defeat.[13] His team having qualified for the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, Vizinger scored the winner of the 1–0 victory against CSKA Moscow on 3 December 2020.[14]
Honours
Celje
Individual