Dario Vizinger - Wikipedia

Croatian footballer (born 1998) Dario Vizinger

Vizinger with Warta Poznań in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 27)
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	5	(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 28 February 2026

Dario Vizinger (born 6 June 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.[3]

Club career

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Varaždin

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Celje

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2019–20

Individual

• Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the Year: 2019–20[15]
• Slovenian PrvaLiga Young Player of the Year: 2019–20[15]

References

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1. ^ "Dario Vizinger". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. ^ a b c d "D. Vizinger: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
3. ^ Dario Vizinger at Soccerway
4. ^ "3. HNL Istok 2014/15" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. ^ "Dario Vizinger potpisao stipendijski ugovor" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. ^ "Player Information: Dario Vizinger". sportmanager.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. ^ "Osijek - Rijeka 1:1 - Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga". PrvaHNL (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
8. ^ Čelan, Joško (12 April 2017). "Slobodna Dalmacija - U Dugopolju golijada i dva različita poluvremena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
9. ^ "DARIO VIZINGER iz velenjskog Rudara prešao u Celje". eMedjimurje (in Croatian). 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
10. ^ "/VIDEO/ Celje osvojilo naslov prvaka Slovenije, Hrvat Vizinger jedan od najzaslužnijih!". Novo (in Slovenian). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
11. ^ "Celjani pobrali tudi vse nagrade: Lotrič najigralec prvenstva". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
12. ^ "Neuer Stürmer | RZ Pellets WAC". Wolfsberger AC (in German). 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
13. ^ Korać, Branimir (14 September 2020). "Dario Vizinger debitirao golom Red Bull Salzburgu". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
14. ^ "WAC vor Aufstieg in der Europa League! Dario Vizinger schießt Kärntner zum Sieg bei ZSKA Moskau". SPOX (in German). 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
15. ^ a b To. G. (22 July 2020). "Celjani pobrali tudi vse nagrade: Lotrič najigralec prvenstva" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

External links

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• Dario Vizinger at Soccerway.com
• Dario Vizinger at WorldFootball.net
• Dario Vizinger at FBref.com
• Dario Vizinger at kicker (in German)
• Dario Vizinger at the Croatian Football Federation

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