Dejan Petrovič

Dejan Petrovič
Petrovič with Rapid Wien in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998
Place of birth Rače, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2008 Rače
2008–2017 Aluminij
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Aluminij 117 (5)
2020–2023 Rapid Wien 63 (0)
2020 Rapid Wien II 1 (0)
2023–2026 Rijeka 74 (2)
2026– Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Slovenia U17[a] 8 (0)
2016 Slovenia U19[a] 1 (0)
2018–2021 Slovenia U21 12 (2)
2019 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2020– Slovenia 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025

Dejan Petrovič (born 12 January 1998) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Slovenia national team.[3]

Club career

Petrovič made his professional debut in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for Aluminij on 23 July 2016 in a game against Koper.[4]

International career

Petrovič made his senior debut for Slovenia on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against San Marino.[5]

Personal life

Petrovič hails from a small settlement of Rače, a few kilometers south of Maribor.[6] In an interview, he stated that his family name Petrovič has been erroneously misspelled as Petrović on numerous occasion.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 May 2026[3][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aluminij 2014–15 Slovenian Second League 10——10
2015–16 Slovenian Second League 122——122
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 18030—210
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 33070—400
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 33350—383
2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 20020—220
Total 1175170—1345
Rapid Wien 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 140——140
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 240303[b]0300
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 2103010[c]0340
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 40000040
Total 63060130820
Rijeka 2023–24 Croatian Football League 2004000240
2024–25 Croatian Football League 341406[d]1442
2025–26 Croatian Football League 2010012[e]1322
Total 742801821004
Career total 25473103123169

Honours

Rijeka

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Notes

  1. 1 2 Official competitive UEFA matches only
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ "Od malih Rač do Dunaja, kjer skuša nase zopet opozoriti Matjaža Keka". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Willkommen bei Rapid, Dejan Petrovic!" (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Dejan Petrovic Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Dejan Petrovič » Statistics: Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  5. ↑ M. R. (8 October 2020). "V drugem polčasu preveč statični, tudi zaradi dveh "štang" jih bodo slišali" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 Viškovič, Rok (25 February 2022). "Tihi dunajski vzpon fanta, ki je napolnil blagajno Aluminija" (in Slovenian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dejan Petrovič – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ko Reka slavi, ne gre brez Slovenca: Rijeki prvi naslov hrvaškega prvaka po Matjažu Keku, veseli se tudi reprezentant Dejan Petrovič". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Rijeka osvojila Kup". Index.hr (in Croatian). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "JDT break 32-year-old world record as they beat Kuching to lift Charity Shield". The Star. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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