Alen Petrović

Alen Petrović (born 5 November 1969) is a Croatian former football defender.[1][2]

Alen Petrović
Personal information
Full name Alen Petrović
Date of birth (1969-11-05) 5 November 1969
Place of birth Osijek
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Osijek 113 (32)
1994–1995 Belenenses 27 (1)
1995–1998 Croatia Zagreb 40 (4)
1998–1999 VfL Bochum 7 (0)
1999–2000 Slaven Belupo 12 (1)
2000–2001 Osijek 6 (1)
2003–2004 Marsonia 10 (0)
Total 215 (39)
National team
1990 Yugoslavia U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 break into the first team – he appeared in only seven games for Bochum in the 1998–99 Bundesliga before the club was relegated from top level at the end of season.[1] 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.[3][4]

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Yugoslavia League Cup Total
1989–90OsijekFirst League40
1990–91254
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1992OsijekPrva HNL225
1992–933010
1993–943213
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Total
1994–95BelenensesPrimeira Liga271
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1995–96Croatia ZagrebPrva HNL243
1996–97141
1997–9820
Germany League DFB-Pokal Total
1998–99VfL BochumBundesliga702292
Croatia League Croatian Cup Total
1999–00Slaven BelupoPrva HNL121
2000–01Osijek61
2001–02Marsonia100
Total Yugoslavia 294
Croatia 15234
Portugal 271
Germany 702292
Career total 21539

References
  1. "Alen Petrović" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  2. "Petrović, Alen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  3. "Osijek: Ustoličeni Mile Dumančić i Alen Petrović". Nogometni-magazin.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. "Alen Petrović napustio klub". NK-Osijek.hr (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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