Zlatko Dedić

Zlatko Dedić

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Personal information
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	VfL Bochum
Number	27
Youth career
0000–2000	Koper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	FC Koper	3	(0)
2001–2006	Parma F.C.	16	(0)
2004–2005	→ Empoli F.C. (loan)	10	(0)
2006	→ U.S. Cremonese (loan)	17	(5)
2007–2009	Frosinone Calcio	63	(13)
2008	→ Piacenza (loan)	22	(10)
2009–	VfL Bochum	40	(7)
International career‡
2006	Slovenia U-21
2004–	Slovenia	34	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Zlatko Dedič (born on 5 October 1984) is a Slovenian football forward who currently plays for 2nd Bundesliga club Bochum and the Slovenia national football team.

Club career

He started his career with Koper.

A former Parma player, he was loaned out to Serie B clubs Empoli in 2004–05 season and Cremonese in the 2nd half of 2005–06 season.

He made his Serie A debut on 21 September 2005 against Roma. He left for Frosinone of Serie B in January 2007 on a Bosman transfer.

In January 2008, he was loaned to Piacenza of Serie B and was given the number 9 shirt from Daniele Cacia, who had left for Fiorentina. After eight years in Italy, Dedič left Frosinone on 3 June 2009 to sign with the German club Bochum. His contract runs until 30 June 2012.

Statistics

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International career

Dedič made his debut for Slovenia on 18 August 2004 in a friendly match against Serbia and Montenegro coming in as a substitute in 67th minute. He scored his first goal against Poland on 6 September 2008, in a 2010 World Cup qualification match. He was later instrumental in his national team's successful qualification to the 2010 World Cup by scoring the winning goal in the second leg playoff match against Russia, which ended with 1–0.

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 6, 2008	Stadion Oporowska, Wroclaw	Poland	1 – 1	1 – 1	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification
2	September 9, 2009	Ljudski Vrt, Maribor	Poland	1 – 0	3 – 0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification
3	November 18, 2009	Ljudski Vrt, Maribor	Russia	1 – 0	1 – 0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification
4	August 11, 2010	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana	Australia	1 – 0	2 – 0	Friendly match
5	October 8, 2010	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana	Faroe Islands	5 – 0	5 - 1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
6	February 9, 2011	Qemal Stafa, Tirana	Albania	1 – 2	1 - 2	Friendly match

Personal life

Dedič was born in Bihać, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Slovenia at a very young age where he spent his childhood in the village of Podgorje, near Koper, in the Slovenian Littoral.

External links

• Player profile - NZS
• Career details at National Football Teams

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