Alen Petrović

Alen Petrović
Personal information
Full name	Alen Petrović
Date of birth	5 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Osijek
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1994	Osijek
1994–1995	Belenenses
1995–1998	Croatia Zagreb
1998–1999	VfL Bochum
1999–2000	Slaven Belupo
2000–2001	Osijek
2003–2004	Marsonia
Total
International career
1990	Yugoslavia U21
Medal record
Representing Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Cup		Total
1989–90	Osijek	First League	4	0
1990–91	Osijek	First League	25	4
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Total
1992	Osijek	Prva HNL	22	5
1992–93			30	10
1993–94			32	13
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Total
1994–95	Belenenses	Primeira Liga	27	1
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Total
1995–96	Croatia Zagreb	Prva HNL	24	3
1996–97			14	1
1997–98			2	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
1998–99	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	7	0	2	2	9	2
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		Total
1999–00	Slaven Belupo	Prva HNL	12	1
2000–01	Osijek		6	1
2001–02	Marsonia		10	0
Total	Yugoslavia		29	4
	Croatia		152	34
	Portugal		27	1
	Germany		7	0	2	2	9	2
Career total			215	39

References

^ ^a ^b "Alen Petrović" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ "Petrović, Alen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ "Osijek: Ustoličeni Mile Dumančić i Alen Petrović". Nogometni-magazin.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "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.

External links

Alen Petrović at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[fussballdaten-1] "Alen Petrović" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[2] "Petrović, Alen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[imenovanje-3] "Osijek: Ustoličeni Mile Dumančić i Alen Petrović". Nogometni-magazin.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[ostavka-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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