Deni Hočko
![]() Hočko with Montenegro in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Cetinje, Montenegro | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mouscron | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Lovćen | 26 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Budućnost | 117 | (7) |
2017–2019 | Famalicão | 63 | (1) |
2019– | Mouscron | 24 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Montenegro U17 | 2 | (0) |
2012 | Montenegro U19 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Montenegro U21 | 7 | (0) |
2018– | Montenegro | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:18, 28 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC) |
Deni Hočko (born 22 April 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron and the Montenegro national football team.
Club career
Budućnost
Hočko was born in Cetinje, Montenegro. He joined Budućnost from his hometown club Lovćen in 2013. In his first season at the club, Budućnost fielded the youngest team in the entire Montenegrin First League that season.[1] One teammate at Budućnost belonging to Hočko's generation was Momčilo Raspopović, who was also born in 1994. They both ended up playing together in Montenegro's national team from 2019.
Famalicão
On 21 July 2017, Hočko signed a two-year contract with Portuguese club Famalicão.[2] In his second season at the club, Famalicão finished in second place in the 2018–19 LigaPro, earning promotion to Portugal's Primeira Liga for the first time since the 1993–94 season.[3]
Mouscron
On 28 June 2019, Hočko signed a three-year contract with Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron.[4]
International career
On 28 May 2018, Hočko made his debut for Montenegro under coach Ljubiša Tumbaković in a 0–0 tie with Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5]
References
- ^ Davide Capogrossi (21 April 2014). "ESCLUSIVA - Il talento del giovane Hocko: "Giocare nella Lazio sarebbe un sogno, ma ora penso a migliorare con il mio club!"". La Lazio Siamo Noi (in Italian). Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Hočko potpisao na dvije godine". Vijesti (in Serbian). 14 November 2019.
- ^ A. Tomović (4 May 2019). "CETINJANIN SA "FAMALIKAOM" IZBORIO PLASMAN U PRVU PORTUGALSKU LIGU, HOČKO: ČAST JE BITI DIO ISTORIJE". RTV Cetinje (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Deni Hocko s'engage avec l'Excel Mouscron". Notélé (in French). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Kakav jubilej - Hočko 100. fudbaler koji je zaigrao za Crnu Goru". Vijesti (in Serbian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
External links
- Deni Hočko at WorldFootball.net
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Montenegrin footballers
- Montenegro international footballers
- FK Lovćen players
- FK Budućnost Podgorica players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- Montenegrin First League players
- LigaPro players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Association football midfielders
- Montenegrin expatriate footballers
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Sportspeople from Cetinje