Dejan Mezga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Mezga | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Čakovec, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Apollon Limassol | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sloboda Slakovec | |||
| Venera PMP | |||
| 2002–2004 | Varteks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Sloga Čakovec | 29 | (8) |
| 2004–2007 | Čakovec | 73 | (17) |
| 2007–2014 | Maribor | 159 | (39) |
| 2014–2015 | Hajduk Split | 21 | (3) |
| 2015– | Apollon Limassol | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC) | |||
Dejan Mezga (born 16 July 1985 in Čakovec) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Apollon Limassol in the Cypriot First Division. He previously played for Varteks, Čakovec, Maribor and Hajduk Split. He received a Slovenian citizenship on 23 August 2012.[1]
Career
Coming from the village of Brezje, near Čakovec, in the region of Međimurje,[2] Mezga went through the ranks of several lower-tier local clubs, debuting at the age of 15 for the seniors of NK Sloga Čakovec,[3] before joining the U17 team of NK Varteks Varaždin. In his last season of eligibility for the U19 team, he left the club, however, and joined the Druga HNL side NK Čakovec, where he became a fixture for the following several seasons.
In 2007 he joined the Slovenian PrvaLiga side Maribor. He established himself soon in the first team, and, after winning his first league title with the team, in 2009, won the fans' award "Vijoličasti bojevnik" (Purple Warrior) awarded to the most distinguished player of the past season.[4] Maribor went on to win 4 titles in the following 5 seasons, with Mezga featuring heavily in all campaigns, and was selected for the league's ideal 11 of the 2011–12 championship.[5]
After his contract expired in the summer of 2014, he joined Croatian side Hajduk Split.
See also
References
- ^ NK Maribor. "Mezga brez statusa tujca" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ Dejan Mezga iz Brezja potpisao za splitski Hajduk at mnovine.hr
- ^ Biografija at dejan-mezga.com
- ^ Vijoličasti bojevnik at nkmaribor.com
- ^ Vršič najboljši igralec sezone slovenskega prvenstva at rtvslo.si
External links
- Use dmy dates from December 2012
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Čakovec
- Croatian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Croatian First Football League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- NK Varaždin players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Croatian expatriates in Slovenia
- Expatriate footballers in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriates in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- NK Maribor players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Apollon Limassol FC players