Deni Alar (born 18 January 1990) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a striker for 2. Liga club Admira Wacker.

Club career

Born in

Slavonski Brod Slavonski Brod (, ), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod is the 7th lar ...

, SR Croatia, then part of

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, Alar played for

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side

Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg, Styria. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The nam ...

before joining Rapid Wien on 3 June 2011. This transfer was announced on 3 June 2011. On 9 May 2018, he featured as Sturm Graz defeated Red Bull Salzburg in extra time to win the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. Alar later returned to Rapid Wien, and on 26 June 2019, he was loaned to Levski Sofia in Bulgaria for one year, with an option to extend his stay for two additional seasons on a permanent basis. On 28 June 2021, he signed a one-year contract with SKN St. Pölten. Alar moved to Austrian Regionalliga East club First Vienna on 5 February 2022, signing a one-year contract. In June 2024, Alar joined 2. Liga club Admira Wacker.

International career

Alar received his first call-up to the senior

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for a

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qualifier against the

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in June 2017. He made his debut on 14 November 2017, in a 2–1 friendly win against the

Uruguay national football team The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...

, replacing Marko Arnautović in the 86th minute.

Personal life

He is the son of former Croatian footballer Goran Alar.

Honours

Sturm Graz * Austrian Cup: 2017–18 Individual *

Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18

References

External links

*
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
1990 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Kapfenberger SV players SK Rapid Wien players DSV Leoben players SK Sturm Graz players PFC Levski Sofia players SKN St. Pölten players First Vienna FC players Admira Wacker players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Footballers from Slavonski Brod People from Zeltweg Austrian people of Croatian descent Footballers from Styria 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-footy-forward-stub