Elvedin Džinić (born 25 August 1985) is a Slovenian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

In 2005, he signed his first professional contract with

NK Maribor Nogometni klub Maribor () is a Slovenian professional Association football, football club based in Maribor, Slovenia. It competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top tier of the Football in Slovenia#League system, Slovenian football league system ...

. He played for the club between 2005 and 2010 and made a total of 140 appearances and scored 16 goals in the

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. In the 2009–10 season, he was voted by the fans as the most distinguished Maribor player. On 10 January 2011, Džinić signed a contract with Belgian club

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after refusing to renew his contract with Maribor, which would expire on 31 May 2011. On 25 June 2013, Džinić signed a two-year contract with

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in Bulgaria.

International career

Džinić was a member of the Slovenia national under-21 team, making one official appearance in September 2006. He was part of the senior squad at the

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. However, he was never capped for the national team.

Honours

Maribor *

: 2008–09 *

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: 2009–10 *

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzinic, Elvedin 1985 births Living people Footballers from Maribor Men's association football central defenders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players NK Maribor players NK Železničar Maribor players ND Dravinja players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Botev Plovdiv players Zagłębie Lubin players NK Rudar Velenje players NK Celje players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ekstraklasa players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria