Neven Vukman (born 11 April 1985) is a

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n football midfielder, who is currently playing for hometown club Ivančica.

Club career

A product of the NK Varteks youth academy (a club which folded in 2015, and is not associated with his 2019 club), he made his debut for the first team in 2002. He remained in the club for the following 7 seasons, showing great promise, playing for the U21 national team and debuting for the A national team, but was plagued by injuries, which made him miss the entire 2007/2008 season. In January 2009 he went for a try out with

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in Finland, but returned to Varteks and remained until the summer of 2009, when he moved to newly promoted

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. In the summer of 2010 he was transferred to

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. In 2016, after a series of seasons with

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, Zelina and Istra 1961, Vukman joined the new NK Varteks, which is located in the same city and stadium (

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) as his original youth club of the same name. Vukman moved to

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's Allerheiligen, and later a team in Greinbach,

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, before returning to the Varteks in 2019.

International career

Vukman made his international debut against South Korea in the 2–0 friendly tournament loss in

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on 29 January 2006. He has made two appearances for the

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, his final international was three days after his debut against hosts

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* 1985 births Living people Footballers from Varaždin Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players NK Karlovac 1919 players HNK Rijeka players FC Taraz players NK Zelina players NK Istra 1961 players Croatian Football League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Second Football League (Croatia) players First Football League (Croatia) players Austrian Regionalliga players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub