Armin Derlek

Armin Derlek (Serbian Cyrillic: Армин Ђерлек; born 15 July 2000) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Slovenian club Aluminij.

Club Career

Early years

Born in Novi Pazar, Derlek started playing football with local academy named "AS" at the age of 7. Four years later, he moved to Pazar Juniors. In an interview made in 2017, he remembered on 28 January 2011, when grandfather took him to the first training. Playing for the club, he was affirmed as "the target man" in the academy since 2015 when he left the club as one of the top youth prospects in Serbia. He moved to OFK Beograd in summer 2015 at the age of 15, penning his first three-year professional contract with the club. He sued the club for unpaid wages and received a dispute over arbitration in March 2017, when he left OFK Beograd as a free agent. Later, same month, it was announced about his moving to Partizan. Previously, he had been marked as a pick of the greatest rival, Red Star Belgrade.

Partizan

On 28 April 2017, Derlek signed a three-year contract with Partizan, when he was officially promoted by club's director of football, Ivica Iliev. He passed summer pre-season with the first team, but failed to make any official appearances with the club for the rest of 2017. In February 2018, Derlek joined the first squad under coach Miroslav Dukic, among a group of youth players who impressed during the winter-break, choosing to wear number 44 jersey. He made his professional debut for Partizan in 23rd fixture match of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga campaign, having played 67 minutes in 2–1 away victory over Mladost Lucani on 18 February 2018. Derlek noted his first Eternal Derby on 14 April 2018, having played 57 minutes of the match. Derlek was replaced by Zoran Tosic in second-half, while Partizan archived 2–1 defeat in the game.

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