Petar Stojanovic

Petar Stojanovic (born 7 October 1995) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A side Empoli, on loan from Dinamo Zagreb. He represents the Slovenia national team.

Club Career

Stojanovic started playing football at the local football club Arne Tabor, before joining Slovan and later Interblock youth selections, where he remained until 2011, when he was acquired by Maribor. After his transfer to Maribor, Joc Pececnik, the owner of Interblock, accused Zlatko Zahovic, the director of football at Maribor, of going behind his back and stealing one of the biggest Slovenian talents of his age.

At first Stojanovic played as a goalkeeper but he then switched to the position of an offensive midfielder. When he transferred to Maribor youth selections he was regarded as one of the most promising young midfielders in the country, however, Maribor's coaches and staff saw a much bigger potential for Stojanovic on the position of right-back. During his first year in Maribor he mostly played for the under-17 team. However, he got his chance to play for the main squad in the second part of the 2011–12 season and made his first appearance in the Slovenian top division, 1. SNL, on 25 March 2012. At the time of his debut, he was 16 years, five months and 18 days old and set a new club record as the youngest player to appear in the top division.

On 5 January 2016, he signed a five-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb, reportedly for a transfer fee of around €2 million plus add-ons.

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