Dario Melnjak

Dario Melnjak

Personal information
Full name	Dario Melnjak
Date of birth	(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Varaždin, Croatia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Hajduk Split
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2005	Nedeljanec  [ hr ]
2005–2007	Varteks
2007–2010	Nedeljanec  [ hr ]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Nedeljanec  [ hr ]
2011–2013	Zelina	63	(1)
2013–2015	Slaven Belupo	40	(3)
2015–2017	Lokeren	16	(0)
2016	→ Neftçi (loan)	10	(0)
2017	→ Slaven Belupo (loan)	13	(1)
2017–2019	Domžale	43	(8)
2019–2021	Çaykur Rizespor	79	(7)
2021–	Hajduk Split	76	(6)
International career‡
2019–2021	Croatia	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2021

Dario Melnjak (born 31 October 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split.

Club career

Melnjak started his career in the lower tier Nedeljanec  ^{[ hr ]}, spending most of his youth career there, apart from two seasons at Varteks at under-15 level. After debuting for his club in the 2010–11 season, he moved on to the Treća HNL West team Zelina, where he achieved promotion to Druga HNL in the 2011–12 season. He remained a first team player in the following season, and moved on to the Prva HNL team Slaven Belupo at the beginning of the 2013–14 season.

On 2 February 2015, Melnjak signed a contract with Belgian side Sporting Lokeren for three-and-a-half seasons. ^[1]

On 20 June 2016, Melnjak signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftçi on loan. ^[2] On 10 November 2016, Neftçi and Lokeren mutually agreed to the early termination of Melnjak's loan. ^[3]

On 23 September 2021, Melnjak signed a one-year contract with Croatian club HNK Hajduk Split, with an option for a further two years. ^[4] On 19 January 2022, Melnjak extended his contract for two years, with the new deal ending in mid-2024. ^[5] On 2 March 2022, Melnjak scored two goals against HNK Gorica in the 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup semi-final, taking Hajduk to the final in a 2–1 win. ^[6] On 26 May 2022, in the 2022 Croatian Football Cup Final, Melnjak again scored twice, this time in a 3–1 win against HNK Rijeka, to give Hajduk its seventh cup win and first since 2012–13. ^[7]

International career

He made his Croatia national team debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia, as a starter. ^{[8] [9]}

Honours

Hajduk Split

• Croatian Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23 ^[10]

References

1. Dario Melnjak Archived 3 February 2015 at archive.today at Sporting Lokeren official website
2. ""Neftçi"də 4 yeni futbolçu". neftchipfk.com. Neftchi Baku. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
3. "Neftçi PFK Dario Melnyakla müqaviləyə xitam verdi". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
4. "Dario Melnjak novi je igrač Hajduka!". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
5. "Dario Melnjak potpisao s Bijelima do ljeta 2024. godine!". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
6. "Hajduk - Gorica 2:1 - Hrvatski nogometni savez". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
7. "Rijeka - Hajduk 1:3 - Croatian Football Federation". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
8. "Croatia v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 11 June 2019.
9. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
10. "Rijeka - Hajduk 1:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

External links

• Dario Melnjak at FIFA (archived)
• Dario Melnjak at UEFA
• Dario Melnjak at the Croatian Football Federation
• Dario Melnjak at the Turkish Football Federation
• Dario Melnjak at EU-Football.info
• Dario Melnjak at FBref.com
• Dario Melnjak at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dario Melnjak at Soccerway.com
• Dario Melnjak at WorldFootball.net
• Dario Melnjak at AS.com (in Spanish)