Dajan Šimac
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-04) 4 January 1982
Place of birth Bingen am Rhein, West Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 NK Marsonia
Youth career
1989–1996 Blau-Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim
1996–2000 BFV Hassia Bingen
2000–2001 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 39 (2)
2003–2004 Greuther Fürth 1 (0)
2004–2009 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 138 (6)
2009–2010 FSV Frankfurt 8 (0)
2010–2013 Debrecen 65 (5)
2013 Denizlispor 10 (0)
2014–2015 Jagodina 16 (0)
2015 Radnik Sesvete 14 (0)
2016 Stupnik
2017 Samobor
2017–2018 Tekstilac-Ravnice (?)
2018– Marsonia
International career
2003 Croatia U-20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dajan Šimac (born 4 January 1982) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for NK Marsonia.[1] He also holds German citizenship.[2]

Club career

Germany

Born in Bingen am Rhein, West Germany, Šimac played in the youth teams of Blau-Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim (1989–1996) and BFV Hassia Bingen (1996–2000).[3] He made his debut as senior playing with 1. FC Kaiserslautern II in the 2001–02 season. After two seasons with them in the Regionalliga Süd. In summer 2003 he moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth however he played only one match in the 2003–04 2. Bundesliga. During the winter break of that season he moved to SV Wehen Wiesbaden. He played there for five-and-a-half seasons making 138 league appearances and scoring six goals. He will play with Wehen in the Regionalliga Süd until 2007 when they were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and he played with them two seasons in the second German level (56 appearances and six goals). In summer 2007 he moved to another 2. Bundesliga side, FSV Frankfurt and stay with them one season.[2]

Debrecen

In summer 2010 Šimac moved to Hungary by signing with Debreceni VSC. On 1 May 2012, he won the Hungarian Cup with Debrecen by beating MTK Budapest on penalty shoot-out in the 2011–12 season. This was the fifth Hungarian Cup trophy for Debrecen.[4]

On 12 May 2012, Šimac won the Hungarian League title with Debrecen after beating Pécs in the 28th round of the Hungarian League by 4–0 at the Oláh Gábor út Stadium which resulted the sixth Hungarian League title for the Hajdús.[5][6]

Denizlispor

In summer 2013 Šimac left Debrecen after three years, and moved to Turkey by signing with Denizlispor. He made 10 appearances with them in the first half of the 2013–14 TFF First League.[7]

Jagodina

During the winter break of the 2013–14 season, Šimac left Denizlispor and moved to Serbia signing a 6-months contract with SuperLiga side FK Jagodina.[8][9]

Later career in Croatia

After his spell in Serbia, he stayed in the region and debuted for the first time in his home-country Croatia when he joined Radnik Sesvete in summer 2015 playing in second level. Later he played with Stupnik and Samobor. In season 2017–18 he played with NK Tekstilac-Ravnice.[10]

International career

Šimac played one match for the Croatian U-20 team in 2003.[11]

Career statistics

As of 7 May 2013
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Debreceni VSC 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 204103050294
2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 251500000301
2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 200313060321
Total 6559160110916
Career total 6559160110916

Honours

Wehen Wiesbaden

Debreceni VSC

Jagodina

References

  1. ↑ Dajan Simac - NK Tekstilac-Ravnice‚ football-lifestyle.co.uk
  2. 1 2 Dajan Šimac statistics at Fussballdaten.de
  3. ↑ Dajan Šimac at kleeblatt-chronik.de (in German)
  4. ↑ "Debrecen lift cup after shoot-out success". UEFA.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Debrecen 4-0 Pécs". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Debrecen crowned champions of Hungary". UEFA.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Dajan Šimac at mackolik.com
  8. ↑ Jagodinu pojačali Tišma i Šimac at FK Jagodina official website, 20 February 2014 (in Serbian)
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dajan Šimac at Soccerway
  10. ↑ Dajan Simac - NK Tekstilac-Ravnice‚ football-lifestyle.co.uk
  11. ↑ Dajan Šimac profile at Croatian Football Federation official website
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