Dejan Školnik

Školnik started his career with hometown NK Maribor at the age of 7, and then transferred to Železničar Maribor at the age of 14. He played there for three years before returning to Maribor, where he signed his first professional contract. Školnik then played for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, earning 72 league appearances and scoring 6 goals in the process. After the 2009–10 season, he moved to Portuguese first division team Nacional, where he joined his former Maribor teammate Rene Mihelič, signing a five-year contract. Školnik later played in the Austrian lower divisions.

Školnik was a member of the Croatian under-21 team. Before his international debut for Croatia, he was offered a place in the Slovenian under-21, but Školnik turned down the offer and decided in favour of his parents' homeland.