Ivan Prtajin turns into agency

1. FC Union Berlin signal Croatian striker Ivan Prtajin. The 28-year-old is transferring from SV Wehen Wiesbaden to the Berliners.

The basic middle ahead

After enjoying within the youth divisions of HNK Primorac Biograd na Moru, Arbanasi and NK Trešnjevka Zagreb, Prtajin joined the youth workforce of NK Zagreb on the age of 16. After two years, he moved to the Italian membership Udinese Calcio in 2014, the place the he performed for Udinese Primavera, the membership’s reserve workforce. Throughout this time, the offensive synthetic 49 appearances and scored 22 objectives.

On the finish of 2016, Prtajin began coaching on the Croatian membership Hajduk Cut up and signed his contract there on 18 January 2017. He made his skilled debut on the age of 21 in a 2-1 win in towards NK Slaven Belupo, during which he got here on as an alternative in harm time. Within the winter of 2018 he was loaned to NK Dugopolje for the remainder of the season.

In the summertime of 2019, Prtajin moved to Roda JC Kerkrade within the Dutch second league. After one season he then moved to the second Swiss league to FC Schaffhausen, the place he scored 32 factors in 56 video games. A yr and a half later, within the winter of 2022, he moved to NK Olimpija Ljubljana within the Slovenian first league, with whom he performed in qualifying for the UEFA Europa Convention League.

In the summertime of 2022 he joined the then German third division membership SV Wehen Wiesbaden. In his first season, the Croatian was concerned in 22 objectives in 27 video games and thus contributed considerably to the promotion of Wiesbaden to the second highest division. The next season, Prtajin scored 13 objectives and supplied two assists. Along with his aim within the second relegation leg towards Jahn Regensburg, which was unable to forestall Wiesbaden from being relegated to the third division, he scored his one hundredth skilled aim.

Three details about Ivan Prtajin

• In 258 video games, the Croatian scored 100 objectives and 22 assists.
• Prtajin educated with Josip Juranović at Hajduk Cut up & performed with Benedict Hollerbach at Wiesbaden.
• He performed twice for the Croatian U19 nationwide workforce.

Vote for the transfer

“I felt very snug within the first discussions with these accountable for the Union and I spotted that this alteration is the fitting path for me,” stated Ivan Prtajin. ‘ consider that I may help the membership with my expertise and my type of play as a striker.

Oliver Ruhnert, managing director of males’s skilled soccer at 1. FC Union Berlin, confirmed: “With Ivan we’re getting a striker in excessive demand who is robust within the air, sturdy and robust in working.” He needs and can show himself within the Bundesliga and will probably be good for our aim risk and attacking flexibility. We’re actually wanting ahead to it!”