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Full name
  
Dario Smoje

1995–1997
  
Position
  
Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.92 m

Playing position
  
Defender

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Name
  
Dario Smoje


Dario Smoje Kristina i Dario Smoje Razvod zbog afere s Rijeankom

Date of birth
  
(1978-09-19) 19 September 1978 (age 37)

Dario Smoje (born 19 September 1978 in Rijeka, Croatia) is a former Croatian footballer. He started his senior career at NK Rijeka, before spending four years in Italy. He spent the next three years back in Croatia before moving to Belgium for five years and finishing his career with short stints in Greece and back in Croatia.

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Career

Dario Smoje Rastaju se Kristina Smoje i Dario Smoje nogometa arao

Dario Smoje began his senior career at NK Rijeka. There he debuted as a 16-year-old.

Move to Italy

After two years in the senior team at Rijeka, he moved to Italian giants A.C. Milan, in a move worth close to €1m. Competing for places at Milan with the likes of Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Marcel Desailly, the young man didn't get many chances, making just seven appearances in all competitions in his first season with Milan. He moved to Serie B side Monza where he made 22 appearances and even scored a goal in his first season. The next season, he was a constant in the first team, making 30 appearances and scoring another goal. A move to Ternana followed in 2000, but it proved to be a poor career choice for Smoje, as he made just three appearances for the second division side.

Return to Croatia

He returned to Croatia in 2001 to sign for Croatian giants GNK Dinamo Zagreb. At Dinamo, Smoje won the Croatia Cup, Supercup and league title. After 38 appearances over two seasons in the blue of Dinamo, he moved to cross-town rivals NK Zagreb in 2003 and spent a year with the Poets.

Later Years

Smoje signed a 5-year deal with Gent in 2004. He spent all five years of his contract with Gent, making 89 appearances in that time. He ruptured his achilles tendon in 2007 and never truly recovered, unable to make himself a first team regular since and was duly released when his contract expired in 2009.

On 22 May 2009 Panionios F.C. signed the Croatian central defender on free transfer. He made just one appearance for Panionios before being released.

He signed for Hrvatski Dragovoljac on 9 September 2010, but made just three appearances in the 2010/11 season before deciding to retire.

Honour

  • Dinamo Zagreb
  • Prva HNL:
  • 2002–03
  • Croatian Cup:
  • 2001–02
  • Croatian Supercup:
  • 2002
  • Gent
  • Belgian Cup:
  • 2007–08 runner-up
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • 2006, 2007
  • References

    Dario Smoje Wikipedia