Dominik Dinga (Serbian Cyrillic: Доминик Динга; born 7 April 1998) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.[2]

Dominik Dinga
Dinga with Ural in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Slavija Pivnice[1]
Mladost Backi Petrovac[1]
2010–2014 Hajduk Kula[1]
2014–2015 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Vojvodina 6 (0)
2016–2022 Ural Yekaterinburg 26 (0)
2019–2020Partizan (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021Dinamo Minsk (loan) 39 (1)
2022 Ordabasy 5 (0)
2023 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 10 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Serbia U16 7 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U17 14 (0)
2015–2016 Serbia U18 7 (0)
2016–2017 Serbia U19 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2017

Club career edit

Vojvodina edit

Dinga was a member of Hajduk Kula[1] until summer 2014, when he moved to Vojvodina. After season with youth team, he started his senior career from 2015–16 season. He scored his first goal, in first friendly match for the first team.[3] Dinga made his official debut for Vojvodina's senior team in first qualifying round for UEFA Europa League, in pair with Igor Đurić in first match against MTK, ended with 0:0 result.[4] He also made his Serbian SuperLiga in 1st fixture, against Čukarički, when he was substituted in at the half-time for Igor Đurić.[5][6] On 19 February 2016, Dinga terminated the contract with Vojvodina.[7]

Ural edit

Dinga signed a long-term contract with the Russian club FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast on 8 April 2016.[8] He would not be able to play for the club in the 2015–16 Russian Premier League games as the transfer window was already closed at the time. He made his official debut for club in the 2nd fixture match of the 2016–17 Russian Premier League, against Rostov, played on 7 August 2016.[9]

After remaining on the bench in all the 2022 Ural games after returning from loan, Dinga was released from his contract with Ural by mutual consent on 17 June 2022.[10]

Partizan edit

On 14 June 2019, he joined FK Partizan on loan.[11]

Dinamo Minsk edit

On 15 February 2020, he joined Dinamo Minsk on loan till the end of season.[12] His loan was extended for the 2021 season. He returned to Ural at the end of the 2021 season.[13]

International career edit

Dinga joined Vojvodina,[14] as a captain of Serbia U17 national selection.[15] Previously, he was also a member of Under 16 national team.[16][17] In August 2016, Dinga was called into Serbia U19 squad for memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted as a captain in opening match against United States.[18] In 2nd match of the same tournament, he scored a goal against France.[19] After Serbia beat Israel in the final match, Dinga was nominated for the best player of the tournament.[20] Dinga also scored a goal in a match against Moldova, played on 9 November 2016.[9]

Personal life edit

Dinga was born in Novi Sad[21] to an ethnic Slovak family but he was raised in Pivnice, Bačka Palanka.[1]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 21 May 2022[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 6 0 1 0 1[a] 0 8 0
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 RPL 20 0 2 0 22 0
2017–18 4 0 1 0 1[b] 0 6 0
2018–19 2 0 0 0 3[b] 0 5 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0
Total 26 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 33 0
Partizan (loan) 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Dinamo Minsk (loan) 2020 BPL 25 1 3 0 1[a] 0 29 1
2021 14 0 0 0 14 0
Total 39 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 43 1
Career total 72 1 8 0 2 0 4 0 86 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the FNL Cup

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Доминик Динга: "Жду много снега. Пойду на ёлку!"". FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (in Russian). 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ Dominik Dinga at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. ^ "DOMINIK DINGA DEBITOVAO GOLOM". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. ^ "MTK – VOJVODINA 0:0". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ "1.Kolo: Vojvodina - Čukarički". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  6. ^ "VOJVODINA – ČUKARIČKI 0:4 (0:1)". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ "DOMINIK DINGA NAPUSTIO CRVENO-BELE". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  8. ^ «УРАЛ» ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С 18-ЛЕТНИМ СЕРБСКИМ ЗАЩИТНИКОМ (in Russian). FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  9. ^ a b c Dominik Dinga at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Доминик Динга покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Defenders Pesukic, Vujacic and Dinga early summer signings". FK Partizan. 14 June 2019.
  12. ^ Доминик Динга - футболист минского "Динамо" Archived 2020-02-15 at the Wayback Machine at FC Dinamo Minsk official website, 15-2-2020 (in Russian)
  13. ^ "РЯД ФУТБОЛИСТОВ ПОКИДАЕТ "ДИНАМО"" (in Russian). Dinamo Minsk. 30 December 2021.
  14. ^ "U-17: GOVEDARICA ODABRAO IGRAČE ZA KVALIFIKACIJE". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Memorijal "Miljan Miljanić" – održana Konferencija za medije". Football Association of Belgrade (in Serbian). 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Mlađi kadeti Srbije porazili vršnjake iz Makedonije". Fudbalski savez Jablaničkog okruga (in Serbian). 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Govedarica pozvao štopera moskovskog CSKA". Politika (in Serbian). 29 May 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  18. ^ ""Стевaн Ћеле Вилoтић": Србијa – СAД 2:1 (1:1)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  19. ^ ""Стевaн Ћеле Вилoтић": Србијa – Француска 2:1 (2:0), финале са Израелом". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Србија победник турнира "Стеван Ћеле Вилотић"". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Dinga, Dominik". sportlend.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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