Danilo Saveljič

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Personal information
Danilo Saveljič
Full name	Danilo Saveljič
Date of birth	December 31, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nickname	Zmago
Playing position	Left-sided Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Kayserispor
Number	36
Youth clubs
1991-2002	FK Bokelj Kotor Budućnost Podgorica NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2006-2007 2006-2007	NK Rijeka Triestina (on loan) Triestina AE Larissa Kayserispor Diyarbakirspor (on loan) Kerkyra FC (on loan)	12 (11) 20 (14) 24 (12) 26 (7) 8 (0) 11 (3) 4 (0)
National team²
2005-present	Slovenia	6 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Danilo Saveljič (born 31 December 1985 in Kotor, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin-born Slovenian football midfielder.

[edit] Personal

Saveljič's parents, Petar from Kotor, Montenegro and mother Olivera from Koper Slovenia. His elder cousin, Niša Saveljić, is also a football player.

[edit] Football career

Saveljič's career began at the age of 5, when he started playing for FK Bokelj Kotor , a small football club in Montenegro. As he was a talented player, he was soon transferred first to FK Budućnost Podgorica at the age of 11 , then to NK Olimpija Ljubljana at the age of 15. By the second season he was the third best striker in Slovenian junior league history, scoring 36 goals for his home team. Saveljič has been part of the Slovenian national Under-21 football team. At the age of 17 he was transferred to NK Rijeka for € 350.000 then to Triestina for € 760.000 - youngest Slovenian player in Serie B at the age of 18 then to AE Larissa for € 1.5 million, then to Kayserispor / Diyarbakırspor in Diyarbakır for € 6.5million. In 2006, he was transferred to the Turkish club of Diyarbakırspor in the Türk Telekom League A, Ligue 2 then to Kerkyra FC loan after that he return in his main club in Turkey.