A boy from Škofja Loka will try to stop the Slovenian cadets at the Euro: Leo Rimac against his former teammates
This happens in football too; it happens even more often elsewhere than here. But Slovenia has also been without a few players in the past, who decided to defend the colours of other countries at national team level. A few years ago, Denis Petrić made such a move; the Ljubljana player was a member of the Slovenia U-21 national team, then he decided to join Serbia. Dejan Školnik and Sven Dodlek donned the Croatian jersey, and not long after, Leo Rimac went the same way.
Leo Rimac is a 16-year-old footballer from Škofja Loka, who until last year played for
Olimpija
. Then he said goodbye to Ljubljana and went to Zagreb, where he signed for Dinamo. He also changed his “football nationality” and started playing for Croatia instead of Slovenia.
It is not clear why he did not get the chance
Croatian cadet selector Robert Jarnia Real Madrid player in his day, did not hesitate to make Leo Rimac one of his picks as soon as possible. The talented footballer has played nine games for the Cube and has scored twice.
“They called my dad and asked him if I wanted to play for Croatia. Even though I was on the Slovenian national team, I didn’t get the minutes I expected. I still don’t understand why I didn’t get the right opportunity,“, the teenager explained to the jajce-online.com website a few months ago why he “turned his back” on Slovenia and chose Croatia.
Twice against Slovenia, but…
Last year, Slovenia played Slovenia twice, but only in friendly matches. On Tuesday, there will be much more at stake. Leo Rimac and his Croatian teammates will compete with the Slovenian cadets to qualify for the European Championships. Leo Rimac, who played 16 games in the Slovenian Cadet League and once in the Youth Championship, played in both Croatia matches in the final round of the European Championship qualifiers. He played the first half of the draw against Norway and the last 12 minutes of the win over Belgium.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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