# Dino Hotić

Dino Hotić (Bosnian pronunciation:; born 26 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Born in Slovenia, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Hotić started his professional career at Maribor, who loaned him to Veržej in 2013 and to Krško in 2016. In 2020, he joined Cercle Brugge.
A former Slovenian youth international, Hotić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019.

## Club career
### Early career

Hotić started playing football at local club Domžale and later at Bravo, before joining Maribor's youth academy in 2011.
In July 2013, he was sent on a season-long loan to Veržej. In January 2016, he was loaned to Krško until the end of season.

### Cercle Brugge

In January 2020, Hotić was transferred to Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around €1.2 million. He made his official debut for the team on 19 January against Antwerp. On 8 February, he scored his first goal for Cercle Brugge in a triumph over Mechelen.

### Lech Poznań

On 12 July 2023, Hotić moved on a free transfer to Polish Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań, signing a three-year deal.

## International career

Despite representing Slovenia at all youth levels, Hotić decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina at senior level as his parents are of Bosnian descent from Ključ.
In October 2019, his request to change sports citizenship from Slovenian to Bosnian was approved by FIFA. Later that month, he received his first senior call-up, for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Italy and Liechtenstein. He debuted against the latter on 18 November.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 6 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Maribor | 2012–13 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Maribor | 2013–14 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Maribor | 2014–15 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Maribor | 2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Maribor | 2016–17 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Maribor | 2017–18 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| Maribor | 2018–19 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 10 |
| Maribor | 2019–20 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 5 |
| Maribor | Total | Total | 120 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 159 | 22 |
| Veržej (loan) | 2013–14 | Slovenian Second League | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 9 |
| Krško (loan) | 2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 5 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 7 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 5 |
| Cercle Brugge | Total | Total | 112 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 18 |
| Lech Poznań | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Lech Poznań | Total | Total | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 296 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 347 | 55 |
* 1 2 Official competitive UEFA matches only.
* ↑ Includes Slovenian Cup, Belgian Cup, Polish Cup
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

    As of match played 11 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 0 |

## Honours

Maribor
* Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19
* Slovenian Cup: 2012–13