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Marin Pilj

Marin Pilj

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at HNK Vukovar 1991
Age29
CitizenshipCroatia
Height1.65 m
Footright
BornDecember 3, 1996
at HNK Vukovar 1991 480 days · joined 2025-01-29
👕200+ Apps
Market value €400k
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
16/17
debut season
0.11
goals / match
NK Osijek
top club · 118 apps

Career highs

€800k
peak value · 2020
top transfer fee
7
best season · 18/19
1 · 3.6%
pens / of goals
261Appearances
28Goals
13Assists
41Yellow cards
0Red cards
98Full matches (90′)
Full nameMarin Pilj
Date of birth1996-12-03 (29 yrs)
Place of birthOsijek, Croatia
CitizenshipCroatia
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height165.00 m
Current clubHNK Vukovar 1991
Joined2025-01-29
Contract expires2025-06-30
Jul 2025
25/26 — HNK Vukovar 1991
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2025
Transfer: Without Club → NK Vukovar 1991
24/25 · Transfer
Nov 2024
Transfer: Terengganu FC → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Terengganu FC, HNK Vukovar 1991
29 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2024
Transfer: NK Varazdin → Terengganu FC
23/24 · Transfer
Aug 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — NK Varazdin
20 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2022
Transfer: NK Olimpija → NK Varazdin
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — NK Varazdin, NK Olimpija Ljubljana
37 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2022
Transfer: NK Osijek → NK Olimpija
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — NK Osijek, NK Olimpija Ljubljana
38 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — NK Osijek
33 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — NK Osijek
32 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — NK Osijek, NK Osijek II
36 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: NK Osijek II → NK Osijek
18/19 · Transfer
Jan 2018
Transfer: NK Novigrad → NK Osijek II
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — NK Novigrad, NK Osijek
22 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2016
Transfer: NK Belisce → NK Novigrad
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — NK Novigrad
8 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €800k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
8,835 min
Minutes played by club
HNK Vukovar 1991 5.3%
Terengganu FC 1.6%
NK Varazdin 32.9%
NK Olimpija Ljubljana 7.6%
NK Osijek 40.7%
NK Osijek II 1.5%
NK Novigrad 10.4%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
HNK Vukovar 1991 2 24/25 25/26 18 2 3 471
Terengganu FC 1 24/25 24/25 17 3 1 138
NK Varazdin 2 22/23 23/24 48 3 2 2,904
NK Olimpija Ljubljana 2 21/22 22/23 27 2 1 669
NK Osijek 5 17/18 21/22 118 10 6 3,600
NK Osijek II 1 18/19 18/19 5 3 0 133
NK Novigrad 2 16/17 17/18 28 5 0 920

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€200K5€400K7€600K9€800K16/17 — 1 goals (NK Novigrad)116/1717/18 — 4 goals (NK Novigrad)417/1818/19 — 7 goals (NK Osijek)18/19 — 1 assists818/1919/20 — 1 goals (NK Osijek)19/20 — 2 assists319/2020/21 — 4 goals (NK Osijek)20/21 — 2 assists620/2121/22 — 3 goals (NK Olimpija Ljubljana)21/22 — 2 assists521/2222/23 — 1 goals (NK Varazdin)22/23 — 1 assists222/2323/24 — 2 goals (NK Varazdin)23/24 — 1 assists323/2424/25 — 5 goals (HNK Vukovar 1991)24/25 — 4 assists924/2525/2618/19 — €150K19/20 — €500K20/21 — €800K21/22 — €800K22/23 — €650K23/24 — €400K24/25 — €350K25/26 — €400KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

16/17: 1116/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 7718/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 5524/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

16/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 2221/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 4424/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Hrvatski nogometni kup HNK Vukovar 1991 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 SuperSport HNL HNK Vukovar 1991 5 0 0 2 0 0
24/25 ASEAN Club Championship Terengganu FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Malaysia FA Cup Terengganu FC 5 3 0 0 0 138
24/25 Prva NL HNK Vukovar 1991 12 2 3 1 0 471
24/25 Super League Terengganu FC 10 0 1 2 0 0
23/24 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Varazdin 2 1 0 0 0 147
23/24 SuperSport HNL NK Varazdin 18 1 1 4 0 1,352
22/23 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Varazdin 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Prva Liga NK Olimpija Ljubljana 5 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 SuperSport HNL NK Varazdin 27 1 1 6 0 1,405
22/23 UECL Quali NK Olimpija Ljubljana 4 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 1. HNL NK Osijek 15 1 1 2 0 351
21/22 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Osijek 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Prva Liga NK Olimpija Ljubljana 18 2 1 2 0 669
21/22 UECL Quali NK Osijek 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Europa League Qualifying NK Osijek 1 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Osijek 2 2 0 0 0 68
20/21 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 30 2 1 2 0 858
19/20 Europa League Qualifying NK Osijek 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Osijek 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 27 1 2 3 0 1,690
18/19 Europa League Qualifying NK Osijek 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Osijek 3 1 0 0 0 180
18/19 Prva NL NK Osijek II 5 3 0 1 0 133
18/19 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 26 3 1 9 0 453
17/18 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Novigrad 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Prva NL NK Novigrad 18 4 0 5 0 395
17/18 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Hrvatski nogometni kup NK Novigrad 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Prva NL NK Novigrad 7 1 0 1 0 525
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
16/17 2016-08-19 NK Belisce NK Novigrad Transfer 0
17/18 2018-01-26 NK Novigrad NK Osijek II Transfer 0
18/19 2018-07-01 NK Osijek II NK Osijek Transfer 0
21/22 2022-01-15 NK Osijek NK Olimpija Transfer 800000
22/23 2022-09-01 NK Olimpija NK Varazdin Transfer 650000
23/24 2024-03-18 NK Varazdin Terengganu FC Transfer 400000
24/25 2024-11-25 Terengganu FC Without Club Transfer 350000
24/25 2025-01-29 Without Club NK Vukovar 1991 Transfer 350000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
23/24 Shoulder injury 2023-08-27 2023-09-15 20 1
Current€400k
Peak€800k
Low€150k
Δ since start+€250k
€150k€313k€475k€638k€800k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €650k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Oliver Zelenika 1 0 0
Bosko Sutalo 2 0 0
Antonio Mance 2 0 0
Dmytro Lyopa 2 0 0
Merveil Ndockyt 2 0 0
Jorgo Pellumbi 1 0 0
Vedran Jugovic 2 0 0
Damjan Bohar 2 0 0
Michele Sego 1 0 0
Alen Grgic 2 0 0
Fran Brodic 1 1 0
Marko Malenica 2 0 0
Mile Skoric 2 0 0
Luka Jelenic 1 0 0
Ante Majstorovic 2 1 0
Ramón Miérez 2 1 0
Guti 2 0 0
Igor Silva 2 0 0
Danijel Loncar 2 0 0
Mirko Marić 2 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
17/18 Prva NL NK Novigrad 4 18
18/19 Prva NL NK Osijek II 3 5
18/19 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 3 26

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
24/25 Prva NL HNK Vukovar 1991 3 12
19/20 SuperSport HNL NK Osijek 2 27
20/21 Europa League Qualifying NK Osijek 1 1

Teams faced most often by Marin Pilj's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
HNK Rijeka 20 5 7 8 18 23 -5 25%
HNK Gorica 20 11 2 7 27 17 +10 55%
NK Istra 1961 20 4 6 10 29 32 -3 20%
NK Varaždin 20 5 9 6 22 22 0 25%
HNK Šibenik 12 4 4 4 20 20 0 33%
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 12 3 3 6 15 20 -5 25%
HNK Hajduk Split 12 4 2 6 12 19 -7 33%
NK Slaven Belupo 12 6 2 4 24 11 +13 50%
Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 3 4 1 12 9 +3 38%
Slaven Belupo 8 5 0 3 19 9 +10 63%
Dinamo Zagreb 8 2 1 5 11 14 -3 25%
Hajduk Split 8 3 2 3 9 10 -1 38%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
16/17 Senior debut season
16/17 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 6 0 2 0 0 0
24/25 29 609 3 0 0 0.44
23/24 20 1,499 4 0 0 0.24
22/23 37 1,405 7 0 0 0.45
21/22 38 1,020 4 0 0 0.35
20/21 33 926 2 0 0 0.19
19/20 32 1,690 3 0 0 0.16
18/19 36 766 10 1 0 1.29
17/18 22 395 5 0 0 1.14
16/17 8 525 1 0 0 0.17

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Prva NL
42 apps
10 G
3 A
SuperSport HNL
150 apps
9 G
7 A
Hrvatski nogometni kup
17 apps
4 G
0 A
Malaysia FA Cup
5 apps
3 G
0 A
Prva Liga
23 apps
2 G
1 A
Super League
10 apps
0 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
5 apps
0 G
1 A
UECL Quali
7 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Marin Pilj

Who is Marin Pilj?

Marin Pilj is a Croatia professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for HNK Vukovar 1991.

How old is Marin Pilj?

Marin Pilj is 29 years old. He was born on December 3, 1996 in Osijek.

What position does Marin Pilj play?

Marin Pilj plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Marin Pilj play for?

Marin Pilj currently plays for HNK Vukovar 1991.

How many career goals has Marin Pilj scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Marin Pilj has scored 28 goals in 261 appearances.

What is Marin Pilj's market value?

Marin Pilj's most recent reported market value is €400k.