Dario Zahora (born 21 March 1982 in Vukovar[1]) is a Croatian football striker, who is currently a free agent. Zahora started his career from Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.[2] From there he was loaned out to Croatia Sesvete, Koper, Slaven Belupo, Domžale and Interblock. He continued his career to Rosenborg before joining Bnei Sakhnin. After Israel he had short spells with Lokomotiva, Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Osijek before moving to Greece for Ergotelis and Iraklis.
Zahora playing for Rosenborg
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth |
Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | 94 | (39) |
| 2000–2001 | → Croatia Sesvete (loan) | 24 | (15) |
| 2005–2006 | → Koper (loan) | 18 | (9) |
| 2006–2007 | → Slaven Belupo (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | → Domžale (loan) | 34 | (22) |
| 2008–2009 | → Interblock (loan) | 21 | (13) |
| 2009–2010 | Rosenborg | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | (1) |
| 2011 | Lokomotiva | 22 | (13) |
| 2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 31 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Osijek | 13 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Ergotelis | 32 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | Iraklis | 32 | (9) |
| 2016 | FK AS Trenčín | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998 | Croatia U15 | 5 | (3) |
| 1999 | Croatia U16 | 11 | (10) |
| 1998–1999 | Croatia U17 | 10 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Croatia U19 | 6 | (7) |
| 2000–2002 | Croatia U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Croatia U21 | 18 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2004 | |||
Zahora has made several appearances for the Croatian U21 team, also playing for other junior teams from his home country.
Zahora started his career with Dinamo Zagreb with which he scored 39 goals from 2001 to 2005.[3] He made his professional debut with Croatia SesveteinDruga HNL, the second tier of Croatia, scoring 15 goals in 24 appearances.[3] After playing for Dinamo Zagreb for four seasons he was loaned out to Slovenian PrvaLiga outfit Koper where he appeared on 18 occasions scoring a total of 9 goals.[4] In the next season he was loaned to Slaven Belupo making 3 goals out of 10 matches.[3] In the 2007–08 season he played for NK DomžaleinSlovenia, on loan, where he won the championship and was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals in 34 matches.[4][5]
On 31 August 2012 he signed for Greek Football League club Ergotelis.[6] He scored 8 goals for Ergotelis in 32 matches.[3] On 4 July 2013 he signed for Iraklis in the Greek Football League.[3] He scored on his debut for his new club in an away 3–2 loss against Kavala.[7]