Sporting Kansas City II has signed 18-year-old Croatian youth international center back Aljaz Dzankic, the club announced today. Dzankic will officially be added to the roster pending league and federation approval.
Dzankic began his youth career with Slovenian outfit NK Maribor and rose to the U-19 level of Slovenia’s most successful club before joining Italian Serie A side Udinese in 2019. He made 16 appearances for Udinese Primavera – the club’s youth side – in the 2019-20 Primavera 2A season, with the team going 9-6-1 when he played in all competitions.
In the summer of 2020, Dzankic returned to Slovenia and joined NK Aluminij in the PrvaLiga – the Slovenian top flight.