Hotić withLech Poznań in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, Slovenia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bodrum | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Domžale | ||
| 2008–2011 | Bravo | ||
| 2011–2013 | Maribor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Maribor | 120 | (19) |
| 2013–2014 | →Veržej (loan) | 18 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | Maribor B | 27 | (4) |
| 2016 | →Krško (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Cercle Brugge | 112 | (17) |
| 2023–2025 | Lech Poznań | 43 | (5) |
| 2025–2026 | Ajman Club | 14 | (0) |
| 2026– | Bodrum | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Slovenia U17[a] | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slovenia U19[a] | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Slovenia U21 | 14 | (4) |
| 2019 | Slovenia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 February 2026 | |||
Dino Hotić (Bosnian pronunciation:[dîːnoxǒtitɕ]; born 26 July 1995) is a professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder forTFF 1. Lig clubBodrum. Born in Slovenia, he represented theBosnia and Herzegovina national team internationally.
Hotić started his professional career atMaribor, who loaned him toVeržej in 2013 and toKrško in 2016. In 2020, he joinedCercle Brugge. Three years later, he moved to Polish clubLech Poznań.
A former Slovenian youth international, Hotić made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019.

Hotić started playing football at local clubDomžale and later atBravo,[2] before joiningMaribor's youth academy in 2011.[3]
In July 2013, he was sent on a season-long loan toVeržej.[4] In January 2016, he was loaned toKrško until the end of season.[5]
In January 2020, Hotić was transferred to Belgian outfitCercle Brugge for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around €1.2 million.[6][7] He made his official debut for the team on 19 January againstAntwerp.[8] On 8 February, he scored his first goal for Cercle Brugge in a triumph overMechelen.[9]
On 12 July 2023, Hotić moved on afree transfer to PolishEkstraklasa sideLech Poznań, signing a three-year deal.[10] Marred by injuries throughout his firstseason in Poznań, he scored five times and provided one assist during Lech's title-winning2024–25 campaign.[11]
On 16 June 2025, Hotić signed with Emirati clubAjman Club.[11]
Despite representingSlovenia at all youth levels,[12] Hotić decided to play forBosnia and Herzegovina at senior level as his parents are of Bosnian descent fromKljuč.[13][14]
In October 2019, his request to change sports citizenship from Slovenian to Bosnian was approved byFIFA.[15] Later that month, he received his first senior call-up, for theUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches againstItaly andLiechtenstein.[16] He debuted against the latter on 18 November.[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[b] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maribor | 2012–13 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10[d] | 0 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2018–19 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 39 | 10 | |
| 2019–20 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7[e] | 1 | 26 | 5 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 7 | ||
| 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 42 | 5 | ||
| Total | 112 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 18 | ||
| Lech Poznań | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[f] | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | ||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 306 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 357 | 56 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
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