Rene Krhin

Rene Krhin (born 21 May 1990) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF and the Slovenia national team as a central midfielder.

Internazionale

Signing for Internazionale alongside fellow rising star Vid Belec from hometown club Maribor at the age of 16 as a European Union player, he started to play for Internazionale at Allievi Nazionali (U17) team.

Krhin playing for Internazionale

In July 2009, he was called up by manager Jose Mourinho to the Inter first team for the pre-season tour of the United States, and subsequently played in several friendlies. For the 2009–10 competitive season, he was called up to the match squads, but did not make the starting eleven or the bench for the first three games, against Lazio in the Supercoppa Italiana, Bari, and Milan. He subsequently made his official debut for Inter against Parma in the week three Serie A fixture, coming on as a substitute for Wesley Sneijder. He next came on in the 84th minute against Catania on 24 October for Sulley Muntari. On 1 November 2009, he made his first league start in a 2–0 win over Livorno.

In November 2009, he signed a reported five-year contract.

Bologna

On 27 July 2010 he moved to fellow Serie A side Bologna in a co-ownership deal for €2 million,

On 11 March 2012, he scored his first goal in Serie A during the match against Lazio, which was won by Bologna 3–1.

Back to Inter

Krhin was re-signed by Inter Milan from Bologna in June 2014 for €1.2 million on a contract until 30 June 2016. On 30 January 2015, after making only three league appearances for the Nerazzurri during the first part of the season, Krhin joined La Liga side Córdoba on loan until the end of the season.

Granada

On 23 July 2015 Krhin moved to fellow La Liga team Granada, after agreeing to a four-year deal.

Krhin was ever present U19 European Championship qualifying and captained the U19's to a place in the final tournament but could not take part due to club commitments. He made his senior debut in a friendly on 5 September 2009, a 1–2 loss to England, coming on as a second-half substitute. He is one of the youngest debutants for the Slovenian national team, having been capped for the first time at the age of 19 years, 3 months and 15 days. Krhin scored his first international goal on June 7, 2013 in a World Cup Qualifying match against Iceland.

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2013	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	4–2	4–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	4 September 2016	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–2	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Internazionale

• Serie A: 2009–10
• Coppa Italia: 2009–10
• UEFA Champions League: 2009–10

Krhin was born in Maribor, present day Slovenia and spent his youth in Jakobski Dol.