Career
In 1985, aged nearly 29, he moved abroad and signed for Belgium"s K.V. Kortrijk. Desnica returned to his country after five years, and joined NK. After a brief spell with NK Orijent, he signed with NK, and retired at 41 after representing, in both and its outskirts, lowly clubs NK Halubjan, NK Klana and NK Lučki Radnik.
Desnica gained one cap for Yugoslavia, scoring in a 2–3 away loss against Romania for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1980 qualifiers, on 25 October 1978. Desnica was one of the very few deaf persons to play football professionally – he also only communicated manually.
