Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Asali daga Yugoslavia, Preki yana zaune kuma yana aiki a Amurka a 1985 amma lokacin da aka ba shi wuri a cikin tawagar 'yan wasan Amurka ya nemi izinin zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka wanda aka ba shi a ranar 25 ga Oktoba 1996. Ya fara bugawa Amurka wasa a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 1996 da Guatemala yana da shekaru 33, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama daya daga cikin tsofaffin 'yan wasan da suka fara bugawa kasa da kasa wasa. Preki ya buga wasanni 28 a Amurka, ya zira kwallaye hudu, daya daga cikinsu ya doke Brazil a gasar cin kofin zinare ta 1998
Ka yi haƙuri. Biyu daga cikin wasannin, ciki har da daya da ya buga da Yugoslavia (yanzu Serbia), ya zo ne a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1998. Ya yi wasan karshe na tawagar kasa a wasan da suka yi na 2-0 da Costa Rica a gasar cin kofin duniya a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 2001.