Blaž Vrhovec
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Maribor | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | Svoboda | ||
2008–2009 | Slovan | ||
2010–2011 | Interblock | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Interblock | 25 | (1) |
2012–2016 | Celje | 111 | (6) |
2016–2022 | Maribor | 143 | (9) |
2022 | Anorthosis | 11 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Górnik Zabrze | 13 | (0) |
2023– | Maribor | 28 | (0) |
International career | |||
2010 | Slovenia U19 | 3 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Slovenia U20 | 8 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Slovenia U21 | 14 | (1) |
2016–2021 | Slovenia | 5 | (0) |
2019 | Slovenia B | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 |
Blaž Vrhovec (born 20 February 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.[1]
Career
[edit]Vrhovec made his debut in European competitions for Celje on 5 July 2012, in the UEFA Europa League first preliminary round match against Dacia Chişinău.[2] He scored his first goal in the Slovenian top division on 12 August 2012 against Mura 05.[3] On 23 March 2016, he made his debut for the Slovenia national football team against Macedonia.[4]
In June 2016, Vrhovec signed a three-year contract with Maribor.[5]
On 15 January 2022, after five-and-a-half years with Maribor, Vrhovec signed for the Cypriot First Division side Anorthosis Famagusta until 2024.[6][7] However, his contract with Anorthosis was terminated on 31 August 2022.[8]
Two days later, on 2 September 2022, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze on a one-year deal with an extension option.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 14 April 2023
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Interblock | 2011–12 | Slovenian Second League | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |
Celje | 2012–13 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 34 | 1 |
2013–14 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
2014–15 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
Total | 111 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 7 | ||
Maribor | 2016–17 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2017–18 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
2018–19 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
2019–20 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
Total | 143 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 191 | 9 | ||
Anorthosis | 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |
Górnik Zabrze | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
Career total | 303 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 383 | 19 |
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Maribor
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Slovenia – B. Vrhovec – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Blaž Vrhovec » Europa League Qual. 2012/2013". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Blaž Vrhovec – 2012/13" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Blaž Vrhovec" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Blaž Vrhovec in Sunny Omoregie do 2019" [Blaz Vrhovec and Sunny Omoregie until 2019] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Podvratnik, Urban (15 January 2022). "Vrhovec se po petih letih in pol poslavlja od Maribora, kateremu se obeta lepa odškodnina". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Στα γαλανόλευκα ο Blaz Vrhovec!" (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta FC. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Αποχωρεί από την Ανόρθωση ο Βερχόβετς". alphanews.live (in Greek). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Blaž Vrhovec piłkarzem Górnika" (in Polish). Górnik Zabrze. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Blaž Vrhovec at NZS (in Slovene)
- Blaž Vrhovec at Soccerway.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at National-Football-Teams.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at FBref.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at EU-Football.info
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ljubljana
- Men's association football midfielders
- Slovenian men's footballers
- Slovenia men's youth international footballers
- Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers
- Slovenia men's international footballers
- NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players
- NK Celje players
- NK Maribor players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Slovenian Second League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland