Matevž Vidovšek

Matevž Vidovšek
Personal information
Date of birth	30 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Olimpija Ljubljana
Number	69
Youth career
2004–2015	Dravograd
2014	→ Jarenina (loan)
2015–2016	Bravo
2016–2018	Atalanta
2018	→ Pescara (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Atalanta
2018–2019	→ Reggina 1914 (loan)
2019–2020	→ Ayia Napa (loan)
2020–	Olimpija Ljubljana
International career‡
2015–2016	Slovenia U17
2017	Slovenia U18
2023–	Slovenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024

Matevž Vidovšek (born 30 October 1999) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Olimpija Ljubljana and the Slovenia national team.

He has also represented Slovenia at youth international level with the under-17 and under-18 teams.

Club career

Vidovšek started his football career at local side Dravograd.^[3] In 2016, at the age of 16, he moved to the youth ranks of Serie A team Atalanta, and was later loaned to Italian teams Pescara and Reggina 1914, and Cypriot club Ayia Napa.^[4]

In September 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana.^[4] He made his PrvaLiga debut in May 2022, in the last round of the 2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Celje.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Matevž Vidovšek". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "AOAN AGIAS NAPAS – Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 2019/20". cfa.com.cy. Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ Burazer, Matic (30 September 2020). "Olimpijo okrepil nov vratar – Matevž Vidovšek". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Olimpija pripeljala novega vratarja" (in Slovenian). Siol. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "Matevž Vidovšek » PrvaLiga 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

External links

Matevž Vidovšek at NZS (in Slovene)
Matevž Vidovšek at Soccerway.com
Matevž Vidovšek at WorldFootball.net
Matevž Vidovšek at National-Football-Teams.com

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[wf-1] "Matevž Vidovšek". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[2] "AOAN AGIAS NAPAS – Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 2019/20". cfa.com.cy. Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[3] Burazer, Matic (30 September 2020). "Olimpijo okrepil nov vratar – Matevž Vidovšek". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[siol-4] "Olimpija pripeljala novega vratarja" (in Slovenian). Siol. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[5] "Matevž Vidovšek » PrvaLiga 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

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