Blaž Vrhovec (born 20 February 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.[1]
Career
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
Club
- As of match played 14 April 2023
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Maribor
References
- ^ 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
- Blaž Vrhovec at NZS (in Slovene)
- Blaž Vrhovec at Soccerway.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at National-Football-Teams.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at kicker (in German)
- Blaž Vrhovec at FBref.com
- Blaž Vrhovec at EU-Football.info
