Blaž Vrhovec

Blaž Vrhovec
Vrhovec with Maribor in November 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 (age 32)
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 30 (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 8 December 2024

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Maribor

References

  1. ^ a b "Slovenia – B. Vrhovec – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Blaž Vrhovec » Europa League Qual. 2012/2013". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Blaž Vrhovec – 2012/13" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Blaž Vrhovec" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Στα γαλανόλευκα ο Blaz Vrhovec!" (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta FC. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Αποχωρεί από την Ανόρθωση ο Βερχόβετς". alphanews.live (in Greek). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Blaž Vrhovec piłkarzem Górnika" (in Polish). Górnik Zabrze. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.