Borut Semler

Borut Semler
Personal information
Full name	Borut Semler
Date of birth	25 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Murska Sobota, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–1999	Mura
1999–2001	Varteks
2001–2004	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	Bayern Munich II
2007–2008	Varteks
2008	Domžale
2008–2009	Drava Ptuj
2010–2011	Mordovia Saransk
2011–2012	Kaisar
2012	Akzhayik
2013	Shakhter Karagandy
2013	→ Kaisar (loan)
2014–2015	Akzhayik
2015	Spartak Semey
2015–2016	Dob
2016	SC Weiz
2016–2018	FC Bad Radkersburg
2018	SV Feldbach
2019	SV Kaindorf/Sulm
2019–2021	USV Hengsberg
International career
2001	Slovenia U15
2000–2001	Slovenia U16
2004	Slovenia U19
2004–2006	Slovenia U21
2004–2007	Slovenia
Managerial career
2016–2017	FC Bad Radkersburg (youth coach)
2018	SV Feldbach (player-assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Borut Semler (born 25 February 1985) is a Slovenian footballer.

Career

He started his career playing in youth systems of Slovenian side NK Mura and Croatian side NK Varteks before moving to Bayern Munich's youth system in the summer of 2001. He started to play for Bayern Munich's reserve squad in the Regionalliga Süd, the third tier of German football in May 2004 and made his debut for the team in their second-last match of the 2003–04 season, a 3–0 away victory against the reserve squad of 1. FSV Mainz 05. It took him only two minutes to score his first goal for the team as he increased their lead on 2–0 after coming off the bench as a substitute for Erdal Kilicaslan for the final 15 minutes of the match. He played regularly for the team in the following season and scored nine goals in 27 matches. In the 2005–06 season, however, he only made 13 appearances for the team without scoring any goals. In the following season he had seven appearances, but again didn't manage to get on the score sheet. He returned to his youth club Varteks on 18 January 2007. He scored two goals for the club in the Croatian First League in thirteen games. In January 2008 he went back to Slovenia and first signed for NK Domžale, before he was transferred to NK Drava Ptuj in August that year.

International career

Semler has played for Slovenian under-21 team and the senior national team. He made his debut for the Slovenian senior team on 18 August 2004 in a 1–1 draw against Serbia and Montenegro, coming off the bench as a late substitute.^[1] He has been capped seven times for the national team between 2004 and 2007.^[2]