Miha Mevlja

Miha Mevlja

Mevlja with Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–2009	Gorica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Gorica	109	(5)
2010	→ Brda (loan)	2	(0)
2013–2014	Lausanne-Sport	30	(1)
2014–2015	Bnei Sakhnin	22	(0)
2015–2016	Dinamo București	41	(0)
2016–2017	Rostov	29	(1)
2017–2019	Zenit St. Petersburg	24	(0)
2019	→ Rostov (loan)	7	(1)
2019–2021	Sochi	48	(4)
2021–2022	Alanyaspor	14	(0)
2022–2023	Spartak Moscow	4	(0)
International career
2009	Slovenia U19[a]	5	(0)
2010–2012	Slovenia U21	13	(0)
2016–2022	Slovenia	50	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miha Mevlja (born 12 June 1990) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Mevlja began his career with Gorica, where he eventually spent four years with the first-team. In the summer of 2013 Mevlja joined Lausanne-Sport on a free transfer, his first club abroad, and competed in the Swiss Super League after signing a two-year contract.[1]

On 31 August 2017, Mevlja signed a four-year contract with Zenit St. Petersburg.[2] On 21 February 2019, he returned to Rostov on loan.[3]

On 2 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with PFC Sochi.[4]

On 19 July 2021, he joined Turkish club Alanyaspor on a three-year contract.[5]

On 8 September 2022, Mevlja returned to Russia and signed with Spartak Moscow for one season, with an option to extend for one more.[6] On 18 January 2023, his contract with Spartak was terminated by mutual consent.[7]

International career

During his spell with Dinamo București, he received his first call-up for the Slovenia national team and made his debut on 5 June 2016 in a friendly game against Turkey.[8]

Personal life

He has a twin brother named Nejc, who also played football professionally as a centre-back.[9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gorica	2009–10	Slovenian PrvaLiga	14	1	2	0	—		—		16	1
	2010–11		34	3	3	0	2[b]	0	—		39	3
	2011–12		28	1	3	0	—		—		31	1
	2012–13		33	0	3	0	—		—		36	0
	Total		109	5	11	0	2	0	0	0	122	5
Lausanne-Sport	2013–14	Swiss Super League	30	1	4	0	—		—		34	1
Bnei Sakhnin	2014–15	Israeli Premier League	22	0	0	0	—		—		22	0
Dinamo București	2015–16	Liga I	35	0	6	0	—		4[c]	0	45	0
	2016–17		6	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	7	0
	Total		41	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	52	0
Rostov	2016–17	Russian Premier League	21	0	0	0	10[d]	1	—		31	1
	2017–18		8	1	—		—		—		8	1
	Total		29	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	39	2
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2017–18	Russian Premier League	18	0	1	0	10[b]	0	—		29	0
	2018–19		6	0	1	0	7[b]	1	—		14	1
	2019–20		0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		24	0	2	0	17	1	0	0	43	1
Rostov	2018–19	Russian Premier League	7	1	1	0	—		—		8	1
Sochi	2019–20		19	1	1	0	—		—		20	1
	2020–21		29	3	2	0	—		—		31	3
	Total		48	4	3	0	—		—		51	4
Alanyaspor	2021–22	Süper Lig	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
	2022–23		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
Spartak Moscow	2022–23	Russian Premier League	4	0	3	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			328	12	32	0	29	2	5	0	394	14

1. Official competitive UEFA matches only.
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in Cupa Ligii
4. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mevlja goal.

List of international goals scored by Miha Mevlja

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2016	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland	4	Poland	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	11 November 2021	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia	44	Slovakia	2–1	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. "Miha Mevlja pour deux saisons au Lausanne-Sport" (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
2. Миха Мевля продолжит карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
3. Миха, с возвращением! [Miha, welcome back!] (in Russian). FC Rostov. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
4. Миха Мевля пополнил состав «Сочи» (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
5. "Miha Mevlja Alanyaspor'umuzda" (in Turkish). Alanyaspor. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
6. "Миха Мевля – новый игрок "Спартака"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
7. ""Спартак" расторг контракт с Мевлей" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
8. "CONVOCĂRI. Dinamoviști la loturile naționale" [CALL UPS. Dinamo players at national teams] (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
9. "Nejc Mevlja v vijoličastem do 2015" [Nejc Mevlja in purple until 2015] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

• Miha Mevlja – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Miha Mevlja – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Miha Mevlja at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miha Mevlja at Soccerway
• Miha Mevlja at WorldFootball.net
• Miha Mevlja at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Miha Mevlja at NZS (in Slovene)