Rok Kronaveter

Rok Kronaveter
Kronaveter in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Gamlitz
Number 10
Youth career
1997–2005 Železničar Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Železničar Maribor 59 (34)
2005–2009 Drava Ptuj 111 (28)
2010 Rudar Velenje 15 (4)
2010–2012 Energie Cottbus 31 (3)
2011 Energie Cottbus II 6 (0)
2012–2014 Győri ETO 38 (7)
2015 Petrolul Ploiești 12 (2)
2015–2019 Olimpija Ljubljana 94 (44)
2019–2023 Maribor 115 (30)
2023–2024 SV Allerheiligen 25 (6)
2024– FC Gamlitz 0 (0)
International career
2006 Slovenia U20 2 (1)
2005–2007 Slovenia U21 6 (0)
2016 Slovenia 4 (1)
2017 Slovenia B 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2024

Rok Kronaveter (born 7 December 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club FC Gamlitz.

Club career

Kronaveter began his football career playing for hometown club Železničar Maribor at the age of ten.[1] On 16 March 2003, at the age of 16, he made his senior début for the team during the Slovenian Second League match against Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina, appearing as a second-half substitute.[2] In the summer of 2006, he joined the top division side Drava Ptuj and signed his first professional contract.[3] In January 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Rudar Velenje.[4]

In August 2010, Kronaveter moved abroad for the first time and joined Energie Cottbus, signing a three-year contract.[5] However, his contract was terminated in June 2012, and he signed for Hungarian side Győri ETO soon afterwards.[6] With Győri, he won his first career honour as the team won the 2012–13 national title.[7] He left Győri in September 2014 by mutual consent.[8] After almost six months without a club, he signed for Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in March 2015.[9]

In June 2015, Kronaveter returned to Slovenia and signed for Olimpija Ljubljana.[10] With Olimpija, he won two league titles (2015–16 and 2017–18); in 2015–16, he was also the league's top goalscorer with 17 goals.[11] In June 2019, Kronaveter signed a two-year contract with Olimpija's arch-rivals Maribor.[12] For Maribor, he scored on his début during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round match against Valur, converting a late-game penalty kick for a 3–0 victory.[13]

International career

Between 2005 and 2007, Kronaveter played for Slovenian under-20 and under-21 teams, for which he scored one goal in eight appearances.[14] He made his debut for the senior team on 30 May 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Sweden.[15]

Kronaveter scored his first international goal for Slovenia on 8 October 2016 in a 1–0 victory over Slovakia.[16]

Personal life

Rok Kronaveter was born in Maribor,[17] Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), and lived in Malečnik as a toddler, before moving to Maribor at the age of two.[18] His father was a footballer, while his mother was a handball player.[18] His older brother, David, is also a former footballer.[18][19] Growing up his idol was Brazilian forward Ronaldo.[18]

In 2012, Kronaveter married his long-term partner Sandra. He has two children, a daughter Adriana (born 2011) and a son Lukas (2013).[18][19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2023[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Železničar Maribor 2002–03 Slovenian Second League 15 4 0 0 — — — 15 4
2003–04 Slovenian Third League 23 14 0 0 — — — 23 14
2004–05 Slovenian Third League 18 14 2 3 — — — 20 17
2005–06 Slovenian Third League 3 2 — — — — 3 2
Total 59 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 37
Drava Ptuj 2005–06 Slovenian PrvaLiga 26 10 1 0 — — — 27 10
2006–07 Slovenian PrvaLiga 27 8 1 0 — — — 28 8
2007–08 Slovenian PrvaLiga 11 1 1 0 — — — 12 1
2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga 28 5 1 0 — — 2[a] 3 31 8
2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga 19 4 2 1 — — — 21 5
Total 111 28 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 119 32
Rudar Velenje 2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12 3 2 0 — — — 14 3
2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga 3 1 0 0 — — — 3 1
Total 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4
Energie Cottbus 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 14 1 3 0 — — — 17 1
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 17 2 0 0 — — — 17 2
Total 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3
Energie Cottbus II 2011–12 Regionalliga 6 0 — — — — 6 0
Győri ETO 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 19 5 6 2 4 4 — — 29 11
2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 15 2 3 0 6 2 1[b] 0 — 25 4
2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[c] 0 — 6 0
Total 38 7 9 2 10 6 3 0 0 0 60 15
Petrolul Ploiești 2014–15 Liga I 12 2 1 0 — — — 13 2
Olimpija Ljubljana 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30 17 2 0 — — — 32 17
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17 4 1 0 — 0 0 — 18 4
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22 6 5 2 — 0 0 — 27 8
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 25 17 3 3 — 7[d] 1 — 35 21
Total 94 44 11 5 0 0 7 1 0 0 112 50
Maribor 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 28 14 1 0 — 8[e] 3 — 37 17
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 29 7 1 0 — 1[c] 0 — 31 7
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 25 6 1 0 — 3[f] 0 — 29 6
2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga 33 3 3 0 — 8[g] 0 — 44 3
Total 115 30 6 0 0 0 20 3 0 0 141 33
Career total 481 152 40 11 10 6 30 4 2 3 563 176
  1. ^ Appearances in Slovenian PrvaLiga relegation play-offs[22][23]
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[24]
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia
2016 4 1
Total 4 1
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kronaveter goal.[24]
List of international goals scored by Rok Kronaveter
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2016 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovakia 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Győri ETO

Olimpija Ljubljana

Maribor

Individual

  • Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 2015–16[11]
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga Player of the Year: 2015–16[25]
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga best XI: 2015–16[25]

References

  1. ^ "Rok Kronaveter: "Preskok iz slovenskega v nemški nogomet je velik!"". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). 11 April 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Jadran Pivo.Mahnič 0:0 Železničar". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ Rok, Plestenjak (14 August 2015). "Rok Kronaveter: Ponudba Zlatka Zahovića me je razočarala". siol.net (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ M. R. (29 January 2010). "Kronaveter se je pridružil Rudarju" (in Slovenian). Velenje: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ Zupan, Tine (4 August 2010). "Kronaveter podpisal za Cottbus". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  6. ^ Zore, Miran (19 June 2012). "Kronaveter odslej na Madžarskem". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ^ "NB I 2012–13". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. ^ Dominko, Peter (16 September 2014). "Kronaveter nič več za Győr". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. ^ Dominko, Peter (6 March 2015). "Kronaveter bo nadaljeval v Romuniji". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. ^ G.J.; STA (25 June 2015). "Olimpijo okrepili Kronaveter, Vodišek in Tijanić". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b "2015–16 1. SNL – Players". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  12. ^ Plestenjak, Rok (3 June 2019). "Prestop leta v Sloveniji: Zahović pripeljal Kronavetra, ki je uresničil otroško željo". siol.net (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  13. ^ A. G. (10 July 2019). "Maribor po golu in dveh podajah Kronavetra z nogo in pol že v drugem predkrogu" (in Slovenian). Reykjavík: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Rok Kronaveter – U20 national team". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  15. ^ A. G. (30 May 2016). "1. polčas pripadel Slovencem, 2. Švedom, mreži pa mirovali" [First half belonged to Slovenia, second to Sweden, but no goals] (in Slovenian). Malmö: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Slovenia 1–0 Slovakia". uefa.com. UEFA. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  17. ^ Okorn, Jože (22 November 2018). "V Stožicah dvoboj najboljših strelcev lige Kronavetra in Sirka". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d e Kavčič, Barbara (20 October 2015). "Rok Kronaveter: Že pri 13 si je "izposodil" mamin avto". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Rok Kronaveter odkrito o žaljivkah in sovraštvu". Odkrito.si (in Slovenian). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  20. ^ a b c d e f "Slovenia – R. Kronaveter". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Rok Kronaveter – Statistika vseh odigranih tekem" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  22. ^ Uredništvo (31 May 2009). "Drava bo lovila zaostanek". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Labod Drava s sedmico obstala v prvi ligi" (in Slovenian). Ptuj: RTV Slovenija. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  24. ^ a b "Rok Kronaveter – national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  25. ^ a b "SPINS XI 2015/2016". spins.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.