Jure Balkovec

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Jure Balkovec
Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Novo Mesto, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Alanyaspor
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2011 Bela Krajina
2012 Domžale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Bela Krajina 11 (0)
2011–2018 Domžale 93 (11)
2014Krka (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015Radomlje (loan) 29 (0)
2018 Bari 11 (1)
2018–2020 Hellas Verona 17 (0)
2019–2020Empoli (loan) 32 (1)
2020–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 63 (3)
2022– Alanyaspor 49 (6)
International career
2012 Slovenia U19[a] 3 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2018– Slovenia 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Alanyaspor.[2]

Club career[edit]

In January 2018, Balkovec left Domžale and signed for Italian Serie B outfit Bari,[3] only to move to Hellas Verona in the same league a few months later after the financial collapse of Bari.[4]

In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey for Fatih Karagümrük.[5] In summer 2022, he joined compatriot Miha Mevlja at fellow Turkish side Alanyaspor.[6]

International career[edit]

Balkovec made his debut for Slovenia in an October 2018 Nations League match against Cyprus, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Bojan Jokić.[7]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Official UEFA competitive matches only.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "J. Balkovec". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ Mađerić, Davor (6 July 2022). "Slovenska reprezentanta združila moči v Turčiji". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ^ Burazer, Matic (6 January 2018). "URADNO: Balkovec se seli v Bari". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ Burazer, Matic (3 August 2018). "Jure Balkovec se seli v Verono". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ Šubic, Aleš (12 September 2020). "Balkovec okrepil novega turškega prvoligaša". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Nova selitev reprezentanta, v Turčiji zdaj slovenski tandem". Sportklub (in Slovenian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Slovenia – Cyprus 1:1 (Nations League C 2018/2019, Group 3)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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