Jure Balkovec

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Jure Balkovec
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Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Novo Mesto, Slovenia [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 29
Youth career
–2011 Bela Krajina
2012 Domžale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Bela Krajina 11 (0)
2011–2018 Domžale 93 (11)
2014 → Krka (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Radomlje (loan) 29 (0)
2018 Bari 11 (1)
2018–2020 Hellas Verona 17 (0)
2019–2020 → Empoli (loan) 32 (1)
2020–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 63 (3)
2022–2025 Alanyaspor 82 (8)
2025–2026 Fatih Karagümrük 17 (0)
2026– Omonia 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Slovenia U19 [a] 3 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2018– Slovenia 39 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025

Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Cypriot First Division club Omonia and the Slovenia national team.

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Club career

In January 2018, Balkovec left Domžale and signed for Italian Serie B outfit Bari, [2] only to move to Hellas Verona after half a year due to Bari's financial collapse. [3]

In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey for Fatih Karagümrük. [4] In summer 2022, he joined compatriot Miha Mevlja at fellow Turkish side Alanyaspor. [5] [6]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 18 May 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bela Krajina 2010–11 Slovenian Second League 11000——110
Domžale 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12100——121
2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga22310——233
2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga40101 [c] 0—60
2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga11130——141
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga305403 [c] 0—375
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga141008 [c] 2—223
Total9311901220011413
Krka (loan) 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga4000——40
Radomlje (loan) 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga29010——300
Bari 2017–18 Serie B 11100—1 [d] 0121
Hellas Verona 2018–19 Serie B17010——180
Empoli (loan) 2019–20 Serie B32120——341
Fatih Karagümrük 2020–21 Süper Lig 33200——332
2021–22 Süper Lig30130——331
Total633300000663
Alanyaspor 2022–23 Süper Lig29420——314
2023–24 Süper Lig28331——314
Total577510000628
Career total317232111221035126
  1. ↑ Official UEFA competitive matches only.
  2. ↑ Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in the 2017–18 Serie B promotion play-offs

References

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