Nik Lorbek

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Nik Lorbek
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 27)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
SV Bad Schwanberg
Number 18
Youth career
Pobrežje
2010–2015 Maribor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Maribor B 70 (16)
2017–2019 Mura 59 (5)
2019–2021 Union SG 8 (0)
2021–2023 Mura 32 (0)
2023– SV Bad Schwanberg 12 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Slovenia U16 8 (0)
2012–2013 Slovenia U17 10 (1)
2013 Slovenia U18 5 (1)
2013–2014 Slovenia U19 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Nik Lorbek (born 17 April 1996) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Bad Schwanberg. [2]

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Career

Lorbek spent most of his youth career with Maribor. [3] At the age of 18, he was promoted to the club's reserve team, Maribor B, where he played for three seasons in the Slovenian Third League. [3]

Lorbek moved to Slovenian Second League side Mura in June 2017. [4] In his first season with Mura, they were promoted to the Slovenian First League, and in his second they qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In the summer of 2019, he moved to Belgium and joined Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. [5]

In July 2021, Lorbek returned to Mura, [6] where he stayed until January 2023 when he mutually terminated his contract. [7]

Honours

Mura

Union SG

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References

  1. Nik Lorbek at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 "Slovenia – N. Lorbek – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Nik Lorbek – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia . Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. "V dresu Mure odslej tudi Dejan Kurbus, Luka Bobičanec in Nik Lorbek". pomurec.com (in Slovenian). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. "Nik Lorbek: "Mura bo imela vedno posebno mesto pri meni"". sobotainfo.com (in Slovenian). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. "Stari znanec se vrača na Fazanerijo". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. "Mura potrdila naslednje slovo: Od Fazanerije se je poslovil Nik Lorbek, ki je zadnjo tekmo za črno-bele odigral septembra lani". planetnogomet.si (in Slovenian). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.