Rajko Rep

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Rajko Rep
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Rep with Austria Klagenfurt in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-20) 20 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Rogatec, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SV Oberwart
Youth career
1996–2004 Mons Claudius
2004–2008 Celje
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Celje 44 (6)
2008–2009 → MU Šentjur (loan) 7 (3)
2010–2013 Maribor 32 (2)
2011–2012 → Mura 05 (loan) 23 (3)
2013 → Mura 05 (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2016 Austria Klagenfurt 70 (27)
2016–2018 LASK 46 (6)
2018–2021 TSV Hartberg 89 (22)
2021 Sepsi OSK 3 (1)
2022 Austria Klagenfurt 7 (0)
2022–2024 Bruk-Bet Termalica 14 (1)
2024– SV Oberwart 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Slovenia U17 5 (0)
2007–2008 Slovenia U18 7 (1)
2008–2009 Slovenia U19 12 (6)
2009 Slovenia U20 1 (0)
2009–2012 Slovenia U21 18 (2)
2019–2020 Slovenia 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2024

Rajko Rep (born 20 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club SV Oberwart.

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Club career

Rep started his career at Mons Claudius from Rogatec and was then transferred to Celje youth sides, where he signed his first professional contract. For a short period of time he also played for MU Šentjur on loan. He was named a team captain during his time in Celje at the age of 19 and was the youngest captain in the history of the club. [2]

In late August 2010 he signed a four-year contract with Maribor. [1] [3] In August 2011, he was loaned to Mura 05 until the end of the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga season. [4]

In January 2024, he left Polish second division side Bruk-Bet Termalica for third tier Austrian club SV Oberwart. [5]

International career

Rep played for Slovenia under-19 through qualifications for the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship where he scored five out of six Slovenia goals in the final phase of qualifications, including a hat-trick against Russia. [6] He also scored against the Netherlands [7] and Belarus. [8]

He made his debut for the senior team on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Poland. He substituted Benjamin Verbič in the 86th minute. [9]

Personal life

Rep was born in Rogatec and started to play football at a local club when he was six years old. [10] He is a declared NK Maribor supporter as he started to support the team during 1999 when the club was playing in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. [11] [12]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia
201910
202041
Total51
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rep goal.
List of international goals scored by Rajko Rep
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 October 2020 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, SloveniaFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 4–04–0 Friendly

Honours

Maribor

Austria Klagenfurt

LASK Linz

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References

  1. 1 2 "Osebni karton: Rajko Rep" [Personal card: Rajko Rep] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Rajko Rep postal kapetan Celjanov!" [Rajko Rep became Celje's captain]. kozjansko.info (in Slovenian). 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Rajko Rep v Maribor!" [Rajko Rep to Maribor] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Kuhar, Smiljan (23 August 2011). "Dodlek in Rep v Muro" [Dodlek and Rep to Mura] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Rajko Rep sprejel zanimivo odločitev: Izkušeni slovenski nogometaš se je po slovesu od Poljske vrnil v Avstrijo, igral bo v tretji ligi". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ↑ ""Hat-trick" Repa premalo za zmago" [Rep's hat-trick not enough for a win] (in Slovenian). Lendava: RTV Slovenija. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mladi Slovenci remizirali z Nizozemci" [Youth Slovenian team drew with the Netherlands] (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  8. ↑ P. Z./STA (10 June 2009). "Slovenski upi gredo na EP" [Youth Slovenian team is going to the European Championship]. Delo (in Slovenian). Murska Sobota. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Poland v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Spoznajte udeleženca Eura U19 – Rajko Rep" [Meet a member of the Euro U19 squad – Rajko Rep] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  11. ↑ Viškovič, Rok (17 September 2010). "Rep: Kje pa, točka ne bo dovolj" [One point will not be enough] (in Slovenian). Siol . Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  12. ↑ Zore, Miran (13 September 2010). "Za vijoličaste od malih nog" [For "The Violets" since I was young] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  13. ↑ "Rajko Rep, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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