Rok Kronaveter

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Rok Kronaveter
Rok Kronaveter pred Stozicami 1 julija 2016.jpg
Kronaveter in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 37)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Železničar Maribor 2002–03 Slovenian Second League 15400———154
2003–04 Slovenian Third League 231400———2314
2004–05 Slovenian Third League181423———2017
2005–06 Slovenian Third League32————32
Total5934230000006137
Drava Ptuj 2005–06 Slovenian PrvaLiga 261010———2710
2006–07 Slovenian PrvaLiga27810———288
2007–08 Slovenian PrvaLiga11110———121
2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga28510——2 [lower-alpha 1] 3318
2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga19421———215
Total111286100002311932
Rudar Velenje 2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga12320———143
2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga3100———31
Total15420000000174
Energie Cottbus 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 14130———171
2011–12 2. Bundesliga17200———172
Total31330000000343
Energie Cottbus II 2011–12 Regionalliga 60————60
Győri ETO 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1956244——2911
2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I15230621 [lower-alpha 2] 0—254
2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I4000002 [lower-alpha 3] 0—60
Total3879210630006015
Petrolul Ploiești 2014–15 Liga I 12210———132
Olimpija Ljubljana 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga301720———3217
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga17410—00—184
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga22652—00—278
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga251733—7 [lower-alpha 4] 1—3521
Total944411500710011250
Maribor 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga281410—8 [lower-alpha 5] 3—3717
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga29710—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0—317
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga25610—3 [lower-alpha 6] 0—296
2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga33330—8 [lower-alpha 7] 0—443
Total1153060002030014133
Career total481152401110630423563176
  1. ↑ Appearances in Slovenian PrvaLiga relegation play-offs [22] [23]
  2. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 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 teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia
201641
Total41
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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 October 2016 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, SloveniaFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1–01–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Győri ETO

Olimpija Ljubljana

Maribor

Individual

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