Jure Balkovec

Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Turkish club Alanyaspor and the Slovenia national team.[2]

Jure Balkovec
Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994
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 57 (7)
International career
2012 Slovenia U19[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2018– Slovenia 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2024

Club career

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

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
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bela Krajina 2010–11 Slovenian Second League 11000110
Domžale 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12100121
2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22310233
2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 40101[lower-alpha 3]060
2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 11130141
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 305403[lower-alpha 3]0375
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 141008[lower-alpha 3]2223
Total 9311901220011413
Krka (loan) 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 400040
Radomlje (loan) 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga 29010300
Bari 2017–18 Serie B 111001[lower-alpha 4]0121
Hellas Verona 2018–19 Serie B 17010180
Empoli (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 32120341
Fatih Karagümrük 2020–21 Süper Lig 33200332
2021–22 Süper Lig 30130331
Total 633300000663
Alanyaspor 2022–23 Süper Lig 29420314
2023–24 Süper Lig 28331314
Total 577510000628
Career total 317232111221035126
  1. Official UEFA competitive matches only.
  2. Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in the 2017–18 Serie B promotion play-offs

References

  1. "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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