Jure Balkovec

Jure Balkovec
Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30)
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)
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– Alanyaspor 63 (8)
International career‡
2012 Slovenia U19[a] 3 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2018– Slovenia 38 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2024

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

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
Club Season League National cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bela Krajina 2010–11 Slovenian Second League 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Domžale 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22 3 1 0 — — 23 3
2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 4 0 1 0 1[c] 0 — 6 0
2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 11 1 3 0 — — 14 1
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30 5 4 0 3[c] 0 — 37 5
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 14 1 0 0 8[c] 2 — 22 3
Total 93 11 9 0 12 2 0 0 114 13
Krka (loan) 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Radomlje (loan) 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga 29 0 1 0 — — 30 0
Bari 2017–18 Serie B 11 1 0 0 — 1[d] 0 12 1
Hellas Verona 2018–19 Serie B 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
Empoli (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 32 1 2 0 — — 34 1
Fatih Karagümrük 2020–21 Süper Lig 33 2 0 0 — — 33 2
2021–22 Süper Lig 30 1 3 0 — — 33 1
Total 63 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 66 3
Alanyaspor 2022–23 Süper Lig 29 4 2 0 — — 31 4
2023–24 Süper Lig 28 3 3 1 — — 31 4
Total 57 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 62 8
Career total 317 23 21 1 12 2 1 0 351 26
  1. ^ Official UEFA competitive matches only.
  2. ^ Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in the 2017–18 Serie B promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c "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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