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Žan Karničnik

Žan Karničnik (born 18 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje and the Slovenia national team.[2]

Žan Karničnik
Karničnik with Slovenia in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Celje
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2013 Dravograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Radlje ob Dravi 51 (10)
2015–2017 Maribor 1 (0)
2015–2017 Maribor B 50 (11)
2017–2022 Mura 146 (14)
2022–2023 Ludogorets Razgrad 16 (0)
2022 Ludogorets Razgrad II 4 (0)
2023 → Celje (loan) 34 (2)
2024– Celje 16 (2)
International career‡
2021– Slovenia 34 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Club career

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Karničnik played for the youth teams of Slovenian club Dravograd before moving to the Styrian League side Radlje ob Dravi in 2013 to start his senior career.[3] Before the start of the 2015–16 season, he signed with PrvaLiga club Maribor, where he was part of their reserve side, Maribor B, playing in the Slovenian third division.[4] After being a regular starter for Maribor B for two seasons, he made his first and only appearance for Maribor's first team in May 2017, starting in a 3–1 loss against Aluminij.[5]

On 26 July 2017, Karničnik joined Slovenian Second League club Mura.[2] At the end of his first season at Mura, the club won the league and was thus promoted to the PrvaLiga.[2] In the 2020–21 season, Karničnik made 34 appearances as he won the PrvaLiga title with Mura, the first domestic league title in the club's history.[6]

In January 2022, Karničnik moved to Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.[7] With Ludogorets, he won the national title in the 2021–22 season, making eleven league appearances in the second part of the season.[2] He was set to leave Ludogorets in the summer of 2022 due to a lack of playing time and was on the verge of signing for Norwegian side Lillestrøm SK, but the transfer was cancelled as the paperwork was sent too late after the transfer window had already closed.[8] After only five games played in the first part of the 2022–23 season,[2] he returned to Slovenia in December 2022 and joined Celje on a one-year loan.[9] After a successful loan spell, Karničnik joined Celje on a permanent basis in January 2024.[10] With the club, he won the Slovenian First League in the 2023–24 season, appearing in 34 league games and scoring four goals.[2]

International career

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Karničnik made his debut for the Slovenia national team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Malta.[11]

In June 2024, he was called up to the squad for UEFA Euro 2024 by Slovenian coach Matjaž Kek.[12] He played the full 90 minutes in all four Slovenia matches at the tournament,[13] and also scored in the 1–1 group stage draw against Serbia.[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 May 2024[1][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maribor 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 1 0 — — 1 0
Mura 2017–18 Slovenian Second League 25 4 4 1 — 29 5
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 35 2 5 1 — 40 3
2019–20 33 3 5 1 1[b] 0 39 4
2020–21 34 3 1 0 3[b] 0 38 3
2021–22 19 2 1 0 14[c] 0 34 2
Total 146 14 16 3 18 0 180 17
Ludogorets 2021–22 First League 11 0 3 0 0 0 14 0
2022–23 First League 5 0 0 0 4[d] 0 9 0
Total 16 0 3 0 4 0 23 0
Ludogorets II 2022–23 Second League 4 0 — — 4 0
Celje 2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
2023–24 34 4 0 0 6[e] 0 40 4
Total 50 4 2 0 6 0 58 4
Career total 217 18 21 3 28 0 266 21
  1. ^ Includes Slovenian Cup, Bulgarian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 17 November 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2021 4 0
2022 10 0
2023 10 1
2024 10 1
Total 34 2
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karničnik goal.
List of international goals scored by Žan Karničnik
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2023 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 20   San Marino 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2 20 June 2024 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany 30   Serbia 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

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Maribor

Mura

Ludogorets Razgrad

Celje

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c Žan Karničnik at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Žan Karničnik at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Radeljčani že trenirajo s polno paro". golgeter.com (in Slovenian). 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. ^ "NK Maribor B Ponovno osvojiti naslov". golgeter.com (in Slovenian). 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Statistika – Prva Liga Telekom Slovenije 2016/17". prvaliga.si (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Mura državni prvak Slovenije". nkmura.si (in Slovenian). 22 May 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Žan Karničnik odhaja v Ludogorec". nsmura.si (in Slovenian). 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Kaj se dogaja? Žan Karničnik živi v negotovosti! Časa naj bi imeli 30 sekund?!". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Žan Karničnik okrepil Celjane; Oliver Bogatinov prevzel Radomlje" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Karničnik ostaja med grofi" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Žan Karničnik, international football player". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  12. ^ Zalokar, Peter (7 June 2024). "Matjaž Kek izbral 26 adutov za euro 2024, zraven tudi prerojeni Iličić". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Žan Karničnik – Slovenia – UEFA EURO 2024". UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Karničnik odprl vrata v raj, a Slovenija na koncu ostala brez zgodovinske zmage" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Karničnik najboljši igralec sezone v Spinsovem izboru". sta.si (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 18 May 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  16. ^ "SPINS XI: Objavljamo imena najboljših nogometašev in trenerja sezone 2023/2024 v Sloveniji". spins.si (in Slovenian). 18 May 2024. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  17. ^ R. P. (8 November 2023). "Strokovna komisija NZS in javnost okronali Karničnika" (in Slovenian). Siol. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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