Alen Ploj (born 30 June 1992) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward for Lenart.

Alen Ploj
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Lenart, Slovenia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lenart
Youth career
Lenart
0000–2007 Jarenina
2007–2011 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Maribor 17 (7)
2011–2012Aluminij (loan) 23 (8)
2013Mura 05 (loan) 15 (1)
2014Celje (loan) 9 (0)
2014–2015 Maribor B 24 (20)
2015–2016 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 6 (1)
2016 Bełchatów 12 (4)
2016–2017 Bytovia Bytów 16 (3)
2017–2018 Wisła Puławy 28 (4)
2018–2020 Nafta 1903 45 (12)
2020–2021 SAK Klagenfurt 13 (7)
2021–2022 Rogaška 23 (7)
2022 Drava Ptuj 12 (1)
2022 FC Gamlitz 14 (2)
2023– Lenart
International career
2010 Slovenia U19[a] 3 (0)
2013 Slovenia U21[a] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ploj started his career at local side Lenart,[2] and later played youth football with Jarenina. In 2007, he joined Maribor,[1] where he signed his first professional contract with the club in early 2011.[1] Ploj made his debut in the Slovenian PrvaLiga on 16 March 2011 against Nafta Lendava.[3] During that season he made another league appearance for the club, in the final round of the 2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga season against Domžale, when he also scored his first top division goal.[4] In the 2011–12 season, Ploj was loaned to the Slovenian Second League side Aluminij.[5] He scored a hat-trick for Aluminij in the fourth matchday of the Second League on 27 August 2011, in a 5–1 win over Dravinja.[6]

Personal life

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Ploj is a native of Lenart, a small town in the northeastern Slovenia.[1]

Honours

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Maribor

Aluminij

Maribor B

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Official competitive UEFA matches only.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Osebni karton: Alen Ploj" [Personal card: Alen Ploj] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Prestopna bomba! Nekdanji član Maribora se vrača na kraj zločina, glejte, koga so zvabili v svoje vrste!". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Zapisnik: Maribor – Nafta (0:1)" [Match report Maribor vs. Nafta] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Zapisnik: Maribor – Domžale (2:0)" [Match report Maribor vs Domzale] (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ Uredništvo (28 August 2011). "Krško drži korak z vrhom" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Dravinja Kostroj 1:5 Aluminij" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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