Roman Bezjak

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Roman Bezjak
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Personal information
Full name Roman Bezjak
Date of birth (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 HNK Rijeka
Number 11
Youth career
Korotan Prevalje
Dravograd
Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Celje 108 (34)
2012–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 60 (20)
2015– Rijeka 32 (13)
Total 200 (67)
International career‡
2006 Slovenia U17 3 (0)
2007 Slovenia U19 2 (0)
2013– Slovenia 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2016

Roman Bezjak (born 21 February 1989) is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Prva HNL side HNK Rijeka and the Slovenian national team.[1]

Club Career

Celje

Bezjak made his debut for Celje on 9 April 2008 against Maribor coming on as a substitute for the last 6 minutes.[2] The following season he made his first start for Celje, on 2 August 2008, in a 0–0 home draw against Domžale before being substituted by Saša Bakarič.[3] Two weeks later, Bezjak scored his first goal in a 2–2 away draw against Primorje. He began to establish himself in the Celje first team from the 2009–10 season, making 24 appearances (15 starts) and scoring six goals.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 August 2012, Bezjak signed a four-year contract with Bulgarian A Group side Ludogorets Razgrad.[4] He made his debut for Ludogorets against CSKA Sofia on 22 September where he came on as a substitute in a 1–0 home win. His first goals for Ludogorets came on 3 May 2013 when he scored twice in a 3–0 home win over Chernomorets Burgas. He made 14 appearances during the 2012–13 season, finishing with five goals.

In the following season Bezjak became a first team regular.[5] He scored his first goal of the season in the second league game, a 1–0 win at home to Chernomorets Burgas on 27 July 2013. On 27 October, he scored his first-ever career hat-trick, netting four goals in a 5–1 league win over Lyubimets 2007. He also scored three goals in two matches against PSV Eindhoven in the group stage of the Europa League. In February 2014, he netted in both legs of the 4–3 aggregate victory over Lazio in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. On 13 March 2014, he earned а penalty kick in the 0–3 home loss against Valencia CF, but missed from the spot.[6] On 15 May 2014, Bezjak scored the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over Botev Plovdiv in the 2014 Bulgarian Cup Final to help his team achieve a double.[7] He ended the season as the club's top scorer, scoring 20 goals in all competitions.

Rijeka

On 14 May 2015, HNK Rijeka announced that Bezjak had signed a three-year contract, tying him with the club until June 2018.[8] He made his official début for the club on 10 July 2015, in a goalless away draw against Inter Zaprešić in Round 1 of the Croatian First Football League.[9] On 19 July 2015, Bezjak scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Slaven Belupo.[10] With 13 goals to his account, he was the club's top scorer during the 2015–16 season.

International career

Bezjak earned his first cap for his country on 14 August 2013, after coming on as a substitute in the 0–2 loss against Finland in a friendly match.[11] On 23 March 2016, Bezjak scored his first goal for Slovenia in the 1–0 win against Macedonia.[12]

Honours

Club

Ludogorets

Club statistics

As of 14 May 2016
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celje 2007–08 1. SNL 1 0 – – – – 1 0
2008–09 11 1 – – – – 11 1
2009–10 24 6 4 3 – – 28 9
2010–11 32 7 2 1 – – 34 8
2011–12 34 16 7 1 – – 41 17
2012–13 6 4 – – 2 0 8 4
Celje total 108 34 13 5 2 0 123 39
Ludogorets 2012–13 A Group 14 5 – – – – 14 5
2013–14 31 13 5 1 15 6 51 20
2014–15 15 2 7 0 9 2 31 4
Ludogorets total 60 20 12 1 24 8 96 29
Rijeka 2015–16 1. HNL 32 13 5 4 2 0 39 17
Rijeka total 32 13 5 4 2 0 39 17
Career total 200 67 30 10 28 8 258 85

International statistics

Summary

As of 30 May 2016
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2013 3 0
2014 2 0
2015 3 0
2016 3 1
Total 11 1

International caps and goals

Slovenia's goal tally first.

International appearances and goals
Year # Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Goal(s)
2013 1 14 August Veritas Stadion, Turku  Finland 0–2 Friendly
2 11 October Ljudski vrt, Maribor  Norway 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 20 November Arena Petrol, Celje  Canada 1–0 Friendly
2014 4 6 March Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida  Algeria 0–2 Friendly
5 5 June Estadio Centenario, Montevideo  Uruguay 0–2 Friendly
2015 6 30 March Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Qatar 0–1 Friendly
7 14 November Arena Lviv, Lviv  Ukraine 0–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
8 17 November Ljudski vrt, Maribor  Ukraine 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2016 9 23 March Bonifika Stadium, Koper  Macedonia 1–0 Friendly 1
10 28 March Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 0–1 Friendly
11 30 May Swedbank Stadion, Malmö  Sweden 0–0 Friendly

References

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