Aljaž Struna
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aljaž Struna | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1990[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Koper, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Right / Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Carpi (on loan from Palermo) | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Koper | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Koper | 64 | (3) |
| 2012– | Palermo | 23 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Varese (loan)[1] | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Carpi (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2016– | → Carpi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Slovenia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | Slovenia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Slovenia U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2016– | Slovenia | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2016. | |||
Aljaž Struna (born 4 August 1990) is a Slovenian football defender currently playing for Carpi on loan from Palermo. He is the younger brother of Andraž Struna.
Club career
Struna started his career at FC Koper, where he played from 2009 to 2012 and quickly established himself as a starter.
On 21 May 2012, FC Koper confirmed to have sold Struna to Palermo, for €300,000.[2] In the summer he moved Varese of the Serie B on loan, with an option for his new club to acquire 50% of his transfer rights by the end of the season.[3] For the 2014–15 season he moved on loan to Carpi. Having contributed to the club's promotion to the Serie A, he returned to Palermo in the summer of 2015 and broke into the first team. He made his debut in Serie A on 30 August 2015 against Udinese.
International career
Struna was a member of the Slovenia U21 team.[4] He made his debut with the senior national team on 23 March 2016 in a friendly against Macedonia.
Honours
Koper
Palermo
Carpi
References
- 1 2 3 "Scheda anagrafica di Aljaz Struna". AIC.Football.it. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Aljaž Struna tudi uradno član Palerma" [Aljaž Struna officially a Palermo player] (in Slovenian). FC Koper. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ "Acquistato Struna dal Koper, andrà in prestito al Varese" [Aljaž Struna officially a Palermo player, he moved on loan to Varese] (in Italian). US Palermo. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ↑ "Aljaž Struna » Internationals". Worldfootball. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
External links
- Aljaž Struna profile at Soccerway
- NZS profile (Slovene)