Dejan Kelhar
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-05) 5 April 1984
Place of birth Brežice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
Brežice
0000–2002 Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Celje 12 (0)
2003–2004 → Krško (loan) 37 (0)
2005 Olimpija 15 (0)
2005–2006 Celje 22 (0)
2006–2007 Greuther Fürth 8 (0)
2008 Celje 31 (2)
2009–2011 Cercle Brugge 42 (1)
2011 Legia Warsaw 2 (0)
2011–2012 Hapoel Haifa 9 (0)
2012 Samsunspor 14 (0)
2012–2013 Gabala 34 (1)
2014 Red Star Belgrade 15 (0)
2014–2015 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2015–2017 Olimpija Ljubljana 50 (4)
2017 → Sivasspor (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → Celje (loan) 7 (0)
2018 FC Bad Radkersburg 15 (0)
2021 SV Übelbach 0 (0)
International career
2001 Slovenia U17 11 (0)
2003–2005 Slovenia U20 8 (0)
2004–2006 Slovenia U21 9 (0)
2010–2013 Slovenia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Kelhar (born 5 April 1984) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Kelhar started playing football with Brežice, until he moved to Celje. He played there for two seasons in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top level of Slovenian football. At the same time he also played for the Slovenian Second League side Krško, because the Football Association of Slovenia regulations allowed to register youth players for two clubs from different league levels.

In 2006, Kelhar transferred to the 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth for an alleged transfer fee of €100,000. His transfer was not a big success and he returned to Celje. On 31 January 2009, the last day before the closing of the winter transfer window, Kelhar signed a contract with Cercle Brugge.

In February 2011, he joined Legia Warszawa on two and a half year contract.[1]

In July 2012, Kelhar joined Gabala of the Azerbaijan Premier League on a two-year contract.[2][3] Kelhar's debut came on 4 August 2012 against Simurq in a game that also saw him score his first goal for the club after 15 minutes.[4] Kelhar went on to play in 28 league and three Cup games for Gabala in his first season. Kelhar appeared seven times for Gabala in his second season before leaving in December 2013.[5][6]

At the start of February 2014, Kelhar signed a six-month contract, with the option of another year, with Red Star Belgrade.[7]

On 6 August 2014, Kelhar signed a short-term contract with English Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.[8][9] Kelhar was released by Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the 2014–15 season, having not made an appearance for the club.[10]

International career

Kelhar made his debut for Slovenia in a friendly match against Qatar on 3 March 2010.[11] His final international was a September 2013 World Cup qualification match against Albania.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2017[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
SeasonClubLeagueLeagueNational cupLeague cupOther Total
AppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
SloveniaLeagueSlovenian CupLeague cupContinental Total
2002–03 Krško 2. SNL 7000—70
2003–04 25010—260
2003–04 Celje Slovenian PrvaLiga 6000—60
2004–05 6010—70
2004–05 Krško 2. SNL 5000—50
2004–05 Olimpija Slovenian PrvaLiga 15000—150
2005–06 Celje 22040—260
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalDFL-SupercupContinental Total
2006–07 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2. Bundesliga 800000—80
SloveniaLeagueSlovenian CupLeague cupContinental Total
2007–08 Celje Slovenian PrvaLiga 1300000—130
2008–09 1821000—192
BelgiumLeagueBelgian CupLeague cupContinental Total
2008–09 Cercle Brugge Belgian First Division 700000—70
2009–10 Belgian Pro League 2616000—321
2010–11 90100030130
PolandLeaguePolish CupLeague cupContinental Total
2010–11 Legia Warsaw Ekstraklasa 201000—30
IsraelLeagueIsrael State CupToto CupContinental Total
2011–12 Hapoel Haifa Israeli Premier League 900000—90
TurkeyLeagueTurkish CupLeague cupContinental Total
2011–12 Samsunspor Süper Lig 14010——150
AzerbaijanLeagueAzerbaijan CupLeague cupContinental Total
2012–13[14] Gabala Azerbaijan Premier League 28130——311
2013–14 6000——60
SerbiaLeagueSerbian CupLeague cupContinental Total
2013–14 Red Star Belgrade Serbian SuperLiga 15000——150
EnglandLeagueFA CupEFL CupContinental Total
2014–15 Sheffield Wednesday Championship 000000—00
SloveniaLeagueSlovenian CupLeague cupContinental Total
2015–16 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenian PrvaLiga 31210—322
2016–17 19220—21233
TurkeyLeagueTurkish CupLeague cupContinental Total
2016–17 Sivasspor TFF First League 2000—20
Total 293822000513209

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia 201010
201100
201230
201320
Total60

Honours

Red Star

References

  1. ↑ "Legia pozyskała Dejana Kelhara" (in Polish). onet.pl. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar- we will be a good powerful team". gabalafc.az. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gabala signs contract with Slovenian footballer". ann.az. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Simurq vs. Qabala 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ↑ ""Qəbələ"də legionerlər yola salındı" (in Azerbaijani). sportinfo.az. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Kelhar končal zgodbo v Azerbajdžanu". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar došao u Beograd" (in Serbian). kurir-info.rs. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday sign Slovenia defender Dejan Kelhar". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar joins Sheffield Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday release 11 players including Lewis Buxton". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Katarci pričakovano lahek plen Slovencev" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Dejan Kelhar". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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