Jure Balkovec
Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994
Place of birth Novo Mesto, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Alanyaspor
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2011 Bela Krajina
2012 Domžale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Bela Krajina 11 (0)
2011–2018 Domžale 93 (11)
2014 → Krka (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Radomlje (loan) 29 (0)
2018 Bari 11 (1)
2018–2020 Hellas Verona 17 (0)
2019–2020 → Empoli (loan) 32 (1)
2020–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 63 (3)
2022– Alanyaspor 29 (4)
International career‡
2012 Slovenia U19[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
2014–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2018– Slovenia 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023

Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Alanyaspor.[2]

Club career

In January 2018, Balkovec left Domžale and signed for Italian Serie B outfit Bari,[3] only to move to Hellas Verona in the same league a few months later after the financial collapse of Bari.[4]

In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey for Fatih Karagümrük.[5] In summer 2022, he joined compatriot Miha Mevlja at fellow Turkish side Alanyaspor.[6]

International career

Balkovec made his debut for Slovenia in an October 2018 Nations League match against Cyprus, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Bojan Jokić.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Official UEFA competitive matches only.

References

  1. 1 2 "J. Balkovec". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Mađerić, Davor (6 July 2022). "Slovenska reprezentanta združila moči v Turčiji". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Burazer, Matic (6 January 2018). "URADNO: Balkovec se seli v Bari". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Burazer, Matic (3 August 2018). "Jure Balkovec se seli v Verono". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Šubic, Aleš (12 September 2020). "Balkovec okrepil novega turškega prvoligaša". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nova selitev reprezentanta, v Turčiji zdaj slovenski tandem". Sportklub (in Slovenian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Slovenia – Cyprus 1:1 (Nations League C 2018/2019, Group 3)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 August 2023.


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