Mitja Robar (born 4 January 1983) is a retired Slovenian

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player.

Playing career

Robar has spent the majority of his career in Slovenia, playing for

HDK Maribor Hokejsko drsalni klub Maribor or simply HDK Maribor, also named Lisjaki ( en, The Foxes), is an ice hockey club from Maribor, Slovenia. Established in 1993, they play their home matches at the Tabor Ice Hall. Honours * Slohokej League ::Winner ...

, HK Slavija Ljubljana and

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana. They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav ch ...

of the

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league. In 2011 he was under a try-out contract with the

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of the

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(SEL) until 15 October 2011. However, he was subsequently loaned to

IK Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The 2019–20 season will be the team's first s ...

of the

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(Swe-1) after failing to make the Lakers' startup lines. After being denied an extended contract, Robar moved to Finland to sign a one-year contract (with an optional one-year extension) with

Lukko Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men’s professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Fin ...

of the

SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

. On 27 June 2016, Robar signed his first contract as a free agent in Austria, agreeing to a one-year deal with EC KAC. He participated at several

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as a member of the

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.IIHF World Championship Team SLO

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robar, Mitja 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Maribor Slovenian ice hockey defencemen HDK Maribor players HK Slavija Ljubljana players HDD Olimpija Ljubljana players HK Acroni Jesenice players IK Oskarshamn players Lukko players Krefeld Pinguine players BK Mladá Boleslav players EC KAC players KHL Medveščak Zagreb players HK Olimpija players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Olympic ice hockey players for Slovenia Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Expatriate ice hockey players in Croatia