Alen Ožbolt (born 24 June 1996) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He has been capped for Slovenia at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21.

Club career

Ožbolt began his career at

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and spent loan spell at

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, before joining Austrian club

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on a permanent basis in early 2018. However, he left Hartberg at the end of the 2017–18 season and joined Bulgarian club

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as a free agent.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Ožbolt signed with Lokomotiv on 16 September 2018 on a three-year deal. Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–1 away league victory over

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, replacing Bircent Karagaren in the 81st minute. On 15 May 2019, Ožbolt scored the winning goal in the 2019 Bulgarian Cup Final against

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, which gave Lokomotiv their first

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. He ended his debut season for Lokomotiv with 8 goals in 29 appearances in all competitions.

Slovan Bratislava

On 11 January 2020, Ožbolt joined Slovan Bratislava on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Domžale *

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: 2016–17 Lokomotiv Plovdiv *

: 2018–19 Slovan Bratislava *

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: 2019–20,

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: 2019–20,

Individual

*Best goal in the

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: 2019

References

External links

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1996 births Living people Footballers from Novo Mesto Men's association football forwards Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers NK Domžale players Borussia Dortmund II players TSV Hartberg players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Israeli Premier League players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Israel {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub