Jon Gorenc Stanković (born 14 January 1996) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for the

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side

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and the Slovenia national team.

Club career

Huddersfield Town

Gorenc Stanković made his debut for

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in an

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tie with

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on 9 August 2016. He made his league debut as a late substitute against

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on 27 September 2016. He scored his first goal for Huddersfield Town on 19 August 2018 in a 6–1 defeat to

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Sturm Graz

On 29 June 2020, Gorenc Stanković signed a three-year contract with the

side

, though he remained at Huddersfield for the remainder of the season, extended due to the

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pandemic, having signed a short-term extension.

International career

Gorenc Stanković was called-up to the senior

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squad by

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for a friendly against

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in June 2016. Four years after his first call-up to the national team, he made his debut in the friendly match against

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on 7 October 2020.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gorenc Stanković goal.''

Honours

Sturm Graz *

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: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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, 2023–24

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Jon Gorenc Stanković
at NZS * * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers NK Domžale players Borussia Dortmund II players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players SK Sturm Graz players Slovenian PrvaLiga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players English Football League players Premier League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players UEFA Euro 2024 players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub