Mitja Mörec (born 21 February 1983) is a Slovenian retired

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and current manager of

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Playing career

Club

In March 2011, Mörec signed a contract with Lyngby BK for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. Following the expiration of his Lyngby contract, Mörec signed for

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in August 2011 on a one-year contract. However, his contract was terminated in January 2012. In July 2013, Mörec signed for Kazakhstan First Division side Kaisar on a 30-month contract. But after only six-months Mörec moved to Ravan Baku of the

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in January 2014 on an 18-month contract.

International

Mörec made his debut for

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in a June 2007 European Championship qualification match away against

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and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2009

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away against

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Coaching and later career

From the summer 2017 to the summer 2018, Mörec was coaching at a

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soccer school in Dubai. On 1 November 2018, Mörec was appointed U-15 manager at Favoritner AC. He also began playing for the clubs first team in the Wiener Stadtliga from 1 January 2019. On 7 May 2020, Mörec left Favoritner AC to join SV Wienerberg as an assistant coach under manager Andreas Reisinger. In January 2021, Mörec moved on to

, where he was appointed assistant coach to Roman Ellensohn. When Ellensohn was fired on 16 April 2021, Mörec and Aleksandar Gitsov was appointed as an interim manager duo. In June 2021 the club announced, that Mörec would continue as the manager and Gitsov as assistant coach for the 2021–22 season.

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