Rajko Rep (born 20 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for Austrian club SV Oberwart.
Club career
Rep started his career at
Mons Claudius from
Rogatec and was then transferred to
Celje
Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...
youth sides, where he signed his first professional contract. For a short period of time he also played for
MU Šentjur on loan. He was named a team captain during his time in Celje at the age of 19 and was the youngest captain in the history of the club.
In late August 2010 he signed a four-year contract with
Maribor
Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...
.
In August 2011, he was loaned to
Mura 05 until the end of the
2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.
In January 2024, he left Polish
second division side
Bruk-Bet Termalica for third tier Austrian club SV Oberwart.
International career
Rep played for
Slovenia under-19 through qualifications for the
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship where he scored five out of six Slovenia goals in the final phase of qualifications, including a
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...
against
Russia
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. He also scored against the
Netherlands
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and Belarus.
He made his debut for the
senior team on 19 November 2019 in a
Euro 2020 qualifier against
Poland
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. He substituted
Benjamin Verbič in the 86th minute.
Personal life
Rep was born in
Rogatec and started to play football at a local club when he was six years old. He is a declared
NK Maribor supporter as he started to support the team during 1999 when the club was playing in the group stages of the
UEFA Champions League
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.
Career statistics
International
:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rep goal.''
Honours
Maribor
*
Slovenian PrvaLiga:
2010–11
*
Slovenian Supercup:
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Austria Klagenfurt
*
Regionalliga Mitte: 2014–15
LASK Linz
*
Erste Liga:
2016–17
References
External links
Rajko Repat
NZS
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Rajko Repat
ÖFB
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1990 births
Living people
People from Rogatec
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 Celje players
NK Maribor players
ND Mura 05 players
SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) players
LASK players
TSV Hartberg players
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Slovenian Second League players
Austrian Regionalliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Liga I players
I liga players
Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland