Jure Kralj

Jure Kralj
Date of birth	5th July 1984
place of birth	Jesenice , SR Slovenia
size	191 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2003	HK Sportina Bled
2003-2011	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2011–2012	Kemin Laemarit
since 2012	HK Partizan Belgrade

Jure Kralj (born July 5, 1984 in Jesenice , SR Slovenia ) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Partizan Belgrade in the Slohokej League since January 2012 .

Career

Jure Kralj began his career as an ice hockey player at HK Sportina Bled , for which he was active in the Slovenian Ice Hockey League from 2000 to 2003 . He then moved to his league rivals HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , with whom he was Slovenian champion in 2004 and 2007 . Before the 2007/08 season , Ljubljana was accepted into the Austrian Ice Hockey League , in which the attacker and his team were runner-up straight away and in which he was used for Ljubljana in a total of four seasons. After the end of the season in Austria, he also regularly took part in the Slovenian ice hockey league with Olimpija.

For the 2011/12 season Kralj moved to Kemin Lämärit from the Suomi-sarja , the third Finnish division. In January 2012 he joined the Serbian club HK Partizan Belgrade from the Slohokej League .

International

For Slovenia , Kralj took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B World Championships in 2002 and the U20 Junior B World Championships in 2003 and 2004 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Slovenian champion with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2007 Slovenian champion with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
• 2008 runner-up in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League

ÖEHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	4th	144	3	3	6th	28
Playoffs	2	9	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Jure Kralj at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jure Kralj at eurohockey.com
• Jure Kralj at eliteprospects.com (English)