Zlatan Ljubijankič

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Zlatan Ljubijankič
Zlatan Ljubijankić 2009.jpg
Zlatan Ljubijankič (2009)
Personnel
birthday December 15, 1983
place of birth Ljubljana ,  SFR Yugoslavia
position striker
Juniors
Years station
ND Slovan Ljubljana
NK Domžale
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2008 NK Domžale 155 (43)
2008–2012 KAA Gent 157 (31)
2012-2015 Ōmiya Ardija 77 (21)
2015– Urawa Red Diamonds 79 (16)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2003 Slovenia U-20 2 (1)
2004-2005 Slovenia U-21 9 (2)
2006 Slovenia B 2 (1)
2006-2015 Slovenia 48 (6)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 15, 2016

Zlatan Ljubijankič (born December 15, 1983 in Ljubljana , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian football player . The striker has been under contract with Japanese first division club Urawa Red Diamonds since January 1, 2015 .

Career

society

Ljubijankič learned the ABC of football in his hometown near Slovan Ljubljana . He later moved to the junior division of the first division club NK Domžale , where he joined the professional squad in 2002. In 2005 and 2006 he celebrated the runner-up with the team before winning the national championship for the first time in the club's history in the 2006/07 season. Thanks to this success, Ljubijankič was also able to prove itself on the international stage for the first time. In the same season he also received the award as Footballer of the Year in the Slovenian league . In 2007/08 the team was back on course for the championship, but the attacker said goodbye before the end of the season and moved abroad to the Belgian team KAA Gent . There he made his debut in the Jupiler Pro League on February 10, 2008 . After Ljubijankič only came on short appearances in the first six months and remained without a goal, things went better the following year. Now he was in the starting line-up more often and was able to score his first goal for the new team on matchday 1 of the 2008/09 season. Eight more goals followed by the end of the season. Because of an ankle injury in the first half of the season, he had to take a break. In 2010 the center forward celebrated his first title with Gent when they won the Beker van België . In the final against Cercle Brugge , the Slovenian had to wait until the 72nd minute before he was substituted on for Yassine el Ghanassy when the score was 1-0. The match was decided 3-0 for Gent. In the league they made it into the championship round, but without winning it.

National team

Ljubijankič has been a regular member of the Slovenian national team since 2006 . The striker scored his first goal in his country's dress on February 28, 2006 in a friendly against Cyprus . It was also the only goal of the day, so Ljubijankič team won 1-0. In May 2010, national coach Matjaž Kek nominated him for the squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, after the team had qualified through the group stage and relegation. In the ten decisive games for qualification Ljubijankič was used seven times, but he was only once in the starting line-up. With a total of two goals he was together with Valter Birsa , Robert Koren and Zlatko Dedič the second best shooter behind Milivoje Novakovič . In the second group game against the USA he scored the 2-0, the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

successes

society

Individually

  • Footballer of the Year in the Slovenian League 2006/07

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Match report: KAA Gent 3-0 (1-0) Cercle Bruges on transfermarkt.de
  2. ↑ Slovenia: World Cup qualifiers - Europe 2010 on weltfussball.de
  3. ↑ Match report Slovenia - USA on fifa.com
personal data
SURNAME Ljubijankič, Zlatan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana , SFR Yugoslavia