Filip Valenčič

Filip Valenčič (born 7 January 1992) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for HJK.

Filip Valenčič
Personal information
Full name Filip Valenčič
Date of birth (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992
Place of birth Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 HJK
Youth career
Jezero Medvode[1]
0000–2010 Interblock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Interblock 31 (4)
2011–2015 Olimpija Ljubljana 88 (13)
2015 Monza 6 (1)
2015–2016 Notts County 9 (1)
2016–2017 PS Kemi 29 (9)
2017–2018 HJK 34 (12)
2018–2020 Stabæk 12 (0)
2018 → Stabæk II 8 (4)
2019 → Inter Turku (loan) 27 (16)
2020 Inter Turku 7 (2)
2021– HJK 0 (0)
National team
2008 Slovenia U16 1 (0)
2008–2009 Slovenia U17 7 (0)
2010 Slovenia U19 5 (0)
2012–2013 Slovenia U20 4 (1)
2011–2013 Slovenia U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2020

Club career

Valenčič started his senior career with local side Interblock, before moving to Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana in 2011.[2]

In July 2015, he signed with English side Notts County.[3] He scored his first goal for the club against Crawley Town in a 1–0 win in January 2016.[4]

Following his short spell in England, he signed with Palloseura Kemi Kings ahead of their first season in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. In 2017, he moved to HJK. In his first campaign with HJK, he finished as the league's joint second top-scorer with 15 goals (7 after his move from PS Kemi), and helped his team winning their record 28th league title. He also went on to win the league's player of the season award at the league's end of year gala on 3 November 2017.[5]

After two successful seasons with HJK, Valenčič signed a deal with Stabæk in 2018 on a three-year contract.[6] He would go on to only play 124 minutes during the 2018 Eliteserien campaign, scoring no goals.[6] On 12 February 2019, he joined Inter Turku on loan for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season. He finished the campaign as the league's top scorer with 16 goals[7] as the club finished in second place, securing a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[8]

International career

Valenčič has represented Slovenia at various youth levels.[9] In 2019, it was reported that he has considering switching allegiances and taking Finnish citizenship so that he could represent Finland on the international stage.[10]

Honours
HJK
Individual
  • Veikkausliiga Player of the Season: 2017[5]
  • Veikkausliiga Top scorer: 2019[7]

References
  1. Bertoncelj, Maja (6 December 2017). "Nogometaš leta na Finskem" [Footballer of the Year in Finland]. gorenjskiglas.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. Viškovič, Rok (10 August 2018). "Čudne besede finskega trenerja o Slovencu, ki odhaja na Norveško". siol.net (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "Slovenian Filip Valencic Arrives To Boost Attacking Options". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Notts County F.C. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. "Crawley Town 0–1 Notts County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. "Filip Valencic Vuoden Veikkausliigapelaaja". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. "Ikke god nok for Stabæk, leies ut til finsk fotball". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. "Perustilastot". veikkausliiga.com/ (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. "Rožmanu je na Hrvaškem steklo, nov gol Verbiča #video". Sportal (in Slovenian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. "Filip Valenčič – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  10. "Slovenije ne bo na EURU, toda – Ali bo tam zaigral Slovenec!? V dresu PRESENETLJIVE REPREZENTANCE!?". ekipa.svet24.si (in Slovenian). 16 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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