List of NK Maribor players

Nogometni klub Maribor is an association football club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1960 and joined the Football Association of Yugoslavia the same year.[1] It remained a member until Slovenia gained its independence in 1991, when the club joined the Football Association of Slovenia. Maribor are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the Yugoslav highest division, the Yugoslav First League, between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.[2] Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, they had no success during the Yugoslav period;[3] the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.[4] Since 1991, Maribor have competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country.[5] They were one of the league's founding members, and are one of only two clubs never to have been relegated from the top division.[6] Maribor are the most successful club in the country, having won fifteen PrvaLiga titles, nine Slovenian Cups and four Slovenian Supercups.[7]

Maribor players celebrating the club's ninth league title in 2011.

Aside from winning the Slovenian title as Maribor's manager, Matjaž Kek won several championships with the club as a player.[8] Maribor's current captain Marcos Tavares has joined the club in 2008 and has since become an all-time appearances and goals record holder, with 517 appearances and 197 goals as of the 2018–19 season. He also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Slovenian top division with 372 and 149, respectively.[9] Tavares also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions, with 85 and 28, respectively.[10]

Since Maribor was founded in 1960, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. All players who have featured in 100 or more such matches are listed below. Eleven of the club's current players – Marcos Tavares, Jasmin Handanović, Mitja Viler, Rene Mihelič, Aleksander Rajčević, Martin Milec, Luka Zahović, Amir Dervišević, Aleks Pihler, Blaž Vrhovec, and Gregor Bajde  – have made at least 100 competitive appearances as of the end of the 2018–19 season. The list also includes all current or former Maribor players who have been capped for their respective national teams.

Key
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§ The player has been capped at full international level while a member of the club
The player has been capped at full international level
# Club record

Players
Matjaž Kek won the Slovenian PrvaLiga title with Maribor both as player and manager.[8]
Marcos Tavares has made the most appearances and scored the most goals for the club.
Dragan Jelić made the most appearances for the club between 2001 and 2010.[11]
Nastja Čeh has made over 100 appearances for the club in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[12]
Agim Ibraimi (left) in a yellow Macedonia jersey in 2011.
Etien Velikonja spent three seasons in Maribor before moving to Cardiff City in 2012 for a record Maribor's transfer fee at the time.[13][14][15][16]
Dimitar Makriev was the club's leading goalscorer in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.[17]
Marko Šuler was an important piece in Matjaž Kek's Slovenia squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[18]
Milivoje Novaković, the second highest goal scorer of the Slovenian national team, played for the club between 2016 and 2017.

The list below includes all NK Maribor players who have made at least 100 official appearances for the club or who have been capped at full international level by their countries. The list is initially ordered by the number of appearances, then by goals scored. If the players are still tied, they are listed alphabetically. The first and last columns contain the year of the player's first and last senior appearance for Maribor. The seasons column counts those seasons in which the player made at least one official appearance. For the list of Maribor's active players, see current members of the club. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2018–19 season.

List of Maribor players, and displaying the types of accomplishments and statistics by the players during their time with the club[A]
Name Country represented First Last Seasons Apps Goals
Marcos Tavares — 2008 — 12 517 # 197 #
Tomislav Prosen — 1962 1979 16 # 391 74
Aleš Križan Slovenia § 1989 2001 10 365 6
Jasmin Handanović Slovenia § 2011 — 8 340 0
Herbert Vabič — 1961 1975 15 317 0
Mitja Viler Slovenia § 2010 — 9 315 10
Mladen Kranjc — 1963 1977 12 311 104
Gregor Židan Slovenia § 1993 2001 9 308 35
Aleš Mertelj Slovenia § 2009 2017 8 308 12
Ante Šimundža Slovenia § 1991 2000 10 296 102
Aleksander Rajčević Slovenia § 2010 — 9 293 10
Milan Arnejčič — 1961 1977 15 283 73
Matjaž Kek Slovenia 1980 1999 11 280 60
Milan Žurman — 1981 1997 9 276 82
Branko Horjak — 1970 1979 9 268 117
Herbert Klančnik — 1963 1973 10 266 29
Emil Šterbal — 1991 1999 8 263 3
Igor Poznič Slovenia § 1985 1996 10 256 88
Vladimir Bolfek — 1962 1974 11 254 1
Dejan Mezga — 2007 2016 9 242 61
Zvonko Breber — 1972 1980 8 239 37
Peter Binkovski Slovenia § 1989 1999 8 236 18
Amir Karić Slovenia § 1993 2003 10 235 36
Stipe Balajić — 1998 2005 8 230 37
Branko Šarenac — 1975 1989 8 226 14
Bojan Krempl — 1975 1984 10 224 78
Josip Sizgoreo — 1963 1970 7 222 11
Dragan Grbavac — 1970 1978 8 221 11
Sašo Lukič — 1989 1996 8 218 7
Željko Filipović Slovenia § 2010 2016 6 215 5
Kajo Grubišič — 1963 1972 7 204 2
Suad Fileković Slovenia § 1999 2010 8 201 6
Dragan Jelić — 2003 2011 9 200 51
Goran Cvijanović Slovenia § 2010 2014 4 200 35
Aleš Mejač Slovenia § 2008 2015 8 198 4
Damjan Bohar Slovenia § 2013 2018 5 195 27
Dare Vršič Slovenia 2014 2019 6 193 30
Vojislav Simeunović — 1965 1972 8 188 0
Boris Binkovski — 1965 1973 7 182 30
Marko Simeunovič Slovenia § 1984 2002 8 182 0
Renato Kotnik — 1990 1995 6 181 27
Kliton Bozgo Albania[19] § 1993 2005 5 179 110
Damir Pekič — 1997 2007 10 178 78
Marinko Šarkezi — 1997 2004 7 177 13
Dejan Djuranovič Slovenia 1994 2003 7 175 26
Martin Milec Slovenia § 2010 — 6 174 12
Marko Šuler Slovenia 2014 2019 6 174 9
Rene Mihelič Slovenia § 2005 — 5 173 25
Vito Marković — 1961 1969 9 172 62
Oliver Hafner — 1984 1989 5 172 36
Miro Petrič — 1970 1977 8 170 3
Agim Ibraimi Macedonia[20] § 2011 2016 5 168 42
Marko Popović — 2005 2009 5 168 12
Vlado Fatur — 1974 1985 10 168 3
Luka Zahović Slovenia § 2013 — 7 166 71
Josip Lukačevič — 1985 1991 7 165 9
Alojz Fricelj — 1982 1997 6 162 18
Elvedin Džinić — 2005 2010 7 161 16
Tomaž Murko — 1997 2006 9 161 0
Dalibor Volaš — 2008 2015 7 159 62
Vlado Potočnik — 1975 1989 9 159 5
Mladen Dabanovič Slovenia 1990 1995 6 157 0
Žikica Vuksanović — 1997 2007 9 152 6
Marko Pridigar — 2005 2014 9 149 0
Bojan Škerjanec — 1982 1989 9 147 4
Muamer Vugdalić Slovenia § 1998 2002 5 143 9
Bogdan Pirc — 1961 1969 8 142 70
Jože Karmel — 1972 1978 6 142 2
Nastja Čeh Slovenia 1997 2001 5 141 21
Boris Ljubič — 1982 1989 7 141 19
Marinko Galič Slovenia § 1994 2001 6 140 22
Esad Pirc — 1973 1979 6 139 41
Milorad Vuksanovič — 1978 1982 6 136 4
Dino Hotić Bosnia and Herzegovina § 2013 — 7 133 17
Robert Berić Slovenia § 2010 2013 3 130 37
Rajko Rašević — 1967 1972 5 128 9
Jean-Philippe Mendy — 2013 2016 3 125 42
Slobodan Filipović — 1969 1975 7 124 1
Amir Dervišević Slovenia § 2013 — 5 123 12
Željko Milinovič Slovenia § 1995 1998 3 118 4
Franc Fridl — 1991 1998 7 118 3
Miha Golob — 2001 2005 4 118 3
Aleks Pihler Slovenia § 2016 — 3 117 8
Fabijan Cipot Slovenia § 2000 2007 6 116 9
Arghus — 2011 2015 5 116 8
Boštjan Žnuderl — 1998 2005 6 116 7
Veroljub Jovanović — 1961 1965 5 116 1
Žarko Tarana — 1990 1993 3 115 3
Anton Čeh — 1961 1965 5 113 16
Milan Đuričić — 1971 1974 4 112 5
Milan Rakič Slovenia § 2003 2007 4 111 16
Štefan Tolič — 1961 1966 6 110 14
Blaž Vrhovec Slovenia 2016 — 3 110 5
Marijan Bakula — 1990 1993 3 109 18
Martin Pregelj — 1999 2007 5 109 16
Janko Irgolič — 1979 1986 7 107 0
Dalibor Teinović — 2002 2005 3 105 4
Armin Bačinović Slovenia § 2007 2010 4 103 6
Milan Šober — 1961 1967 9 101 19
Gregor Bajde — 2015 — 4 100 21
Simon Sešlar Slovenia § 1999 2001 3 97 11
Danijel Brezič Slovenia 2002 2005 3 96 5
Marwan Kabha Israel § 2015 2017 3 92 5
Damjan Ošlaj Slovenia § 2003 2006 4 86 3
Spasoje Bulajič Slovenia § 1996 1998 3 85 4
Jasmin Mešanović Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017 — 2 79 21
Miral Samardžić Slovenia 2007 2010 4 72 1
Samir Duro Bosnia and Herzegovina[21] § 2001 2002 3 71 28
Matic Črnic Slovenia 2009 2014 6 69 7
Blagoja Milevski Macedonia[22] 1993 1995 2 69 3
Zoran Pavlović Slovenia 2008 2009 3 67 11
Etien Velikonja Slovenia § 2011 2012 3 66 28
Petar Stojanović Slovenia § 2012 2015 5 66 3
Aleš Čeh Slovenia 2003 2004 2 63 0
Geri Çipi Albania[23] § 1998 2000 2 59 2
Dimitar Makriev Bulgaria[24] 2006 2007 2 58 33
Damjan Gajser Slovenia § 1997 1999 3 58 16
Slobodan Janković Yugoslavia[25] 1969 1979 2 57 14
Zajko Zeba Bosnia and Herzegovina[26] § 2005 2006 2 54 13
Vladislav Lungu Moldova[27] 2006 2007 2 54 0
Milivoje Novaković Slovenia § 2016 2017 2 49 19
Dejan Trajkovski Slovenia 2011 2014 4 49 0
Barnabás Sztipánovics Hungary[28] 2000 2002 2 48 22
Ermin Rakovič Slovenia § 2002 2003 3 48 22
Andrej Pečnik Slovenia 2006 2007 2 47 1
Erik Janža Slovenia 2015 2016 3 46 0
Siniša Anđelković Slovenia 2010 2010 2 45 4
Matej Šnofl Slovenia 1996 2001 4 42 1
Rajko Rep Slovenia 2010 2012 3 37 2
Vladislav Bogićević Yugoslavia[29] 1969 1970 1 37 0
Valon Ahmedi Albania § 2016 2018 4 35 1
Matej Palčič Slovenia § 2016 2017 2 34 0
Viktor Paço Albania[30] § 1997 1997 2 32 15
Enes Mešanović Bosnia and Herzegovina[B] 2003 2004 1 30 6
Milan Janković Yugoslavia[31] 1979 1980 1 29 8
Janez Aljančič Slovenia 2009 2010 1 27 0
Dominik Beršnjak Slovenia 2004 2004 2 25 6
Vladimir Kokol Slovenia 2000 2001 1 25 1
Kenan Pirić Bosnia and Herzegovina § 2018 — 1 25 0
Milko Djurovski Yugoslavia / Macedonia[C] § 1994 1994 2 23 13
Matjaž Cvikl Slovenia 1991 1997 2 23 10
Saša Gajser Slovenia 1992 1993 3 22 1
Mehmet Dragusha Albania[32] 1998 1999 2 18 2
Rocky Siberie Netherlands Antilles / Curaçao[D] 2005 2005 1 17 7
Dragan Čadikovski Macedonia[33] 2007 2007 1 14 4
Marko Janković Montenegro § 2015 2016 1 14 0
Abel Gigli Somalia 2015 2015 1 13 0
Josip Iličić Slovenia § 2010 2010 1 11 4
Zdravko Šaraba Bosnia and Herzegovina[34] 2008 2008 1 10 0
Faruk Ihtijarević Bosnia and Herzegovina[35] 2001 2001 2 8 0
Amir Ružnić Slovenia 1995 1995 1 5 0
Dalibor Šilić Bosnia and Herzegovina[36] 2001 2001 1 3 0
Luka Krajnc Slovenia 2011 2011 1 1 0

Footnotes

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