Miha Mevlja

Miha Mevlja (born 12 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sochi.

Miha Mevlja
Mevlja with FC Zenit in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990
Place of birth Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sochi
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2009 Gorica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Gorica 109 (5)
2010 → Brda (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 Lausanne-Sport 30 (1)
2014–2015 Bnei Sakhnin 22 (0)
2015–2016 Dinamo București 41 (0)
2016–2017 Rostov 29 (1)
2017–2019 Zenit St. Petersburg 24 (0)
2019 → Rostov (loan) 7 (1)
2019– Sochi 38 (4)
National team‡
2009 Slovenia U19[lower-alpha 1] 5 (0)
2010–2012 Slovenia U21 13 (0)
2016– Slovenia 33 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Mevlja first began his career in football with ND Gorica where he eventually spent four years with the first-team. His time with Gorica was largely unsuccessful as the team's positing in the domestic league progressively dropped and in the Slovenian Cup the club went out at the quarter-final stage in each of his four years. In the summer of 2013 Mevlja joined FC Lausanne-Sport on a free transfer, his first club abroad, and competed in the Swiss Super League after signing a two-year contract.[1]

On 31 August 2017, he signed a four-year contract with FC Zenit St. Petersburg.[2] On 21 February 2019, he returned to FC Rostov on loan.[3]

On 2 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with PFC Sochi.[4]

Career statistics
As of 2 September 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gorica 2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga 14120——161
2010–11 3433020—393
2011–12 28130——311
2012–13 33030——360
Total 109511020001225
Lausanne-Sport 2013–14 Swiss Super League 30140——341
Bnei Sakhnin 2014–15 Israeli Premier League 22000——220
Dinamo București 2015–16 Liga I 35060—4[lower-alpha 2]0450
2016–17 6000—1[lower-alpha 3]070
Total 410600050520
Rostov 2016–17 Russian Premier League 21000101—311
2017–18 81———81
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 18010100—290
2018–19 601071—141
2019–20 00——0000
Total 2402017100431
Rostov 2018–19 Russian Premier League 7110——81
Total (2 spells) 3621010100473
Career total 26282402925032010

Notes
  1. Official UEFA matches only.
  2. Four appearances in Cupa Ligii
  3. One appearance in Cupa Ligii

International career

During his spell in Romania at Dinamo București, he received his first call up for the Slovenia national team, making his debut on 5 June 2016 in a friendly game against Turkey.[5]

International goal
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 Nov 2016Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland4 Poland0–11–1Friendly

Personal life

He has a twin brother named Nejc, who plays as a centre-back.[6]

References
  1. "Miha Mevlja pour deux saisons au Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport (in French). lausanne-sport.ch. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. Миха Мевля продолжит карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 31 August 2017.
  3. Миха, с возвращением! [Miha, welcome back!] (in Russian). FC Rostov. 21 February 2019.
  4. Миха Мевля пополнил состав «Сочи» (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 2 September 2019.
  5. "CONVOCĂRI. Dinamoviști la loturile naționale" [CALL UPS. Dinamo players at national teams] (in Romanian). dinamo.ro. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. "Nejc Mevlja v vijoličastem do 2015" [Nejc Mevlja in purple until 2015] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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