Rajko Rep

Rajko Rep (born 20 June 1990) is a Slovenian football midfielder who plays for Austrian club TSV Hartberg.

Rajko Rep
Rep with Austria Klagenfurt in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rajko Rep
Date of birth (1990-06-20) 20 June 1990
Place of birth Rogatec, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 TSV Hartberg
Number 9
Youth career
1996–2004 Mons Claudius
2004–2008 Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Celje 44 (6)
2008 → MU Šentjur (loan)
2010–2013 Maribor 32 (2)
2011–2012 → Mura 05 (loan) 23 (3)
2013 → Mura 05 (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2016 Austria Klagenfurt 70 (27)
2016–2018 LASK Linz 46 (6)
2018– TSV Hartberg 68 (17)
National team‡
2006–2007 Slovenia U17 5 (0)
2007–2008 Slovenia U18 7 (1)
2008–2009 Slovenia U19 12 (6)
2009 Slovenia U20 1 (0)
2009–2012 Slovenia U21 18 (2)
2019– Slovenia 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2020

Club career

Rep started his career at Mons Claudius from Rogatec and was then transferred to Celje youth sides, where he signed his first professional contract. For a short period of time he also played for MU Šentjur on loan. He was named a team captain during his time in Celje at the age of 19 and was the youngest captain in the history of the club.[2]

In late August 2010 he signed a four-year contract with Maribor.[1][3] In August 2011, he was loaned to Mura 05 until the end of the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.[4]

International career

Rep played for Slovenia under-19 through qualifications for the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship where he scored five out of six Slovenia goals in the final phase of qualifications, including a hat-trick against Russia.[5] He also scored against the Netherlands[6] and Belarus.[7]

He made his debut for the senior team on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Poland. He substituted Benjamin Verbič in the 86th minute.[8]

International goals
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 2020Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia San Marino4–04–0Friendly

Personal life

Rep was born in Rogatec and started to play football at a local club when he was six years old.[9] He is a declared NK Maribor supporter as he started to support the team during 1999 when the club was playing in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.[10][11]

References
  1. "Osebni karton: Rajko Rep" [Personal card: Rajko Rep] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. "Rajko Rep postal kapetan Celjanov" [Rajko Rep became Celje's captain] (in Slovenian). kozjansko.info. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. "Rajko Rep v Maribor" [Rajko Rep to Maribor] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  4. Smiljan Kuhar (23 August 2011). "Dodlek in Rep v Muro" [Dodlek and Rep to Mura] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. ""Hat-trick" Repa premalo za zmago" [Rep's hat-trick not enough for victory] (in Slovenian). Lendava: RTV Slovenija. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. "Mladi Slovenci remizirali z Nizozemci" [Youth Slovenian team drew with the Netherlands] (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  7. P. Z./STA (10 June 2009). "Slovenski upi gredo na EP" [Youth Slovenian team is going to the European Championship]. Delo (in Slovenian). Murska Sobota. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  8. "Poland v Slovenia game report". UEFA. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. "Spoznajte udeleženca Eura U19 – Rajko Rep" [Meet a member of the Euro U19 squad - Rajko Rep] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  10. "Rep: Kje pa, točka ne bo dovolj" [One point will not be enough] (in Slovenian). Siol. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  11. "Za vijoličaste od malih nog" [For The Violets since youth] (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
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