Marko Pridigar

Marko Pridigar

Personal information
Full name	Marko Pridigar
Date of birth	18 May 1985 (1985-05-18) (age 26)
Place of birth	Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Maribor
Number	12
Youth career
	Železničar
	Maribor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–	Maribor	105	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2009

Marko Pridigar (born 18 May 1985 in Maribor) is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for football club NK Maribor.

Club career

Pridigar started his career in the youth squads of NK Maribor where he also signed his first professional contract. He made his debut in Slovenian first league, 1.SNL at the age of 20 in a game against NK Nafta.^[1] During his first years as a professional he was competing for the place in the first team with another goalkeeper Marko Ranilovič. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the club during 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons as he played most of the matches in 1.SNL at that time. Next season (2009–10) he lost his place in the starting eleven to Ranilovič and played a total of 11 matches in the first league.^[2] During this period he was also injured for couple of months.

He was the first choice goalkeeper in NK Maribor at the start of 2010–11 season and his performances has been impressive. However, he suffered another injury halfway through the first part of the season and was again sidelined. At the beginning of the second part of the season Pridigar was unfortunate again, when he was on goal during his first league appearance after the injury in the first part. During a match against Olimpija he made a save, but an opponent player stepped on his hand in the process, which fractured a bone in his palm on three different places. Pridigar was operated on 17 March, 2011, and was sidelined for the rest of the season.^[3]

He is contracted with NK Maribor until 31 May 2012.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.prvaliga.si/Tekma/zapisnik/?id_tekme=3613
2. ^ http://www.prvaliga.si/klubi/mostvo/igralec.asp?idi=35396&id=21&ids=2010
3. ^ "Pridigar uspešno operiran" (in Slovene). NOGOMANIA.com. 17 March 2011. http://www.nogomania.com/Slovenski-Nogomet/Ekipa/Maribor/Novica/Pridigar-uspesno-operiran.aspx. Retrieved 19 March 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.nkmaribor.com/tekmovanja/igralec.asp?nk_leto=2011&tip=2&id_igralca=35396&id_kluba=

External links

• Profile at Prvaliga.si

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Name	Pridigar, Marko
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Date of birth	18 May 1985
Place of birth	Maribor, Yugoslavia
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