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Nejc Pečnik Personal information Full name Nejc Pečnik Date of birth 3 January 1986 Place of birth Dravograd, Yugoslavia Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Midfielder / Forward Club information Current club Krylia Sovetov Number 77 Youth career –2002 NK Dravograd Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2009 Celje 119 (21) 2008–2009 → Sparta Prague (loan) 4 (0) 2009– Nacional 24 (2) 2011 → Krylia Sovetov (loan) 21 (1) National team‡ 2005–2008 Slovenia U21 2009– Slovenia 11 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:13, 20 August 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 August 2011Nejc Pečnik (born 3 January 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan from C.D. Nacional and the Slovenian national team.
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Club career
Born in Dravograd, Slovenia, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Pečnik started his career at hometown club NK Dravograd. After showing promise in its youth teams, he was signed by NK Celje, making his first division debut on 24 April 2004, against FC Ljubljana.[1]
The following year, Pečnik played in only seven league matches, adding a few Cup appearances ties, including the final against FC Koper.[2] In the 2005–06 season he managed to gain a regular place in the first team, eventually establishing himself as a key offensive player.
In 2007–08, Pečnik was Celje's top scorer with 14 league goals.[3] After five seasons, he was loaned out in June 2008 to Sparta Prague,[4] but appeared rarely with the Czech first division outfit during his six-month stay, spending most of his time with the reserve squad.[5]
After a further 15 league games with Celje, into the 2009 spring, Pečnik signed with C.D. Nacional of Portugal.[6][7]
International career
Pečnik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 1 April 2009, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.[8]
He scored his first goal for Slovenia on 10 October 2009, in the same competition, a 2–0 win Slovakia. On 14 November, he scored a decisive goal in the play-offs' first leg, as the national side lost 1–2 with Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium,[9] only to win 1–0 in the second leg, taking the tie on the away goals rule, and qualifying for a World Cup for the second time in the nation's history; in the final stages, he appeared twice as a late substitute, having to be however stretchered off in the match against United States.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 10 October 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 
Slovakia2–0 2–0 2010 World Cup qualification 2 14 November 2009 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 
Russia1–2 1–2 2010 World Cup qualification – Playoffs Club statistics
- As of 9th November 2009
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2003–04 Celje Slovenian League 2 0 ? ? ? ? 2 0 2004–05 7 0 ? ? ? ? 7 0 2005–06 29 1 4 0 2 0 35 1 2006–07 31 2 4 3 - 35 5 2007–08 35 14 2 0 - 37 14 2008–09 Sparta Prague Czech League 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 2008–09 Sparta B Second Division 9 2 - - 9 2 2008–09 Celje Slovenian League 15 3 0 0 - 15 3 2009–10 Nacional Portuguese League 8 1 1 1 4 0 13 2 Total Celje 119 20 10 3 2 0 131 23 Total Sparta Prague 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 Total Sparta B 9 2 - - 9 2 Career total 132 22 10 3 4 0 146 25 Honours
Celje
- Slovenian Cup: 2004–05
Personal
Pečnik's older brother, Andrej, is also a professional footballer. A defender, he too represented Celje, also playing abroad in Romania. He gained six caps for the national team.
References
- ^ "Zapisnik 26. kroga" (in Slovenian). PrvaLiga. 24 April 2004. http://www.prvaliga.si/Tekma/zapisnik/?id_tekme=7560. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Publikum dočakal prvo lovoriko" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenia. 17 May 2005. http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/1-slovenska-nogometna-liga-2004-05/publikum-docakal-prvo-lovoriko/106782. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Statistika sezone 2007/08 (Season statistics 2007/08)" (in Slovenian). PrvaLiga. May 2008. http://www.prvaliga.si/klubi/mostvo/Default.asp?id=32&s=1&id_menu=68&sorttab1=goli&dirtab1=1. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Nogometaš Nejc Pečnik se iz Celja seli v praško Sparto" (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. 27 June 2008. http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/sport/329534. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Nejc Pečnik" (in Czech). iDNES. http://fotbal.idnes.cz/db_fotbal.asp?hrac=3008130. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Pečnik nasledil Cristiana Ronalda" (in Slovenian). NK Celje. 31 May 2009. http://www.nk-celje.si/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2496&Itemid=0. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Seduzido pela hipótese de jogar na Liga Europa [Seduced with the chance of playing in Europa League]" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 1 July 2009. http://www.dnoticias.pt/Default.aspx?file_id=dn04011018010709&id_user=. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Severni Irci spodrezali slovenska krila" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenia. 1 April 2009. http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/severni-irci-spodrezali-slovenska-krila/127965. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "World Cup play-offs round-up". BBC Sport. 15 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8360654.stm. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ Nejc Pečnik – FIFA competition record
External links
- PrvaLiga player profile (Slovene)
- National team data (Slovene)
- Nejc Pečnik at National-Football-Teams.com
Slovenia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 S. Handanovič • 2 Brečko • 3 Džinič • 4 Šuler • 5 Cesar • 6 Ilič • 7 Pečnik • 8 Koren (c) • 9 Ljubijankič • 10 Birsa • 11 Novakovič • 12 J. Handanovič • 13 Jokić • 14 Dedič • 15 Krhin • 16 Šeliga • 17 Kirm • 18 Radosavljevič • 19 Filekovič • 20 Komac • 21 Stevanovič • 22 Mavrič • 23 Matavž • Coach: Kek
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – current squad 1 Yurchenko · 2 Abdoulfattakh · 3 Molosh · 4 Taranov · 5 Koroman · 7 Bober · 8 Priyomov · 10 Kuznetsov · 11 Sosnin · 14 Kirillov · 15 Ponomarenko · 17 Kowba · 18 Kornilenko · 20 Di Chiara · 22 Shalayev · 23 Makriev · 25 Grigoryan · 45 Kontsedalov · 46 Tsallagov · 52 Genev · 75 Novitskiy · 77 Pečnik · 79 Đorđević · 82 Vyeramko · 83 Joseph-Reinette · 84 Vorobyov · 91 Yakovlev · 98 Petrov · Manager: Kobelev
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Slovenian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- NK Celje players
- Gambrinus liga players
- AC Sparta Prague players
- Primeira Liga players
- C.D. Nacional players
- Russian Premier League players
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
- Slovenia international footballers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Slovenian expatriates in the Czech Republic
- Slovenian expatriates in Portugal
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