Borut Semler

Football player infobox
playername = Borut Semler
fullname = Borut Semler
height = Height|m=1.70
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1985|2|25
cityofbirth = Murska Sobota
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
currentclub = NK Domžale
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears = 1995-1999
1999-2001
2001-2004
youthclubs = NK Mura
NK Varteks
Bayern Munich
years = 2004-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Bayern Munich II
NK Varteks
NK Domžale
caps(goals) = 48 (10)
13 (2)
10 (0)
nationalyears = 2004-2006
nationalteam = Slovenia
nationalcaps(goals) = 7 (0)
pcupdate = 11 June 2008
ntupdate = 22 August 2007

Borut Semler (born 25 February 1985 in Murska Sobota) is a Slovenian footballer who is currently playing for NK Domžale after leaving Bayern Munich where he played for their reserve squad in the Regionalliga Süd, the third tier of German football. He is playing at the position of a striker.

He started his career playing in youth systems of Slovenian side NK Mura and Croatian side NK Varteks before moving to Bayern Munich's youth system in the summer of 2001. He started to play for Bayern Munich's reserve squad in May 2004 and made his debut for the team in their second-last match of the 2003-04 season, a 3-0 away victory against the reserve squad of 1. FSV Mainz 05. It took him only two minutes to score his first goal for the team as he increased their lead on 2-0 after coming off the bench as a substitute for the final 15 minutes of the match. He played regularly for the team in the following season and scored nine goals in 27 matches. In the 2005-06 season, however, he has only made 13 appearances for the team without scoring any goals. In the following season he had seven appearances, but again didn't manage to get on the score sheet. He returned to his youth club Varteks Varaždin on 18 January 2007. He scored two goals for the club in the Croatian First League so far. On January he has came back in Slovenia, NK Domžale

He has been also playing for both Slovenian under-21 and senior national teams. He made his debut for the Slovenian senior national team on 18 August 2004 in a 1-1 draw against Serbia and Montenegro, coming off the bench as a late substitute. Up to date, he won six international caps with the team, but is yet to score.

External links

* [http://www.nkdomzale.si/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=382&Itemid=28 NK Domžale profile]
* [http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/de/mannschaften/amateure/00775.php?fcb_sid=ab2471d8a97fa7ec3fa409911d444730 Bayern Munich profile]
* [http://www.nzs.si/index.php?pgi=16&show_portret=29821 Slovenian national team profile]
* [http://www.hnl-statistika.com/p1.asp?ID=1125 Borut Semler profile] at Nogometni Magazin hr icon