Filip Valenčič
{{short description|Slovenian footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Filip Valenčič
| image = Filip Valenčič.jpg
| image_size = 120
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|1|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia
| height = 1.83 m
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Jaro
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2010
| youthclubs1 = Jezero Medvode{{cite web |last1=Bertoncelj |first1=Maja |title=Nogometaš leta na Finskem |url=http://www.gorenjskiglas.si/article/20171206/C/171209874/1037/nogometas-leta-na-finskem |website=gorenjskiglas.si |access-date=9 December 2019 |language=sl |date=6 December 2017|trans-title=Footballer of the Year in Finland}}
| youthclubs2 = Interblock
| years1 = 2010–2011 | clubs1 = Interblock
| years2 = 2011–2015 | clubs2 = Olimpija Ljubljana
| years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = Monza
| years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = Notts County
| years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = PS Kemi
| years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = HJK
| years7 = 2018–2020 | clubs7 = Stabæk
| years8 = 2018 | clubs8 = Stabæk 2
| years9 = 2019 | clubs9 = → Inter Turku (loan)
| years10 = 2020 | clubs10 = Inter Turku
| years11 = 2021 | clubs11 = HJK
| years12 = 2022 | clubs12 = Dinamo Minsk
| years13 = 2022 | clubs13 = KuPS
| years14 = 2022 | clubs14 = KuPS Akatemia
| years15 = 2023 | clubs15 = ÍBV
| years16 = 2024 | clubs16 = PK-35
| years17 = 2024 | clubs17 = Olimpia Grudziądz
| years18 = 2024 | clubs18 = Honka
| caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 4
| caps2 = 88 | goals2 = 13
| caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 1
| caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 1
| caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 9
| caps6 = 34 | goals6 = 12
| caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 0
| caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 4
| caps9 = 27 | goals9 = 16
| caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 2
| caps11 = 27 | goals11 = 6
| caps12 = 7 | goals12 = 0
| caps13 = 9 | goals13 = 0
| caps14 = 1 | goals14 = 0
| caps15 = 9 | goals15 = 0
| caps16 = 0 | goals16 = 0
| caps17 = 0 | goals17 = 0
| caps18 = 5 | goals18 = 3
| years19 = 2025–
| clubs19 = Jaro
| caps19 = 0
| goals19 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = Slovenia U16
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009
| nationalteam2 = Slovenia U17
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2010
| nationalteam3 = Slovenia U19
| nationalcaps3 = 5 |nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam4 = Slovenia U20
| nationalcaps4 = 4| nationalgoals4 =1
| nationalyears5 = 2011–2013
| nationalteam5 = Slovenia U21
| nationalcaps5 = 2 |nationalgoals5 = 1
| pcupdate = 5 January 2025
}}
Filip Valenčič (born 7 January 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Jaro.
Club career
Born in Ljubljana, Valenčič started his senior career with local side Interblock, before moving to Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana in 2011.{{cite web |last1=Viškovič |first1=Rok |title=Čudne besede finskega trenerja o Slovencu, ki odhaja na Norveško |url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/cudne-besede-finskega-trenerja-o-slovencu-ki-odhaja-na-norvesko-474896 |website=siol.net |publisher=Siol |access-date=8 December 2019 |language=sl |date=10 August 2018}}
In July 2015, he signed with English side Notts County.{{cite web |title=Slovenian Filip Valencic Arrives To Boost Attacking Options |url=https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2015/july/slovenian-filip-valencic-arrives-to-boost-attacking-options/ |website=nottscountyfc.co.uk |publisher=Notts County F.C. |date=8 July 2015|access-date=8 December 2019 |language=en-gb}} He scored his first goal for the club against Crawley Town in a 1–0 win in January 2016.{{Cite news|title = Crawley Town 0–1 Notts County|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35270226|publisher= BBC Sport|access-date = 17 January 2016}}
Following his short spell in England, he signed with Palloseura Kemi Kings ahead of their first season in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. In 2017, he moved to HJK. In his first campaign with HJK, he finished as the league's joint second top-scorer with 15 goals (7 after his move from PS Kemi), and helped his team winning their record 28th league title. He also went on to win the league's player of the season award at the league's end of year gala on 3 November 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2017/11/03/filip-valencic-vuoden-veikkausliigapelaaja|title=Filip Valencic Vuoden Veikkausliigapelaaja|website=Veikkausliiga|date=3 November 2017|access-date=8 December 2019|language=fi}}
After two successful seasons with HJK, Valenčič signed a deal with Stabæk in 2018 on a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.budstikka.no/sport/ikke-god-nok-for-stabaek-leies-ut-til-finsk-fotball/8248!/|title=Ikke god nok for Stabæk, leies ut til finsk fotball|website=Budstikka|date=12 February 2019|access-date=8 December 2019|language=no|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208215612/https://www.budstikka.no/sport/ikke-god-nok-for-stabaek-leies-ut-til-finsk-fotball/8248!/|url-status=dead}} He would go on to only play 124 minutes during the 2018 Eliteserien campaign, scoring no goals. On 12 February 2019, he joined Inter Turku on loan for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season. He finished the campaign as the league's top scorer with 16 goals{{cite web |title=Perustilastot |url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/2019/veikkausliiga/pelaajat/?team=&home_away=&player=&sort=M#stats-wrapper |website=Veikkausliiga |access-date=24 June 2019 |language=fi |date=8 December 2019}} as the club finished in second place, securing a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.{{cite web|url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/slovenski-nogometasi-na-delu-v-tujini-nedelja-513488|title=Rožmanu je na Hrvaškem steklo, nov gol Verbiča #video|website=Sportal|date=8 December 2019|access-date=8 December 2019|language=sl}}
In June 2022, Valenčič signed for KuPS.{{cite web |title=Kova kaappaus! KuPS kiinnitti entisen Veikkausliiga-tähden |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/kova-kaappaus-kups-kiinnitti-entisen-veikkausliiga-tahden/8458902 |website=mtvuutiset.fi |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=fi |date=27 June 2022}}
On 21 March 2024, over a month after making two league cup appearances for PK-35, he joined Polish third-tier club Olimpia Grudziądz on a deal until the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Filip Valenčič zawodnikiem Olimpii Grudziądz! |url=https://www.olimpiagrudziadz.com/informacje-z-klubu/filip-valencic-zawodnikiem-olimpii-grudziadz/ |publisher=Olimpia Grudziądz |access-date=21 March 2024 |language=pl |date=21 March 2024}}
On 28 February 2025, after a trial period, Valenčič officially joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Jaro.{{cite web |title=Filip Valencic vahvistaa Jaron hyökkäystä |url=https://www.ffjaro.fi/fi/filip-valencic-vahvistaa-jaron-hyokkaysta/ |publisher=FF Jaro |access-date=28 February 2025 |language=fi |date=28 February 2025}}
International career
Valenčič has represented Slovenia at various youth levels.{{cite web |title=Filip Valenčič – Nogometna zveza Slovenije |url=https://www.nzs.si/reprezentanca/default.asp?id_selekcije=10&id_igralca=52547&id_menu=108 |publisher=Football Association of Slovenia |access-date=6 September 2020 |language=sl}} In 2019, it was reported that he has considering switching allegiances and taking Finnish citizenship so that he could represent Finland on the international stage.{{cite web|url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/nogomet/reprezentancni-nogomet/5dd013313dc08/slovenije-ne-bo-na-euru-toda-ali-bo-tam-zaigral-slovenec-v-dresu-presenetljive-reprezentance|title=Slovenije ne bo na EURU, toda – Ali bo tam zaigral Slovenec!? V dresu PRESENETLJIVE REPREZENTANCE!?|website=ekipa.svet24.si|date=16 November 2019|access-date=9 December 2019|language=sl}}
Career statistics
{{updated|26 February 2025}}{{Soccerway|filip-valencic/109645}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Slovenian Cup, Suomen Cup, Belarusian Cup, Icelandic Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Finnish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|Interblock
|6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11
|25 | 4 | 6 | 3 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 31 | 7 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!31 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
| rowspan=5|Olimpija Ljubljana
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=uel}} | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|name=uel}} | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2013–14
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=uel}} | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!88 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 108 | 16 | |
| Monza
|6 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Notts County
|9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 9 | 1 | ||
| rowspan=3|PS Kemi
|2016 |12 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2017
|Veikkausliiga |17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 22 | 12 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | |
| rowspan=3|HJK
|2017 |Veikkausliiga |16 | 7 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=uel}} | 0 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2018
|Veikkausliiga |18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League|name=ucl}} | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 14 | |
| rowspan=4|Stabæk
|2018 |6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019
|Eliteserien |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020
|Eliteserien |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Stabæk 2
|2018 |8 | 4 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Inter Turku (loan)
|2019 |Veikkausliiga |27 | 16 | 5 | 5 | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=uel}} | 1 | 34 | 22 | ||
| Inter Turku
|2020 |Veikkausliiga |7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 8 | 2 | |||
| HJK
|2021 |Veikkausliiga |27 | 6 | 6 | 3 | colspan=2|— | 14{{efn|Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 3 | 47 | 12 | ||
| Dinamo Minsk
|2022 |7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| KuPS
|2022 |Veikkausliiga |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League|name=uecl}} | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| KuPS Akatemia
|2022 |1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| ÍBV
|2023 |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 15 | 1 | ||
| PK-35
|2024 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| Olimpia Grudziądz
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| Honka
|2024 |Kakkonen |5 | 3 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Jaro
|2025 |Veikkausliiga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!309 | 71 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 391 | 97 |
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Honours
HJK
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: June 2017,{{cite web |title=Filip Valencic kuukauden pelaajaksi |url=https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2017/07/05/filip-valencic-kuukauden-pelaajaksi |website=Veikkausliiga |access-date=1 January 2024 |language=fi |date=5 July 2017}} June 2021{{cite web |title=Filip Valenčič Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja |url=https://www.jpy.fi/fi/uutiset/filip-valen-i-veikkausliigan-kuukauden-pelaaja |website=JPY.fi |access-date=3 May 2024 |language=fi |date=6 July 2021}}
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Year: 2017, 2019{{cite web |title=NORO! Bivši član Olimpije pobral VSE NAGRADE! Bil je NAJBOLJŠI STRELEC in celo IGRALEC SEZONE! (foto) |url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/nogomet/slovenci-v-tujini/5dda9da248f53/noro-bivsi-clan-olimpije-pobral-vse-nagrade-bil-je-najboljsi-strelec-in-celo-igralec-sezone-foto |website=Ekipa24 |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=sl |date=24 November 2019}}
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2017, 2019
- Veikkausliiga Forward of the Year: 2017,{{cite web |title=Filip Valencic on Veikkausliigan kauden paras pelaaja |url=https://www.is.fi/veikkausliiga/art-2000005436403.html |website=Ilta-Sanomat |access-date=1 January 2024 |language=fi |date=3 November 2017}} 2019
- Veikkausliiga Top Goalscorer: 2019
- Finnish Cup Top Goalscorer: 2017–18{{Cite web |title=Top Cup 2018 goalscorers|url=https://www.besoccer.com/competition/rankings/suomen_cup/2018/top-scorers |access-date=27 January 2023|website=besoccer.com}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralecStat&id_igralca=52547 Filip Valenčič] at NZS {{in lang|sl}}
- [https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikmadur/?leikmadur=364410 Filip Valenčič] at KSÍ {{in lang|is}}
{{FF Jaro squad}}
{{Veikkausliiga top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valencic, Filip}}
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