Jan Jurčec

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| name = Jan Jurčec

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2000|11|27}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, Croatia

| height = 1.75m

| position = Winger

| currentclub = Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

| clubnumber = 40

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Lokomotiva Zagreb

| youthyears2 = 2014–2019 | youthclubs2 = Kustošija

| years1 = 2019–2022 | clubs1 = Kustošija | caps1 = 69 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = Rheindorf Altach | caps2 = 58 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2022–2023

| nationalteam1 = Croatia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 14 March 2025

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Jan Jurčec (born 27 November 2000) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

Career

A youth product of Lokomotiva Zagreb, Jurčec moved to the youth academy of Kustošija in 2014, and began his senior career with them in the First Football League in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/veliki-iskorak-u-karijeri-nade-hrvatskog-nogometa-sretan-sam-sto-su-mi-dali-sansu-idemo-pobjedivati-15225042|title=Sportske novosti - Veliki iskorak u karijeri nade hrvatskog nogometa: ‘Sretan sam što su mi dali šansu, idemo pobjeđivati!‘|date=20 July 2022|website=sportske.jutarnji.hr}} On 19 July 2022, he transferred to the Austrian club Rheindorf Altach until 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sn.at/sport/fussball/bundesliga/altach-holt-kroatischen-fluegelstuermer-jurcec-124460761|title=Altach holt kroatischen Flügelstürmer Jurcec|first=Salzburger|last=Nachrichten|date=19 July 2022|website=Salzburger Nachrichten}} He made his professional debut with Rheindorf Altach in a 2–1 Austrian Football Bundesliga loss to Hartberg on 24 July 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000137726676/hartberg-rettet-21-gegen-altach-ueber-die-zeit|title=2:1 gegen Altach: Hartberg verhagelt Klose das Trainerdebüt|website=DER STANDARD}}

International career

Born in Croatia, Jurčec is of Polish descent through his mother. He was a youth international for Croatia, having played for the Croatia U21s.{{Cite web|url=http://germanijak.hr/nogomet/vijesti/jan-jurcec-za-germanijak-mama-me-nije-pustila-u-dinamo-a-klose-me-na-poljskom-pozvao-u-altach/germanijak.hr/nogomet/vijesti/jan-jurcec-za-germanijak-mama-me-nije-pustila-u-dinamo-a-klose-me-na-poljskom-pozvao-u-altach/111464|title=Jan Jurčec za Germanijak: "Mama me nije pustila u Dinamo, a Klose me na poljskom pozvao u Altach" | Germanijak|website=germanijak.hr}}