Jon Gorenc Stanković

{{short description|Slovenian footballer (born 1996)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Gorenc Stanković|lang=Slovene}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jon Gorenc Stanković

| image = FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Sturm Graz (2022-03-13) 75 (cropped).jpg

| upright =

| caption = Stanković with Sturm Graz in 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|01|14|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j83070.html |title=Stanković: Jon Gorenc Stanković: Player |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=11 February 2018}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Defensive midfielder, centre-back

| currentclub = Sturm Graz

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs1 = Domžale

| years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Domžale | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = → Borussia Dortmund II (loan) | caps2 = 62 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2016–2020 | clubs3 = Huddersfield Town | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2020– | clubs4 = Sturm Graz | caps4 = 145 | goals4 = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = Slovenia U16 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam2 = Slovenia U17 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2013 | nationalteam3 = Slovenia U18 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2013–2014 | nationalteam4 = Slovenia U19 | nationalcaps4 = 10 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2015–2018 | nationalteam5 = Slovenia U21 | nationalcaps5 = 17 | nationalgoals5 = 2

| nationalyears6 = 2020– | nationalteam6 = Slovenia | nationalcaps6 = 31 | nationalgoals6 = 1

| club-update = 25 May 2025

| nationalteam-update = 23 March 2025

}}

Jon Gorenc Stanković (born 14 January 1996) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Austrian Football Bundesliga side Sturm Graz and the Slovenia national team.

Club career

=Huddersfield Town=

Gorenc Stanković made his debut for Huddersfield Town in an EFL Cup tie with Shrewsbury Town on 9 August 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36949806|title=Shrewsbury 2–1 Huddersfield|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 August 2016|accessdate=1 September 2016}} He made his league debut as a late substitute against Rotherham United on 27 September 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37414579|title=Huddersfield 2–1 Rotherham|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 September 2016|accessdate=6 October 2016}} He scored his first goal for Huddersfield Town on 19 August 2018 in a 6–1 defeat to Manchester City.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45159602|title=Man City 6–1 Huddersfield: Sergio Aguero hat-trick as champions go top|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 August 2018|accessdate=20 August 2018}}

=Sturm Graz=

On 29 June 2020, Gorenc Stanković signed a three-year contract with the Austrian Football Bundesliga side Sturm Graz,{{cite web |title=Gorenc-Stanković podpisal triletno pogodbo s Sturmom |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/gorenc-stankovic-podpisal-triletno-pogodbo-s-sturmom/528831 |author=A. G. |publisher=RTV Slovenija |accessdate=29 June 2020 |language=sl |date=29 June 2020}} though he remained at Huddersfield for the remainder of the season, extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having signed a short-term extension.{{cite web |last1=Booth |first1=Mel |title=Huddersfield Town retained list: Liverpool loan man Kamil Grabara and Danny Simpson leave club|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-retained-list-liverpool-18477741 |website=YorkshireLive |access-date=23 April 2021 |language=en |date=24 June 2020}}

International career

Gorenc Stanković was called-up to the senior Slovenia squad by Srečko Katanec for a friendly against Turkey in June 2016.{{cite news|title=V reprezentanci tudi Gorenc Stanković|url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/nogomet/reprezentancni-nogomet/574464eea81ff/v-reprezentanci-tudi-gorenc-stankovic|accessdate=1 September 2016|publisher=Ekipa24|date=24 May 2016|language=sl}}

Four years after his first call-up to the national team, he made his debut in the friendly match against San Marino on 7 October 2020.{{cite web |title=Jon Gorenc Stanković » Friendlies 2020 |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jon-gorenc-stankovic/freundschaft-2020/slowenien-team/3/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=18 December 2023 |language=en}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 24 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Slovenia – J. Gorenc Stankovič – Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/jon-stankovi/268934/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=27 May 2024}}

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

!colspan=2|League cup

!colspan=2|Continental

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Domžale

|2012–13

|Slovenian PrvaLiga

|6

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—60
2013–14

|Slovenian PrvaLiga

|12

010colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=el|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}0150
colspan=2|Total

!18

010colspan="2"|—||20210
rowspan=3|Borussia Dortmund II (loan)

|2014–15

|3. Liga

|31

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—311
2015–16

|Regionalliga West

|31

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—311
colspan=2|Total

!62

2colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||622
rowspan=5|Huddersfield Town

|2016–17

|Championship

|7

04010colspan="2"|—120
2017–18

|Premier League

|0

00000colspan="2"|—00
2018–19

|Premier League

|11

11010colspan="2"|—131
2019–20

|Championship

|19

11010colspan="2"|—211
colspan=2|Total

!37

26030colspan="2"|—||462
rowspan="6"|Sturm Graz

|2020–21

|Austrian Bundesliga

|30

351colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—354
2021–22

|Austrian Bundesliga

|30

430colspan="2"|—7{{efn|name=el}}1405
2022–23

|Austrian Bundesliga

|31

260colspan="2"|—7{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League}}0442
2023–24

|Austrian Bundesliga

|28

341colspan="2"|—12{{efn|Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League}}2446
2024–25

|Austrian Bundesliga

|26

131colspan="2"|—5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}0342
colspan="2"|Total

!145

13213colspan="2"|—31319719
colspan=3|Career total

!262

172833033332623

{{notelist}}

=International=

{{updated|match played 23 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Jon Stankovič, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=31100 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=25 May 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Slovenia

|2020

10
202161
202280
202350
202490
202520
colspan="2"|Total311

:Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gorenc Stanković goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Jon Gorenc Stanković

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
align=center|14 June 2021Bonifika Stadium, Koper, Slovenia{{fb|GIB}}align=center|6–0align=center| 6–0Friendly

Honours

Sturm Graz

  • Austrian Bundesliga: 2023–24, 2024–25{{cite web |title=Konec je tesne sezone v Avstriji: Tomi Horvat in Jon Gorenc Stanković sta s Sturmom spet postala prvaka! |url=https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/Konec-je-tesne-sezone-v-Avstriji-Tomi-Horvat-in-Jon-Gorenc-Stankovic-sta-s-Sturmom-spet-postala-prvaka |publisher=Nogomania |access-date=25 May 2025 |language=sl |date=25 May 2025}}
  • Austrian Cup: 2022–23, 2023–24

References

{{reflist}}