Jure Balkovec
{{short description|Slovenian footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jure Balkovec
| image = Jure Balkovec 2021.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Balkovec with Slovenia in 2021
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|09|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Novo Mesto, Slovenia{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jure-balkovec/180501/|title=J. Balkovec|accessdate=6 January 2018|publisher=Soccerway}}
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Alanyaspor
| clubnumber = 29
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011
| youthclubs1 = Bela Krajina
| youthyears2 = 2012
| youthclubs2 = Domžale
| years1 = 2011
| clubs1 = Bela Krajina
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011–2018
| clubs2 = Domžale
| caps2 = 93
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2014
| clubs3 = → Krka (loan)
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2015
| clubs4 = → Radomlje (loan)
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018
| clubs5 = Bari
| caps5 = 11
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2018–2020
| clubs6 = Hellas Verona
| caps6 = 17
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019–2020
| clubs7 = → Empoli (loan)
| caps7 = 32
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2020–2022
| clubs8 = Fatih Karagümrük
| caps8 = 63
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2022–
| clubs9 = Alanyaspor
| caps9 = 63
| goals9 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Slovenia U19{{efn|Official UEFA competitive matches only.}}
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam2 = Slovenia U21
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017
| nationalteam3 = Slovenia B
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2018–
| nationalteam4 = Slovenia
| nationalcaps4 = 38
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 23 September 2024
| nationalteam-update = 10 October 2024
}}
Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Turkish Süper Lig club Alanyaspor and the Slovenia national team.
Club career
In January 2018, Balkovec left Domžale and signed for Italian Serie B outfit Bari,{{cite web |last1=Burazer |first1=Matic |title=URADNO: Balkovec se seli v Bari |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/nogomet/serie-a/a46720-URADNO-Balkovec-se-seli-v-Bari/ |website=Sportklub|access-date=4 August 2023 |language=sl-SI |date=6 January 2018}} only to move to Hellas Verona after half a year due to Bari's financial collapse.{{cite web |last1=Burazer |first1=Matic |title=Jure Balkovec se seli v Verono |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/nogomet/serie-a/a51739-Jure-Balkovec-se-seli-v-Verono/ |website=Sportklub |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=sl-SI |date=3 August 2018}}
In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey for Fatih Karagümrük.{{cite web |last1=Šubic |first1=Aleš |title=Balkovec okrepil novega turškega prvoligaša |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/uncategorized/a90154-Balkovec-okrepil-novega-turskega-prvoligasa/ |website=Sportklub |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=sl-SI |date=12 September 2020}} In summer 2022, he joined compatriot Miha Mevlja at fellow Turkish side Alanyaspor.{{cite web |title=Nova selitev reprezentanta, v Turčiji zdaj slovenski tandem |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/nogomet/nova-selitev-reprezentanta-v-turciji-zdaj-slovenski-tandem/ |website=Sportklub |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=sl-SI |date=5 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Mađerić |first1=Davor |title=Slovenska reprezentanta združila moči v Turčiji |url=https://snportal.si/legionarji/slovenska-reprezentanta-zdruzila-moci-v-turciji/ |website=Slovenski nogometni portal |access-date=6 July 2022 |language=sl-SI |date=6 July 2022}}
International career
Balkovec made his debut for Slovenia in an October 2018 Nations League match against Cyprus, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Bojan Jokić.{{cite web |title=Slovenia – Cyprus 1:1 (Nations League C 2018/2019, Group 3) |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/nations-league-c-2018-2019-gruppe-3-slowenien-zypern/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=4 August 2023}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|match played on 18 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{{efn|Includes Slovenian Cup, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Bela Krajina
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="7"|Domžale
|12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 5 | ||
| 2017–18
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=UEL}} | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!93 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 13 | |
| Krka (loan)
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| Radomlje (loan)
|Slovenian PrvaLiga |29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| Bari
|11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in the 2017–18 Serie B promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Hellas Verona
|Serie B |17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | |||
| Empoli (loan)
|Serie B |32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Fatih Karagümrük
|33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22
|Süper Lig |30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|Alanyaspor
|Süper Lig |29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24
|Süper Lig |28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!57 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!317 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 351 | 26 |
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References
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External links
- [https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralecStat&id_igralca=60264 Jure Balkovec] at NZS {{in lang|sl}}
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Balkovec_Jure}}
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Category:Footballers from Novo Mesto
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Slovenian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Slovenian sportsmen
Category:Slovenia men's youth international footballers
Category:Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Slovenia men's international footballers
Category:NK Bela Krajina players
Category:Hellas Verona FC players
Category:Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers
Category:Alanyaspor footballers
Category:Slovenian Second League players
Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players
Category:Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
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