Kaja Korošec

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kaja Korošec

| fullname =

| image = Kaja Korošec 20183108.jpg

| caption = Korošec with Slovenia in 2018

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|11|17}}

| birth_place = Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia{{cite web |last1=Čavalić |first1=Mirsad K. |title=Kaja Korošec najboljša, v enajsterici pa igralke štirih klubov |url=https://snportal.si/zenski-nogomet/kaja-korosec-najboljsa-v-enajsterici-pa-igralke-stirih-klubov/ |website=Slovenski nogometni portal |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=sl-SI |date=26 May 2021}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Paris FC

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Bistrica

| years1 = 2018–2023

| clubs1 = Pomurje / Mura

| caps1 = 89

| goals1 = 87

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs2 = Paris FC

| caps2 = 34

| goals2 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2017–

| nationalteam1 = Slovenia

| nationalcaps1 = 57

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| pcupdate = 15 February 2025

| ntupdate = 8 April 2025

}}

Kaja Korošec (born 17 November 2001) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paris FC and the Slovenia women's national team.

Club career

Korošec made her first senior appearance for Pomurje in the 2017–18 season, going on to make four league appearances in that campaign.{{cite web |title=Kaja Korošec – 2017/18|url=https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralec&id_igralca=85674&id_tekmovanja=396&id_kluba= |website=nzs.si |publisher=Slovenian Football Association |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=sl}} On 21 October 2018, she scored her first league goal for the club in a 15–1 victory over Ajdovščina. The 2018–19 season brought Korošec her first league title, and also won the double after winning the Slovenian Cup. Korošec scored 8 goals in 21 appearances across the course of the season to help ensure success.{{cite web |title=Kaja Korošec – Nogometna zveza Slovenije|url=https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralecStat&id_igralca=85674 |website=nzs.si |publisher=Football Association of Slovenia |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=sl}}

In August 2019, Korošec made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut as Pomurje faced Cardiff Met. On 18 November 2020, she scored a hat-trick in the Champions League match against Hungarian champions Ferencváros as Pomurje advanced to the round of 32.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-18|title=Srce premagalo denar; Pomurke se veselijo uvrstitve v Ligo prvakinj!|url=https://snportal.si/zenski-nogomet/srce-premagalo-denar-pomurke-se-veselijo-uvrstitve-v-ligo-prvakinj/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Slovenski nogometni portal|language=sl-SI}}

International career

Korošec has been capped for the Slovenia national team, first appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/slowenien-frauen-team/frauen-wm-quali-europa-2017-2018/ |title=Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Slovenia) |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=29 August 2019}} Her first competitive appearance came in November 2017 in a 5–0 victory over Faroe Islands shortly after her 16th birthday.{{cite web |title=Kaja Korošec – Ženska reprezentanca |url=https://www.nzs.si/Reprezentanca/?id_igralca=85674&id_selekcije=11 |website=nzs.si |publisher=Football Association of Slovenia |access-date=2 January 2023 |language=sl}}

On 4 October 2019, Korošec scored her first international goal in a 4–2 defeat against the Netherlands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers.