Matevž Vidovšek

{{short description|Slovenian footballer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matevž Vidovšek

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia{{cite web |title=Matevž Vidovšek |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/matevz-vidovsek/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=en}}

| height = 1.99 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Olimpija Ljubljana

| clubnumber = 69

| youthyears1 = 2004–2015

| youthclubs1 = Dravograd

| youthyears2 = 2014

| youthclubs2 = → Jarenina (loan)

| youthyears3 = 2015–2016

| youthclubs3 = Bravo

| youthyears4 = 2016–2018

| youthclubs4 = Atalanta

| youthyears5 = 2018

| youthclubs5 = → Pescara (loan)

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Atalanta

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2018–2019

| clubs2 = → Reggina 1914 (loan)

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = → Ayia Napa (loan){{cite web |title=AOAN AGIAS NAPAS – Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 2019/20 |url=https://www.cfa.com.cy/En/clubprofile/12597597/41066 |website=cfa.com.cy |publisher=Cyprus Football Association |access-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220819181534/https://www.cfa.com.cy/En/clubprofile/12597597/41066 |archive-date=19 August 2022}}

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–

| clubs4 = Olimpija Ljubljana

| caps4 = 74

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam1 = Slovenia U17

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2017

| nationalteam2 = Slovenia U18

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2023–

| nationalteam3 = Slovenia

| nationalcaps3 = 2

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 16 March 2025

| ntupdate = 6 September 2024

}}

Matevž Vidovšek (born 30 October 1999) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Olimpija Ljubljana and the Slovenia national team.

He has also represented Slovenia at youth international level with the under-17 and under-18 teams.

Club career

Vidovšek started his football career at local side Dravograd.{{cite web |last1=Burazer |first1=Matic |title=Olimpijo okrepil nov vratar – Matevž Vidovšek |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/nogomet/prva-liga/a100615-Olimpijo-okrepil-nov-vratar-Matevz-Vidovsek/ |website=Sportklub |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=sl-SI |date=30 September 2020}} In 2016, at the age of 16, he moved to the youth ranks of Serie A team Atalanta, and was later loaned to Italian teams Pescara and Reggina 1914, and Cypriot club Ayia Napa.{{cite web |title=Olimpija pripeljala novega vratarja |url=https://siol.net/sportal/prva-liga/matevz-vidovsek-nk-olimpija-535483 |publisher=Siol |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=sl |date=30 September 2020}}

In September 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana. He made his PrvaLiga debut in May 2022, in the last round of the 2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Celje.{{cite web |title=Matevž Vidovšek » PrvaLiga 2021/2022 |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/matevz-vidovsek/svn-prvaliga-2021-2022/olimpija-ljubljana/3/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=19 August 2022 |language=en}}

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