Nik Prelec

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Nik Prelec

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|6|10|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Maribor, Slovenia

|height = 1.86 m{{Soccerway|466632}}

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Austria Wien
(on loan from Cagliari)

|clubnumber = 11

|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013

|youthclubs1 = Kovinar Tezno

|youthyears2 = 2014–2017

|youthclubs2 = Aluminij

|youthyears3 = 2017–2021

|youthclubs3 = Sampdoria

|years1 = 2020–2022

|clubs1 = Sampdoria

|caps1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2022

|clubs2 = → Olimpija Ljubljana (loan)

|caps2 = 11

|goals2 = 1

|years3 = 2022–2023

|clubs3 = WSG Tirol

|caps3 = 13

|goals3 = 6

|years4 = 2023–

|clubs4 = Cagliari

|caps4 = 12

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2023–2024

|clubs5 = → WSG Tirol (loan)

|caps5 = 32

|goals5 = 8

|years6 = 2024–

|clubs6 = → Austria Wien (loan)

|caps6 = 31

|goals6 = 6

|nationalyears1 = 2016

|nationalteam1 = Slovenia U15

|nationalcaps1 = 7

|nationalgoals1 = 5

|nationalyears2 = 2017

|nationalteam2 = Slovenia U16

|nationalcaps2 = 5

|nationalgoals2 = 3

|nationalyears3 = 2016–2018

|nationalteam3 = Slovenia U17

|nationalcaps3 = 23

|nationalgoals3 = 8

|nationalyears4 = 2018

|nationalteam4 = Slovenia U18

|nationalcaps4 = 2

|nationalgoals4 = 0

|nationalyears5 = 2018–2020

|nationalteam5 = Slovenia U19

|nationalcaps5 = 20

|nationalgoals5 = 10

|nationalyears6 = 2020–2022

|nationalteam6 = Slovenia U21

|nationalcaps6 = 10

|nationalgoals6 = 2

|club-update = 11 June 2025

|ntupdate =

}}

Nik Prelec (born 10 June 2001) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Austria Wien, on loan from {{Italian football updater|Cagliari}} club Cagliari.

Career

Prelec started his senior career with Serie A side Sampdoria.{{cite web |title=Sampdoria, Prelec si racconta: gli anni in Primavera e questa stagione |url=https://www.clubdoria46.it/sampdoria-prelec-si-racconta-gli-anni-in-primavera-e-questa-stagione/ |website=Club Doria 46 |date=9 April 2021 |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.numero-diez.com/prelec-il-giovane-bomber-della-sampdoria/|title=Chi è Nik Prelec, il giovane bomber della Sampdoria|website=numero-diez.com|access-date=5 June 2023|language=it|date=14 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/nogomet/reprezentancni-nogomet/6041e9a80faf7/nik-prelec-ne-vem-ali-bodo-upali-staviti|title=Nik Prelec: Ne vem, ali bodo upali staviti|website=Ekipa24.si|language=sl|date=5 March 2021|access-date=5 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/sampdoria-prelec-allenarmi-con-campioni-come-quagliarella-mi-sta-facendo-crescere-1518709|title=Sampdoria, Prelec: "Allenarmi con campioni come Quagliarella mi sta facendo crescere"|website=tuttomercatoweb.com|access-date=5 June 2023|language=it|date=9 April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sampdorianews.net/primavera/prelec-voglio-arrivare-in-doppia-cifra-spero-debuttare-in-prima-squadra-120443|title=Prelec: "Voglio arrivare in doppia cifra. Spero debuttare in prima squadra"|website=sampdorianews.net|access-date=5 June 2023|language=it|date=9 April 2021}} Before the second half of the 2021–22 season, he was sent on loan to Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/Prelec-Olimpija-je-pravi-korak-naprej-v-moji-karieri|title=Prelec: Olimpija je pravi korak naprej v moji karieri|publisher=Nogomania|access-date=5 June 2023|language=sl|date=30 January 2022}} In July 2022, Prelec signed for Austrian club WSG Tirol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/bundesliga/news/wsg-tirol--nik-prelec---der-naechste-top-stuermer-/|title=WSG Tirol: Nik Prelec - der nächste Top-Stürmer?|website=laola1.at|access-date=5 June 2023|date=13 July 2022|language=de}}

On 31 January 2023, Prelec signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Cagliari in Italy.{{cite web|publisher=Cagliari Calcio|url=https://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/22562/prelec-e-del-cagliari-l-attaccante-ha-firmato-sino-al-2026|title=Prelec è del Cagliari|date=31 January 2023|access-date=1 February 2023|language=it}} On 1 July 2023, he returned to WSG Tirol on a season-long loan.{{cite web|publisher=WSG Tirol|url=https://www.wsg-fussball.at/de/aktuelles/meldungen/5091117330.php|title=Cagliari NIcKt die Leihe ab|date=1 July 2023|access-date=29 August 2023|language=de}} On 12 July 2024, he signed a new contract with Cagliari until 2027 and was subsequently loaned out to Austrian side Austria Wien.{{cite web |url=https://cagliaricalcio.com/news/prelec-allaustria-vienna/ |title=Prelec all'Austria Vienna |publisher=Cagliari Calcio |language=it |date=12 July 2024|access-date=12 July 2024}}