Valter Birsa

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Valter Birsa
Full name	Valter Birsa
Date of birth	August 7, 1986 (age 20)
Place of birth	Sempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia
Height	1.84 m / 79 kg
Nickname	Biky
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Number	24
Youth clubs
1991-2004	FC Bilje
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2004-2006 2006-present	ND Gorica FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	35 (27) 14 (2)
National team**
2005-present	Slovenia	7 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2006.

Valter Birsa was born on 7 August 1986 in Sempeter, Nova Gorica. Both his parents, Damjan and Anka are from Slovenia. Birsa's career began at the age of 5, when he started playing for Bilje, a small football club near Nova Gorica. As he was a talented player, he was soon transferred first to Primorje, then to ND Hit Gorica at the age of 17. By the second season he was already the second best striker and one of the best in the Slovenian first league, scoring 27 goals for his home team. He also plays for the Slovenian National team, and was the youngest player to have that honor at the age of 18. In 2006, he was transferred to the French club of Sochaux in the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1.

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FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Current Squad
1 Gavanon \| 2 Afolabi \| 3 Tošić \| 5 Leroy \| 6 Potillon \| 7 Pitau \| 8 Ziani \| 9 Dagano \| 10 Mezague \| 11 Brunel \| 12 Isabey \| 13 Bréchet \| 14 Lonfat \| 15 Santos \| 16 Richert \| 17 Quercia \| 18 N'Daw \| 19 Séne \| 20 Zerara \| 21 Le Tallec \| 23 El Bounadi \| 24 Birsa \| 26 Erding \| 27 Daf \| 28 Pichot \| 29 Zaïri \| 30 Deichelbohrer \| Manager: Perrin