Ermin Rakovič

Ermin Rakovič
Personal information
Full name	Ermin Rakovič
Date of birth	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977
Place of birth	Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Maria Saal
Number	10
Youth career
	Slovan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–1994	Slovan	2	(0)
1994–1995	Ljubljana	9	(0)
1995–1996	Celje	24	(5)
1996–1997	Olimpija	8	(1)
1997–1998	Nacional	27	(3)
1998–1999	→ Beira Mar (loan)	4	(0)
1999–2000	→ Aves (loan)	9	(0)
2000–2001	Olimpija Ljubljana	28	(16)
2001–2002	Hapoel Petah Tikva	16	(4)
2002–2004	Maribor	40	(20)
2004–2005	Mura	37	(20)
2005–2006	Domžale	15	(14)
2006	Diyarbakırspor^[1]	13	(2)
2006–2007	Domžale	30	(16)
2007–2009	Interblock	58	(14)
2010	Drava Ptuj	6	(1)
2010	Olimpija	10	(3)
2011	Ljubljana
2011	Shenzhen Ruby	3	(0)
2012	Slovan
2013	Spittal
2013–	Maria Saal
National team^‡
2001–2007	Slovenia^[2]	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 April 2009

Ermin Rakovič (born 7 September 1977 in Maribor) is a Slovenian football player.

Controversies

In August 2010 German state owned TV ARD reported of having information that the Europa league match between clubs Olimpija and Široki Brijeg is fixed, which was later reported by numerous media across Europe.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Asian and European betting companies were the first to report their suspicion of the match being fixed after several people deposited a total of 4 million euros that Široki would win shortly before the start of the match. It was later revealed that UEFA is investigating the match and that three players of Olimpija Ljubljana are under investigation.^[7] One of them was Ermin Rakovič, who later publicly denied his involvement.^[8] The implications came only a year after UEFA revealed that NK Interblock, a club where Rakovič played at the time, was under similar investigation for their Europa league match one season earlier.^[9]

In late April, 2011, Slovenian police investigated an illegal betting organization and have taken four persons into custody.^[10] In the days after it was reported that several present and former Slovenian football players are allegedly involved and one of which is said to be Ermin Rakovič.^[11] After continuous claims that he was never involved in the illegal betting organization and that he has never placed any bets, Raković finally changed his statement in January 2012 stating that he was not aware that the organization where he placed his bets (a total of €724.000) was illegal.^[12] His statements came in light of new evidence in the case of the illegal betting organization and indictments against six individuals by the general prosecutor on the District Court in Maribor, Slovenia.^[13]