Aljaž Struna

Aljaž Struna
Personal information
Full name Aljaž Struna
Date of birth (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990[1]
Place of birth Koper, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)[1]
Playing position Right / Centre back
Club information
Current team
Palermo
Number 23
Youth career
Koper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Koper 64 (3)
2012– Palermo 17 (0)
2012–2013Varese (loan)[1] 9 (0)
2014–2015Carpi (loan) 34 (1)
National team
2008-2009 Slovenia U19 4 (0)
2009–2012 Slovenia U21 12 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:19, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Aljaž Struna (born 4 August 1990 in Piran) is a Slovenian football defender/midfielder player currently playing for Palermo. He is the younger brother of Andraž Struna.

Club career

Struna started his career at FC Koper, where he played from 2009 to 2012 and quickly established himself as a starter.

On 21 May 2012, FC Koper confirmed to have sold Struna to Palermo, for €300,000.[2] In the summer he moved Varese of the Serie B on loan, with an option for his new club to acquire 50% of his transfer rights by the end of the season.[3] For the 2014–15 season he moved on loan to Carpi. Having contributed to the club's promotion to the Serie A, he returned to Palermo in the summer of 2015 and broke into the first team. He made his debut in Serie A on 30 August 2015 against Udinese.

International career

Struna was a member of the Slovenia U21 team.[4]

Honours

Koper

Palermo

Carpi

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scheda anagrafica di Aljaz Struna". AIC.Football.it. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. "Aljaž Struna tudi uradno član Palerma" [Aljaž Struna officially a Palermo player] (in Slovenian). FC Koper. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. "Acquistato Struna dal Koper, andrà in prestito al Varese" [Aljaž Struna officially a Palermo player, he moved on loan to Varese] (in Italian). US Palermo. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. "Aljaž Struna » Internationals". Worldfootball. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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