Robert Berić

Robert Berić
Personal information
Full name Robert Berić
Place of birth Krško, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Saint-Étienne
Number 27
Youth career
1997–2008 Krško
2007 Krka
2008 Interblock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Krško 23 (4)
2008–2010 Interblock 34 (12)
2010–2013 Maribor 90 (27)
2013–2014 Sturm Graz 35 (10)
2014–2015 Rapid Wien 38 (30)
2015– Saint-Étienne 50 (16)
2017 → Anderlecht (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Slovenia U16 7 (2)
2007–2008 Slovenia U17 11 (4)
2008–2009 Slovenia U19 7 (1)
2010–2012 Slovenia U21 13 (4)
2012– Slovenia 17 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Robert Berić (born 17 June 1991) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne and Slovenia national football team as a striker. In the 2014–15 season he ranked 11th in the European Golden Shoe award.

Club career

Berić started his career in Krško youth teams before being promoted to their main squad in the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he signed for Interblock. He made his debut at Interblock as a substitute in a 2–1 away victory over Drava Ptuj. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Primorje on 7 December 2008. In total, he played 34 games for Interblock in the Slovenian first division, scoring 12 goals.

In August 2010, Berić joined Maribor together with his teammate Josip Iličić, signing a four-year contract.[1]

In June 2013, he moved to Sturm Graz in Austria for a reported €1 million. In the 2013–14 season, he amassed 10 goals and 11 assists.[2]

In 2014, he left Sturm Graz for league rivals Rapid Wien. The transfer fee was estimated at between €700,000 and 800,000.[2] In his first season, he became the league second goalscorer netting 27 goals in 33 appearances which earned him 11th place in the European Golden Shoe award.[3]

Saint-Étienne

On 31 August 2015, Berić joined Saint-Étienne on a four-year deal[4] while the transfer fee paid to Rapid Wien was reported as €6 or 7.5 million.[5][6] He quickly established himself in the starting lineup and began scoring goals for the club in both the Ligue 1 and the UEFA Europa League campaigns. However, on 8 November 2015 during an away Ligue 1 match against Lyon, Berić suffered a knee injury which sidelined him for the rest of the season.[5]

On 30 August 2017, Berić joined Anderlecht on a one-year loan.[7]

Saint-Étienne recalled Berić from his loan spell at Anderlecht on 1 January 2018.

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2015Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia Estonia1–01–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.9 September 2018GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus1–01–22018–19 UEFA Nations League C

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 September 2018[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Krško 2007–08 2. SNL 15312—165
2008–09 8111—92
Krško total 23423—257
Interblock 2008–09 PrvaLiga 20842—2410
2009–10 14420—2[lower-alpha 1]0184
Interblock total 341262—204214
Maribor 2010–11 PrvaLiga 30841—1[lower-alpha 2]0359
2011–12 28641—12[lower-alpha 3]1448
2012–13 321361—13[lower-alpha 4]65120
Maribor total 9027143—26713037
Sturm Graz 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 351052—2[lower-alpha 2]04212
Rapid Wien 2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 332740—2[lower-alpha 2]03927
2015–16 5311—4[lower-alpha 5]2106
Rapid Wien total 383051—624933
Saint-Étienne 2015–16 Ligue 1 10300003[lower-alpha 2]2135
2016–17 22600109[lower-alpha 2]3329
2017–18 1571100—168
2018–19 300000—30
Saint-Étienne total 501611101256422
Anderlecht (loan) 2017–18 First Division A 6000—0060
Career total 276993312104814358125
  1. ↑ Appearance in the PrvaLiga relegation play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in the Europa League
  3. ↑ Four appearances and a goal in the Champions League, seven appearances in the Europa League and one in the Slovenian Supercup
  4. ↑ Six appearances and three goals in the Champions League, six appearances and three goals in the Europa League and one appearance in the Slovenian Supercup
  5. ↑ Appearances in the Champions League

References

  1. ↑ M. G.; T. Z.; J. K. (8 July 2010). "Iličić in Berić v Maribor!" [Ilicic and Beric to Maribor!] (in Slovenian). www.zurnal24.si. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 Huber, Alexander (4 July 2014). "Der 23-jährige Slowene kommt aus Graz und unterschreibt in Wien bis 2018". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Berends, Sander (1 June 2015). "Esm: Cristiano Ronaldo winnaar Gouden Schoen 2014/'15". ELF Voetbal (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Beric à Saint-Etienne (officiel)" (in French). Eurosport France. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 Rodden, Mark. "St Etienne striker Robert Beric ruled out for rest of season with knee injury". ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Wie viel Rapid mit Beric wirklich verdiente". Spox. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Robert Beric débarque à Anderlecht en prêt" (in French). L'Équipe. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Berič, Robert". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "R. Berič". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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