Jan Koprivec

Jan Koprivec (born 15 July 1988) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock.

Jan Koprivec
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988
Place of birth Koper, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kilmarnock
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2007 Koper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Cagliari 0 (0)
2008–2012 Udinese 1 (0)
2009–2010 → Gallipoli (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012 → Bari (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2015 Perugia 81 (0)
2015–2017 Anorthosis 67 (0)
2017–2019 Pafos 32 (0)
2019– Kilmarnock 3 (0)
National team
2004 Slovenia U16 1 (0)
2006 Slovenia U19 1 (0)
2009 Slovenia U20 1 (0)
2008–2010 Slovenia U21 10 (0)
2016 Slovenia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:27, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Koprivec started his career at FC Koper. Along with first team player Jasmin Handanović, Koprivec was transferred to Italian clubs from Koper in summer 2007. Koprivec played for Cagliari in the first round and the first leg of the second round matches of the 2007–08 Coppa Italia, both of which Cagliari won. But Cagliari used Fortin in the second leg, which they lost 4–0 to Sampdoria, and failed to advanced to the next round.

In July 2008, Koprivec moved to Udinese, and immediately joined them in pre-season training.[2][3] He made his league debut for Udinese on 22 March 2009 against Genoa.[4]

On 17 August 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B side Gallipoli.[5] He made his debut 4 days later, in a 1–1 draw with Ascoli, ahead Carlo Sciarrone and Simone Palese, and played only eleven games with the club from Salento due to an injury that hampered his settling into the first team. He returned to Udinese at the end of the season, and was then included into the first team as second-choice goalkeeper behind fellow Slovenian Samir Handanović.

On 15 July 2015, Anorthosis Famagusta FC announced his signing a 2+1 year contract with the Cypriot club.[6] In May 2017 it was announced that Koprivec would leave the club at the end of the season.

On 10 September 2019, Koprivec signed for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on a one-year contract.[7]

International career

Koprivec got his first call up to the Slovenia senior side for the team's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and England in October 2016.[8]

References
  1. "J. Koprivec". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. "Portiere: Koprivec, altro sloveno" (in Italian). Il Gazzettino. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  3. "RITIRO SAPPADA: ELENCO CONVOCATI" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  4. "Genoa 2 – 0 Udinese". Channel4. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  5. "JAN KOPRIVEC AL GALLIPOLI" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  6. "Jan Koprivec for 2+1 years". Anorthosis Famagusta FC official website. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. "Kilmarnock: Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Koprivec signs for Rugby Park club". BBC Sport. 11 September 2019.
  8. "Katanec objavil seznam za tekmi s Slovaško in Anglijo: 'Čakata nas dva favorita, a v nogometu je vse mogoče'". 24ur.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.


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