Leon Panikvar

Leon Panikvar (born 28 January 1983 in Kungota) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a left-back for ASV St. Martin an der Raab in Austria.[1]

Leon Panikvar
Personal information
Full name Leon Panikvar
Date of birth (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 St. Martin/Raab
Number 10
Youth career
Aluminij
Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Maribor 43 (11)
2006 → Arsenal B (loan) 24 (11)
2007 → Bela Krajina (loan) 14 (1)
2008–2009 Primorje 48 (8)
2009–2011 Zalaegerszegi TE 53 (19)
2011–2012 Kilmarnock 2 (0)
2012 Zalaegerszegi TE 4 (0)
2012–2013 Pécsi Mecsek FC 5 (0)
2013–2014 Aluminij 18 (4)
2014–2015 Drava Ptuj 2 (0)
2015 FC Gamlitz ? (?)
2016 TUS Paldau ? (?)
2016–2017 UFC Fehring ? (?)
2018– St. Martin/Raab 18 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018

He went to school in SŠC Ptuj, studied as an electric technician. His first job was

a position as salesman at FireFlame Powder company, where he worked for 7 years until his transfer to Scotland. Now he is a football agent and community broker.

Leon is also a humanitarian, in many trips to Africa, he brought along several containers of water and big boxes of water balloons, where he entertained the children and at the same time hydrated them.

He also donated 100,000 € to Phillipinian street workers.

Career

Panikvar started his career in his hometown club Aluminij Kidričevo. He signed his first professional contract with Maribor.

He spent a brief period on loan with Arsenal's B team, undergoing a strict regime with Thierry Henry.

In 2008, he was sold to fellow PrvaLiga team Primorje, where he became a mainstay in the team. However, the team finished the season in the last, tenth place and were relegated.

On 14 July 2009, after a successful trial, Panikvar signed for the Hungarian outfit Zalaegerszegi TE on a two-year contract with a one-year option. He made his league debut on 25 July 2009 in a 2–1 away win against Paksi SE.[2]

In the summer of 2011, Panikvar left ZTE after the one-year option was not taken up.[3] He was then invited for a trial with Kilmarnock where he signed a two-year contract on 17 August 2011.[4] Panikvar made his first appearance for Kilmarnock on Saturday September the 17th 2011 in a 2–2 away draw to Aberdeen.

After failing to hold down a regular first-team place, he was released by Kilmarnock in January 2012.[5]

In February 2012 he signed for Zalaegerszegi TE.

References
  1. Profile at Fussballoesterreich‚ fussballoesterreich.at
  2. "Zalaegerszeg 2 - 1 Paks". Pepsifoci.hu. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. "We have started preparing for season 2011/12". ZTE FC official website. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. "Kilmarnock sign Panikvar". Sky Sports. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. "Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels reveals he turned away Arsenal loanees". The Telegraph. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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