List of NK Maribor players
Nogometni klub Maribor is an association football club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1960 and joined the Football Association of Yugoslavia the same year.[1] It remained a member until Slovenia gained its independence in 1991, when the club joined the Football Association of Slovenia. Maribor are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the Yugoslav highest division, the Yugoslav First League, between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.[2] Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, they had no success during the Yugoslav period;[3] the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.[4] Since 1991, Maribor have competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country.[5] They were one of the league's founding members, and are one of only two clubs never to have been relegated from the top division.[6] Maribor are the most successful club in the country, having won fifteen PrvaLiga titles, nine Slovenian Cups and four Slovenian Supercups.[7]
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Aside from winning the Slovenian title as Maribor's manager, Matjaž Kek won several championships with the club as a player.[8] Maribor's current captain Marcos Tavares has joined the club in 2008 and has since become an all-time appearances and goals record holder, with 517 appearances and 197 goals as of the 2018–19 season. He also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Slovenian top division with 372 and 149, respectively.[9] Tavares also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions, with 85 and 28, respectively.[10]
Since Maribor was founded in 1960, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. All players who have featured in 100 or more such matches are listed below. Eleven of the club's current players – Marcos Tavares, Jasmin Handanović, Mitja Viler, Rene Mihelič, Aleksander Rajčević, Martin Milec, Luka Zahović, Amir Dervišević, Aleks Pihler, Blaž Vrhovec, and Gregor Bajde – have made at least 100 competitive appearances as of the end of the 2018–19 season. The list also includes all current or former Maribor players who have been capped for their respective national teams.
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The list below includes all NK Maribor players who have made at least 100 official appearances for the club or who have been capped at full international level by their countries. The list is initially ordered by the number of appearances, then by goals scored. If the players are still tied, they are listed alphabetically. The first and last columns contain the year of the player's first and last senior appearance for Maribor. The seasons column counts those seasons in which the player made at least one official appearance. For the list of Maribor's active players, see current members of the club. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2018–19 season.
Name | Country represented | First | Last | Seasons | Apps | Goals |
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Marcos Tavares | — | 2008 | — | 12 | 517 # | 197 # |
Tomislav Prosen | — | 1962 | 1979 | 16 # | 377 | 74 |
Aleš Križan | ![]() ![]() |
1989 | 2001 | 10 | 365 | 6 |
Jasmin Handanović | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | — | 8 | 340 | 0 |
Herbert Vabič | — | 1961 | 1975 | 15 | 317 | 0 |
Mitja Viler | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | — | 9 | 315 | 10 |
Mladen Kranjc | — | 1963 | 1977 | 12 | 311 | 104 |
Gregor Židan | ![]() ![]() |
1993 | 2001 | 9 | 308 | 35 |
Aleš Mertelj | ![]() ![]() |
2009 | 2017 | 8 | 308 | 12 |
Ante Šimundža | ![]() ![]() |
1991 | 2000 | 10 | 296 | 102 |
Aleksander Rajčević | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | — | 9 | 293 | 10 |
Milan Arnejčič | — | 1961 | 1977 | 15 | 283 | 73 |
Matjaž Kek | ![]() ![]() |
1980 | 1999 | 11 | 280 | 61 |
Milan Žurman | — | 1981 | 1997 | 9 | 276 | 82 |
Branko Horjak | — | 1970 | 1979 | 9 | 268 | 117 |
Herbert Klančnik | — | 1963 | 1973 | 10 | 266 | 29 |
Emil Šterbal | — | 1991 | 1999 | 8 | 263 | 3 |
Igor Poznič | ![]() ![]() |
1985 | 1996 | 10 | 256 | 88 |
Vladimir Bolfek | — | 1962 | 1974 | 11 | 254 | 1 |
Dejan Mezga | — | 2007 | 2016 | 9 | 242 | 61 |
Zvonko Breber | — | 1972 | 1980 | 8 | 239 | 37 |
Peter Binkovski | ![]() ![]() |
1989 | 1999 | 8 | 236 | 18 |
Amir Karić | ![]() ![]() |
1993 | 2003 | 10 | 235 | 36 |
Stipe Balajić | — | 1998 | 2005 | 8 | 230 | 37 |
Branko Šarenac | — | 1975 | 1989 | 8 | 226 | 14 |
Bojan Krempl | — | 1975 | 1984 | 10 | 224 | 78 |
Josip Sizgoreo | — | 1963 | 1970 | 7 | 222 | 11 |
Dragan Grbavac | — | 1970 | 1978 | 8 | 221 | 11 |
Sašo Lukič | — | 1989 | 1996 | 8 | 218 | 7 |
Željko Filipović | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2016 | 6 | 215 | 5 |
Kajo Grubišič | — | 1963 | 1972 | 7 | 204 | 2 |
Suad Fileković | ![]() ![]() |
1999 | 2010 | 8 | 201 | 6 |
Dragan Jelić | — | 2003 | 2011 | 9 | 200 | 51 |
Goran Cvijanović | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2014 | 4 | 200 | 35 |
Aleš Mejač | ![]() ![]() |
2008 | 2015 | 8 | 198 | 4 |
Damjan Bohar | ![]() ![]() |
2013 | 2018 | 5 | 195 | 27 |
Dare Vršič | ![]() ![]() |
2014 | 2019 | 6 | 193 | 30 |
Vojislav Simeunović | — | 1965 | 1972 | 8 | 188 | 0 |
Boris Binkovski | — | 1965 | 1973 | 7 | 182 | 30 |
Marko Simeunovič | ![]() ![]() |
1984 | 2002 | 8 | 182 | 0 |
Renato Kotnik | — | 1990 | 1995 | 6 | 181 | 27 |
Kliton Bozgo | ![]() ![]() |
1993 | 2005 | 5 | 179 | 110 |
Damir Pekič | — | 1997 | 2007 | 10 | 178 | 78 |
Marinko Šarkezi | — | 1997 | 2004 | 7 | 177 | 13 |
Dejan Djuranovič | ![]() ![]() |
1994 | 2003 | 7 | 175 | 26 |
Martin Milec | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | — | 6 | 174 | 12 |
Marko Šuler | ![]() ![]() |
2014 | 2019 | 6 | 174 | 9 |
Rene Mihelič | ![]() ![]() |
2005 | — | 5 | 173 | 25 |
Vito Marković | — | 1961 | 1969 | 9 | 172 | 62 |
Oliver Hafner | — | 1984 | 1989 | 5 | 172 | 36 |
Miro Petrič | — | 1970 | 1977 | 8 | 170 | 3 |
Agim Ibraimi | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | 2016 | 5 | 168 | 42 |
Marko Popović | — | 2005 | 2009 | 5 | 168 | 12 |
Vlado Fatur | — | 1974 | 1985 | 10 | 168 | 3 |
Luka Zahović | ![]() ![]() |
2013 | — | 7 | 166 | 71 |
Josip Lukačevič | — | 1985 | 1991 | 7 | 165 | 9 |
Alojz Fricelj | — | 1982 | 1997 | 6 | 162 | 18 |
Elvedin Džinić | — | 2005 | 2010 | 7 | 161 | 16 |
Tomaž Murko | — | 1997 | 2006 | 9 | 161 | 0 |
Dalibor Volaš | — | 2008 | 2015 | 7 | 159 | 62 |
Vlado Potočnik | — | 1975 | 1989 | 9 | 159 | 5 |
Mladen Dabanovič | ![]() ![]() |
1990 | 1995 | 6 | 157 | 0 |
Žikica Vuksanović | — | 1997 | 2007 | 9 | 152 | 6 |
Marko Pridigar | — | 2005 | 2014 | 9 | 149 | 0 |
Bojan Škerjanec | — | 1982 | 1989 | 9 | 147 | 4 |
Muamer Vugdalić | ![]() ![]() |
1998 | 2002 | 5 | 143 | 9 |
Bogdan Pirc | — | 1961 | 1969 | 8 | 142 | 70 |
Jože Karmel | — | 1972 | 1978 | 6 | 142 | 2 |
Nastja Čeh | ![]() ![]() |
1997 | 2001 | 5 | 141 | 21 |
Boris Ljubič | — | 1982 | 1989 | 7 | 141 | 19 |
Marinko Galič | ![]() ![]() |
1994 | 2001 | 6 | 140 | 22 |
Esad Pirc | — | 1973 | 1979 | 6 | 139 | 41 |
Milorad Vuksanovič | — | 1978 | 1982 | 6 | 136 | 4 |
Dino Hotić | ![]() ![]() |
2013 | — | 7 | 133 | 17 |
Robert Berić | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2013 | 3 | 130 | 37 |
Rajko Rašević | — | 1967 | 1972 | 5 | 128 | 9 |
Jean-Philippe Mendy | — | 2013 | 2016 | 3 | 125 | 42 |
Slobodan Filipović | — | 1969 | 1975 | 7 | 124 | 1 |
Amir Dervišević | ![]() ![]() |
2013 | — | 5 | 123 | 12 |
Željko Milinovič | ![]() ![]() |
1995 | 1998 | 3 | 118 | 4 |
Franc Fridl | — | 1991 | 1998 | 7 | 118 | 3 |
Miha Golob | — | 2001 | 2005 | 4 | 118 | 3 |
Aleks Pihler | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | — | 3 | 117 | 8 |
Fabijan Cipot | ![]() ![]() |
2000 | 2007 | 6 | 116 | 9 |
Arghus | — | 2011 | 2015 | 5 | 116 | 8 |
Boštjan Žnuderl | — | 1998 | 2005 | 6 | 116 | 7 |
Veroljub Jovanović | — | 1961 | 1965 | 5 | 116 | 1 |
Žarko Tarana | — | 1990 | 1993 | 3 | 115 | 3 |
Anton Čeh | — | 1961 | 1965 | 5 | 113 | 16 |
Milan Đuričić | — | 1971 | 1974 | 4 | 112 | 5 |
Milan Rakič | ![]() ![]() |
2003 | 2007 | 4 | 111 | 16 |
Štefan Tolič | — | 1961 | 1966 | 6 | 110 | 14 |
Blaž Vrhovec | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | — | 3 | 110 | 5 |
Marijan Bakula | — | 1990 | 1993 | 3 | 109 | 18 |
Martin Pregelj | — | 1999 | 2007 | 5 | 109 | 16 |
Janko Irgolič | — | 1979 | 1986 | 7 | 107 | 0 |
Dalibor Teinović | — | 2002 | 2005 | 3 | 105 | 4 |
Armin Bačinović | ![]() ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | 4 | 103 | 6 |
Milan Šober | — | 1961 | 1967 | 9 | 101 | 19 |
Gregor Bajde | — | 2015 | — | 4 | 100 | 21 |
Simon Sešlar | ![]() ![]() |
1999 | 2001 | 3 | 97 | 11 |
Danijel Brezič | ![]() ![]() |
2002 | 2005 | 3 | 96 | 5 |
Marwan Kabha | ![]() ![]() |
2015 | 2017 | 3 | 92 | 5 |
Damjan Ošlaj | ![]() ![]() |
2003 | 2006 | 4 | 86 | 3 |
Spasoje Bulajič | ![]() ![]() |
1996 | 1998 | 3 | 85 | 4 |
Jasmin Mešanović | ![]() ![]() |
2017 | — | 2 | 79 | 21 |
Miral Samardžić | ![]() ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | 4 | 72 | 1 |
Samir Duro | ![]() ![]() |
2001 | 2002 | 3 | 71 | 28 |
Matic Črnic | ![]() ![]() |
2009 | 2014 | 6 | 69 | 9 |
Blagoja Milevski | ![]() ![]() |
1993 | 1995 | 2 | 69 | 3 |
Zoran Pavlović | ![]() ![]() |
2008 | 2009 | 3 | 67 | 11 |
Etien Velikonja | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | 2012 | 3 | 66 | 28 |
Petar Stojanović | ![]() ![]() |
2012 | 2015 | 5 | 66 | 3 |
Aleš Čeh | ![]() ![]() |
2003 | 2004 | 2 | 63 | 0 |
Geri Çipi | ![]() ![]() |
1998 | 2000 | 2 | 59 | 2 |
Dimitar Makriev | ![]() ![]() |
2006 | 2007 | 2 | 58 | 33 |
Damjan Gajser | ![]() ![]() |
1997 | 1999 | 3 | 58 | 16 |
Slobodan Janković | ![]() ![]() |
1969 | 1979 | 2 | 57 | 14 |
Zajko Zeba | ![]() ![]() |
2005 | 2006 | 2 | 54 | 13 |
Vladislav Lungu | ![]() ![]() |
2006 | 2007 | 2 | 54 | 0 |
Milivoje Novaković | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | 2017 | 2 | 49 | 19 |
Dejan Trajkovski | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | 2014 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
Barnabás Sztipánovics | ![]() ![]() |
2000 | 2002 | 2 | 48 | 22 |
Ermin Rakovič | ![]() ![]() |
2002 | 2003 | 3 | 48 | 22 |
Andrej Pečnik | ![]() ![]() |
2006 | 2007 | 2 | 47 | 1 |
Erik Janža | ![]() ![]() |
2015 | 2016 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
Siniša Anđelković | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2010 | 2 | 45 | 4 |
Matej Šnofl | ![]() ![]() |
1996 | 2001 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
Rajko Rep | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2012 | 3 | 37 | 2 |
Vladislav Bogićević | ![]() ![]() |
1969 | 1970 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
Valon Ahmedi | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | 2018 | 4 | 35 | 1 |
Matej Palčič | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | 2017 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
Viktor Paço | ![]() ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | 2 | 32 | 15 |
Enes Mešanović | ![]() ![]() |
2003 | 2004 | 1 | 30 | 6 |
Milan Janković | ![]() ![]() |
1979 | 1980 | 1 | 29 | 8 |
Janez Aljančič | ![]() ![]() |
2009 | 2010 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
Dominik Beršnjak | ![]() ![]() |
2004 | 2004 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
Vladimir Kokol | ![]() ![]() |
2000 | 2001 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Kenan Pirić | ![]() ![]() |
2018 | — | 1 | 25 | 0 |
Milko Djurovski | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1994 | 1994 | 2 | 23 | 13 |
Matjaž Cvikl | ![]() ![]() |
1991 | 1997 | 2 | 23 | 10 |
Saša Gajser | ![]() ![]() |
1992 | 1993 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
Mehmet Dragusha | ![]() ![]() |
1998 | 1999 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
Rocky Siberie | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2005 | 2005 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
Dragan Čadikovski | ![]() ![]() |
2007 | 2007 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
Marko Janković | ![]() ![]() |
2015 | 2016 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Abel Gigli | ![]() ![]() |
2015 | 2015 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
Josip Iličić | ![]() ![]() |
2010 | 2010 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
Zdravko Šaraba | ![]() ![]() |
2008 | 2008 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Faruk Ihtijarević | ![]() ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Amir Ružnić | ![]() ![]() |
1995 | 1995 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Dalibor Šilić | ![]() ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Luka Krajnc | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Footnotes
- A Statistics include appearances and goals from competitive matches only, not unofficial matches such as exhibition games. During its Yugoslav period (1960–1991) Maribor competed in the Yugoslav First, Second and Third Leagues, the Slovenian Republic League, the Yugoslav Cup and the Slovenian Republic Football Cup. Since Slovenia gained independence in 1991, the club has competed domestically in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian Cup and Slovenian Supercup, and at European level in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- B Enes Mešanović represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2001 Merdeka Tournament.[21] Matches in that tournament are not recognised as full internationals by FIFA.[21]
- C Milko Djurovski represented Macedonia at full international level while a Maribor player during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.[37][38][39] In the 1980s he represented Yugoslavia.[37]
- D In 2005, during his brief stay at the club, Rocky Siberie was eligible to play for the Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and has made appearances for their national team between 2004 and 2008. Since the dissolution of the country in 2010, he has represented Curaçao.[40]
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