Rok Kronaveter

Rok Kronaveter (born 7 December 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club NK Maribor.

Rok Kronaveter
Personal information
Full name Rok Kronaveter
Date of birth (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Maribor
Number 7
Youth career
1997–2005 Železničar Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Železničar Maribor 59 (34)
2005–2009 Drava Ptuj 111 (28)
2010 Rudar Velenje 15 (4)
2010–2012 Energie Cottbus 31 (3)
2011 → Energie Cottbus II 6 (0)
2012–2014 Győri ETO 38 (7)
2015 Petrolul Ploiești 12 (2)
2015–2019 Olimpija Ljubljana 94 (44)
2019– Maribor 2 (0)
National team
2006 Slovenia U20 2 (1)
2005–2007 Slovenia U21 6 (0)
2016 Slovenia 4 (1)
2017 Slovenia B 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2019

Club career

Kronaveter began his football career playing for hometown club Železničar Maribor at the age of ten.[1] On 16 March 2003, at the age of 16, he made his senior début for the team during the Slovenian Second League match against Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina, appearing as a second-half substitute.[2] In the summer of 2006, he joined the top division side Drava Ptuj and signed his first professional contract.[3] In January 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Rudar Velenje.[4]

In August 2010, Kronaveter moved abroad for the first time and joined Energie Cottbus, signing a three-year contract.[5] However, his contract was terminated in June 2012, and he signed for Hungarian side Győri ETO soon afterwards.[6] With Győri, he won his first career honour as the team won the 2012–13 national title.[7] He left Győri in September 2014 by mutual consent.[8] After almost six months without a club, he signed for Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in March 2015.[9]

In June 2015, Kronaveter returned to Slovenia and signed for Olimpija Ljubljana.[10] With Olimpija, he won two league titles (2015–16 and 2017–18); in 2015–16, he was also the league's top goalscorer with 17 goals.[11] In June 2019, Kronaveter signed a two-year contract with Olimpija's arch-rivals Maribor.[12] For Maribor, he scored on his début during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round match against Valur, converting a late-game penalty kick for a 3–0 victory.[13]

International career

Between 2005 and 2007, Kronaveter played for Slovenian under-20 and under-21 teams, for which he scored one goal in eight appearances.[14] He made his debut for the senior team on 30 May 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Sweden.[15]

Kronaveter scored his first international goal for Slovenia on 8 October 2016 in a 1–0 victory over Slovakia.[16]

International goal
Slovenia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kronaveter's goal.[17]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2016Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia2 Slovakia1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Rok Kronaveter was born in Maribor,[18] Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), and lived in Malečnik as a toddler, before moving to Maribor at the age of two.[19] His father was a footballer, while his mother was a handball player.[19] His older brother, David, is also a former footballer.[19][20] Growing up his idol was Brazilian forward Ronaldo.[19]

In 2012, Kronaveter married his long-term partner Sandra. He has two children, a daughter Adriana (born 2011) and a son Lukas (2013).[19][20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 10 July 2019[21][22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Železničar Maribor 2002–03 Slovenian Second League 15400———154
2003–04 Slovenian Third League 231400———2314
2004–05 Slovenian Third League 181423———2017
2005–06 Slovenian Third League 32————32
Total 5934230000006137
Drava Ptuj 2005–06 Slovenian PrvaLiga 261010———2710
2006–07 Slovenian PrvaLiga 27810———288
2007–08 Slovenian PrvaLiga 11110———121
2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga 28510——2[lower-alpha 1]3318
2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga 19421———215
Total 111286100002311932
Rudar Velenje 2009–10 Slovenian PrvaLiga 12320———143
2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga 3100———31
Total 15420000000174
Energie Cottbus 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 14130———171
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 17200———172
Total 31330000000343
Energie Cottbus II 2011–12 Regionalliga 60————60
Győri ETO 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1956244——2911
2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 15230621[lower-alpha 2]0—254
2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 4000002[lower-alpha 3]0—60
Total 3879210630006015
Petrolul Ploiești 2014–15 Liga I 12210———132
Olimpija Ljubljana 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 301720———3217
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17410—00—184
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22652—00—278
2018–19 Slovenian PrvaLiga 251733—7[lower-alpha 4]1—3521
Total 944411500710011250
Maribor 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 0000—1[lower-alpha 2]1—11
Career total 366122341110611223423144
  1. Appearances in Slovenian PrvaLiga relegation play-offs[23][24]
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 14 November 2016[17]
National TeamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia
201641
Total41

Honours

Club
Győri ETO
Olimpija Ljubljana

Individual
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 2015–16[11]
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga Player of the Year: 2015–16[25]
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga best XI: 2015–16[25]

References
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  2. "Jadran Pivo.Mahnič 0:0 Železničar". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. Rok, Plestenjak (14 August 2015). "Rok Kronaveter: Ponudba Zlatka Zahovića me je razočarala". siol.net (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. M. R. (29 January 2010). "Kronaveter se je pridružil Rudarju" (in Slovenian). Velenje: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. Zupan, Tine (4 August 2010). "Kronaveter podpisal za Cottbus". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  6. Zore, Miran (19 June 2012). "Kronaveter odslej na Madžarskem". www.nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. "NB I 2012–13". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. Dominko, Peter (16 September 2014). "Kronaveter nič več za Győr". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. Dominko, Peter (6 March 2015). "Kronaveter bo nadaljeval v Romuniji". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. G.J.; STA (25 June 2015). "Olimpijo okrepili Kronaveter, Vodišek in Tijanić". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  11. "2015–16 1. SNL – Players". soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  12. Plestenjak, Rok (3 June 2019). "Prestop leta v Sloveniji: Zahović pripeljal Kronavetra, ki je uresničil otroško željo". siol.net (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  13. A. G. (10 July 2019). "Maribor po golu in dveh podajah Kronavetra z nogo in pol že v drugem predkrogu" (in Slovenian). Reykjavík: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  14. "Rok Kronaveter – U20 national team". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  15. A. G. (30 May 2016). "1. polčas pripadel Slovencem, 2. Švedom, mreži pa mirovali" [First half belonged to Slovenia, second to Sweden, but no goals] (in Slovenian). Malmö: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  16. "Slovenia 1–0 Slovakia". uefa.com. UEFA. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  17. "Rok Kronaveter – national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  18. Okorn, Jože (22 November 2018). "V Stožicah dvoboj najboljših strelcev lige Kronavetra in Sirka". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  19. Kavčič, Barbara (20 October 2015). "Rok Kronaveter: Že pri 13 si je "izposodil" mamin avto" (in Slovenian). Ekipa24. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  20. "Rok Kronaveter odkrito o žaljivkah in sovraštvu". Odkrito.si (in Slovenian). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. "Slovenia – R. Kronaveter". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  22. "Rok Kronaveter – Statistika vseh odigranih tekem" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  23. Uredništvo (31 May 2009). "Drava bo lovila zaostanek". nogomania.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  24. "Labod Drava s sedmico obstala v prvi ligi" (in Slovenian). Ptuj: RTV Slovenija. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  25. "SPINS XI 2015/2016". www.spins.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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