Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

and the Slovenia national team.

Club career

In January 2018, Balkovec left

Domžale Domžale (; )''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24. is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Domžale in Slovenia. The town lies ne ...

and signed for Italian

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outfit

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, only to move to

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

after half a year due to Bari's financial collapse. In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey for

. In summer 2022, he joined compatriot Miha Mevlja at fellow Turkish side

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

International career

Balkovec made his debut for

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

in an October 2018 Nations League match against

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, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for

Bojan Jokić Bojan Jokić (born 17 May 1986) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back. Jokić amassed 100 caps with the Slovenia national team between 2006 and 2019. Club career Jokić made his senior debut in ...

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* * * * 1994 births Living people Footballers from Novo Mesto Men's association football fullbacks Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers NK Bela Krajina players NK Domžale players NK Krka players NK Radomlje players SSC Bari players Hellas Verona FC players Empoli FC players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Alanyaspor footballers Slovenian Second League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serie B players Süper Lig players UEFA Euro 2024 players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Slovenia-sport-bio-stub