Lovro Bizjak (born 12 November 1993) is a Slovenian

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er who plays as a

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for Bulgarian club

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Club career

On 14 August 2018, Bizjak signed a four-year contract with the

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club Ufa. Twelve days earlier he scored against Ufa for his previous club

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 ...

in the

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qualifying game, where Ufa advanced to the next round due to

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. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Ufa on 20 August 2018 in a game against

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. On 15 January 2021, his contract with Ufa was terminated by mutual consent. On 29 January 2021, Bizjak joined Moldovan side

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, only to return to Slovenia to sign for

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in February 2022.

International career

Bizjak made his only appearance for

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in an October 2020 Nations League match against

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, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for

Haris Vučkić Haris Vučkić (born 21 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Domžale. Vučkić represented Slovenia internationally at youth level, before making his senior debut against Scotl ...

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1993 births Living people People from the Municipality of Šmartno ob Paki Men's association football forwards Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's international footballers NK Šmartno 1928 players NK Aluminij players NK Domžale players FC Ufa players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players NK Celje players NK Kustošija players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Slovenian Second League players Austrian Landesliga players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Russian Premier League players Moldovan Super Liga players Second Football League (Croatia) players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub