Marko Pridigar (born 18 May 1985) is a Slovenian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Pridigar started his career in the youth ranks of

Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...

, where he also signed his first professional contract. He made his debut in the

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at the age of 20 in a match against

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. During his first years as a professional, he was competing for the place in the first team with

Marko Ranilović Marko Ranilović (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Honours Maribor * Slovenian Championship: 2008–09 * Slovenian Cup: 2009–10 * Slovenian Supercup: 2009 Ferencváros * Hungarian Leagu ...

. He was the first-choice goalkeeper during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons as he played most of the league matches at that time. In the next season ( 2009–10) he lost his place in the starting eleven to Ranilović and played a total of eleven matches in the first league. During this period, he was also injured for a couple of months. He was the first-choice goalkeeper at Maribor at the beginning of the

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season. However, he suffered another injury halfway through the first part of the season and was sidelined again. At the beginning of the second part of the season, Pridigar returned to the team, but was injured again in the first match after his return against Olimpija, when an opponent player stepped on his hand and fractured the bone in his palm in three different places. Pridigar was operated on 17 March 2011, and was sidelined for the rest of the season.

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