Rajko Rep (born 20 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side

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Club career

Rep started his career at Mons Claudius from

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and was then transferred to

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youth sides, where he signed his first professional contract. For a short period of time he also played for MU Šentjur on loan. He was named a team captain during his time in Celje at the age of 19 and was the youngest captain in the history of the club. In late August 2010 he signed a four-year contract with

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. In August 2011, he was loaned to Mura 05 until the end of the 2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.

International career

Rep played for Slovenia under-19 through qualifications for the

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where he scored five out of six Slovenia goals in the final phase of qualifications, including a

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against

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. He also scored against the

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and Belarus. He made his debut for the senior team on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against

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. He substituted Benjamin Verbič in the 86th minute.

Personal life

Rep was born in

and started to play football at a local club when he was six years old. He is a declared

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supporter as he started to support the team during 1999 when the club was playing in the group stages of the

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rep goal.''

Honours

Club

Maribor *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

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* Slovenian Supercup:

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Austria Klagenfurt *

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: 2014–15 LASK Linz *

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: 2016–17

References

External links

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Player profile
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rep, Rajko 1990 births Living people People from Rogatec Slovenian footballers Association football midfielders Slovenian PrvaLiga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Liga I players NK Celje players NK Maribor players ND Mura 05 players SK Austria Klagenfurt players LASK players TSV Hartberg players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players Slovenian expatriate footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland Slovenia youth international footballers Slovenia under-21 international footballers Slovenia international footballers