Rok Štraus (born 3 March 1987) is a Slovenian

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who plays as a defensive or central

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for Austrian club FC Gratkorn.

Career

Messina

Štraus began his senior career in Italy at ACR Messina. On 1 January 2006 he was loaned to second division Italian club

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for 6 months before rejoining

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on 30 June 2006.

Salernitana

On 1 July 2017 Štraus joined the second division Italian club, Salernitana.

NK Celje

On 1 January 2008 Štraus returned to Slovenia and signed a contract with first division club

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Cracovia

In June 2011, he joined Polish first division club Cracovia on a three-year contract on a free transfer.

Ergotelis

On 17 July 2014 Štraus joined Ergotelis, a Greek second division club on a free transfer.

Widzew Lodz

On 3 March 2015 Rok Štraus went back to Poland to join second division club,

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on a free transfer.

Yokohama FC

On 24 August 2015 he joined Japanese first division club,

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on a free transfer.

Free agent

After leaving

on 1 January 2017, Štraus was a free agent for 4 months.

Utenis

On 25 April 2017, Štraus joined Lithuanian

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side Utenis, but he couldn't earn a lot of playing time and managed to appear only in four games before being released on 30 June 2017 as a free agent.

NK Celje

On 12 December 2017 Rok Štraus went back to Slovenia and rejoined

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where he is now. He has made 49 appearances for the club ever since for a total of 1,289 minutes. He has racked up 7 yellow cards but has yet to score a goal or an assist.

Stats

Honours

Celje *

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: 2019–20

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Rok Štraus
at NZS * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Maribor Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen MNK Izola players ACR Messina players FC Rieti players Brescia Calcio players US Salernitana 1919 players NK Celje players KS Cracovia players Ergotelis F.C. players Widzew Łódź players Yokohama FC players FK Utenis Utena players FC Gratkorn players Slovenian Second League players Serie B players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Super League Greece players J2 League players A Lyga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub