Rok Štraus (born 3 March 1987) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a defensive or central
midfielder
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Career
Messina
Štraus began his senior career in Italy at
ACR Messina
Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina S.r.l. is a football club based in Messina, Sicily, Italy, that competes in the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system.
History
Football in Messina
The origins of the team go ...
. On January 1, 2006, he was loaned to second division Italian club
Brescia
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for 6 months before rejoining
Messina
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on June 30, 2006.
Salernitana
On July 1, 2017, Štraus joined the second division Italian club,
Salernitana.
NK Celje
On January 1, 2008, Štraus returned to Slovenia and signed a contract with first division club
Celje
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Cracovia
In June 2011, he joined Polish first division club
Cracovia
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on a three-year contract on a free transfer.
Ergotelis
On July 17, 2014, Štraus joined
Ergotelis
The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis ( el, Εργοτέλης), ...
, a Greek second division club on a free transfer.
Widzew Lodz
On March 3, 2015, Rok Štraus went back to Poland to join second division club,
Widzew Łódź
RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds).
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on a free transfer.
Yokohama FC
On August 24, 2015, he joined Japanese first division club,
Yokohama FC on a free transfer.
Free Agent
After leaving
Yokohama FC on January 1, 2017, Rok Štraus was a free agent for 4 months.
Utenis
On 25 April 2017, Štraus joined Lithuanian
A Lyga 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 December 12, 2017, Rok Štraus went back to Slovenia and rejoined
NK Celje
Nogometni klub Celje ( en, Celje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Celje or simply Celje (), is an association football club from Celje, Slovenia. They play in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Together with Maribor, they are the only club that h ...
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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Slovenian PrvaLiga:
2019–20
References
External links
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NZS profile
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Maribor
Slovenian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
MNK Izola players
ACR Messina players
US Salernitana 1919 players
Brescia Calcio players
NK Celje players
MKS Cracovia players
Ergotelis F.C. players
Widzew Łódź players
Yokohama FC players
FK Utenis Utena players
Slovenian Second League players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Serie B players
Ekstraklasa players
J2 League players
A Lyga players
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
FC Rieti players
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