Roman Bezjak (born 21 February 1989) is a Slovenian

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who plays as a forward for Austrian side USV Wies. He made his debut for the Slovenia national team in 2013, making a total of 33 appearances and scoring 5 goals.

Club career

Celje

Bezjak made his debut for

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on 9 April 2008 against

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, coming on as a substitute for the last six minutes. The following season he made his first start for Celje, on 2 August 2008, in a 0–0 home draw against

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before being substituted by Saša Bakarić. Two weeks later, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 away draw against Primorje. He began to establish himself in the Celje first team from the 2009–10 season, making 24 league appearances and scoring 6 goals.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 August 2012, Bezjak signed a four-year contract with Bulgarian A Group side

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. He made his debut for Ludogorets against

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on 22 September where he came on as a substitute in a 1–0 home win. His first goals for Ludogorets came on 3 May 2013 when he scored twice in a 3–0 home win over Chernomorets Burgas. He made 14 appearances during the 2012–13 season, finishing with 5 goals. In the following season Bezjak became a first team regular. He scored his first goal of the season in the second league game, a 1–0 win at home to Chernomorets Burgas on 27 July 2013. On 27 October 2013, he scored his first-ever career

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, netting four goals in a 5–1 league win over Lyubimets 2007. He also scored three goals in two matches against

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in the group stage of the

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. In February 2014, he netted in both legs of the 4–3 aggregate victory over

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in the round of 32 of the

. On 13 March 2014, he earned а penalty kick in the 3–0 home loss against

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, but missed from the spot. On 15 May 2014, Bezjak scored the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over

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in the 2014 Bulgarian Cup Final to help his team achieve a double. He ended the season as the club's top scorer, scoring 20 goals in all competitions.

Rijeka

On 14 May 2015,

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announced that Bezjak had signed a three-year contract, tying him with the club until June 2018. He made his official début for the club on 10 July 2015, in a goalless away draw against Inter Zaprešić in Round 1 of the

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. On 19 July 2015, Bezjak scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Slaven Belupo. With 13 goals to his account, he was the club's top scorer during the 2015–16 season.

Jagiellonia Białystok

On 1 February 2018, Bezjak signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

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. His debut for Jagiellonia was against Piast Gliwice in a 2–0 victory, when he was subbed in during the second half. Bezjak's first goal for the club was on 23 February 2018 against

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in a 4–2 win at home.

International career

Bezjak earned his first cap for

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on 14 August 2013, after coming on as a substitute in the 2–0 loss against

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in a

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. On 23 March 2016, Bezjak scored his first goal for Slovenia in the 1–0 win against

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. On 8 October 2017, Bezjak scored twice for the 2–2 draw between Slovenia and

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Ludogorets * Bulgarian A Group: 2012–13, 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 * Bulgarian Supercup:

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Rijeka * Croatian First League: 2016–17 APOEL *

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: 2018–19 *

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: 2019

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