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Boštjan Cesar

Boštjan Cesar

Slovenian footballer

Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Besides Slovenia, Cesar played in Croatia, France, England and Italy.[2] With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of all time,[3] and represented them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Cesar signed a three year-deal with Olympique de Marseille in 2005. He joined West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan in August 2007, with a view to a permanent move.[4] He made his debut for Albion in a 1–0 League Cup victory over Bournemouth on 14 August 2007.[5] His league debut came more than two months later when West Bromwich defeated Blackpool 2–1 on 23 October 2007.[6] He scored his only West Bromwich goal on 2 February 2008 in a 2–1 win against Burnley.[7] Cesar made 24 appearances for West Bromwich in all competitions, but returned to Marseille at the end of the season after the manager Tony Mowbray decided against pursuing a permanent deal for the player.[8]

He signed a two-year deal with Grenoble Foot 38 in January 2009 and scored his first goal for the club in his second appearance; a 1–1 draw against Girondins de Bordeaux. In May 2010, Chievo announced the capture of his signature on free transfer, and he officially joined them on 1 July.[9] On 31 May 2011, he signed a new two-year contract.[10]

International career

Cesar made his international debut on 12 February 2003, playing the entirety of a 5–1 friendly defeat to Switzerland in Nova Gorica.[11] On 9 October 2004, he scored his first international goal to defeat Italy in a World Cup qualifier; it was Italy's only defeat as they went on to win the World Cup.

On 15 November 2014, he made his 81st appearance for the national team, surpassing Zlatko Zahovič as their most capped player of all time.

On 8 October 2017, Cesar became the first Slovenian player to earn 100 national team caps, in a 2–2 home draw with Scotland in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was sent off at the end of the match.[12] Cesar retired from the national team on 27 March 2018 in a home match against Belarus.[13]

Career statistics

Club

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  1. Appearance(s) in Coupe de France
  2. One appearance in Coupe de France and two appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Two appearances in FA Cup and two appearances in EFL Cup

International

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

Dinamo Zagreb

Marseille

West Bromwich Albion

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    Plestenjak, Rok (26 September 2020). "Poglejmo Hrvate! Slovenci bi morali biti bolj prepotentni." (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Baggies sign Marseille defender". BBC Sport. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  5. [5]
    "WBA vs Bournemouth". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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    "WBA vs Blackpool". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  7. [7]
    "WBA vs Burnley". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  8. [8]
    "Boss won't pursue Cesar deal". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.[permanent dead link]
  9. [9]
    "CESAR BOSTJAN: UN ALTRO NAZIONALE SLOVENO PER IL CHIEVO" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010. [dead link]
  10. [10]
    "Cesar e Chievo insieme fino al 2013". AC ChievoVerona (in Italian). 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  11. [11]
    "Slovenia 1–5 Switzerland". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  12. [12]
    Plestenjak, Rok (8 October 2017). "Kaj car ... Kaj kralj ... Cesar!" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  13. [13]
    M. L.; A. V. (27 March 2018). "Ob slovesu Cesarja trpek poraz Slovenije z Belorusijo" (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Slovenia – B. Cesar – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  15. [15]
    "Boštjan Cesar". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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    "Boštjan Cesar". hrnogomet.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Boštjan Cesar – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  18. [18]
    "Bostjan Cesar – footballdatabase.eu". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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