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Simon Sluga
Croatian professional footballer (born 1993)
Simon Sluga (Croatian pronunciation: [sǐmon slǔːɡa];[4][5] born 17 March 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and the Croatia national team.
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Sluga playing for Croatia U19 at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Sluga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Jadran Poreč | ||
| 2008–2013 | Rijeka | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Juventus Primavera (loan) | ||
| 2012–2013 | → Verona Primavera (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2019 | Rijeka | 64 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Pomorac (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lokomotiva (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Spezia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Luton Town | 91 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Croatia U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Croatia U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Croatia U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Croatia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 7 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Rijeka
In the first two seasons of his professional career HNK Rijeka loaned Sluga to Juventus Primavera and Verona Primavera. During the 2013–14 season he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Croatia's Druga HNL where he collected 31 caps and managed 17 clean sheets. He spent the 2014–15 Prva HNL on loan to NK Lokomotiva where he was capped on 26 occasions. He returned to Rijeka following the end of the loan and recorded his official game début on 19 July 2015 against Slaven Belupo. In August 2015, he was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.
Luton Town
On 19 July 2019, Sluga joined newly-promoted Championship side Luton Town for a club record fee of €1.5 million, signing a three-year contract.[6] On 2 August 2019, Sluga made his first appearance for Luton in a 3–3 draw against Middlesbrough.[7]
Ludogrets Razgrad
On 31 January 2022, Sluga joined First Professional Football League club Ludogorets Razgrad.[8][9]
He made his debut for Croatia on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia, as a starter.[10]
Club
- As of match played 27 November 2021
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rijeka | 2014–15[3] | Prva HNL | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16[3] | Prva HNL | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17[3] | Prva HNL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[3] | Prva HNL | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[3] | Prva HNL | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[3] | Prva HNL | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 86 | 0 | |||
| Pomorac (loan) | 2013–14[3] | Druga HNL | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiva (loan) | 2014–15[3] | Prva HNL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2015–16[3] | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luton Town | 2019–20[11] | Championship | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[12] | Championship | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[13] | Championship | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 94 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 212 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 239 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
International
- As of match played 11 November 2020[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
HNK Rijeka
Individual
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Luton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 39. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "Simon Sluga: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "S. Sluga: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- "THE HATTERS BREAK TRANSFER RECORD TO SIGN SIMON SLUGA!". Luton Town F.C. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "Simon Sluga joins Ludogorets on permanent transfer". www.lutontown.co.uk. 31 January 2022.
- "Лудогорец привлече хърватски национал от Англия" [Ludogorets attracted a Croatian international from England]. www.ludogorets.com/bg (in Bulgarian). 31 January 2022.
- "Croatia v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 11 June 2019.
- "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Sluga, Simon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Luton Town Supporters' Trust 2020-21 season presentation evening". www.lutontown.co.uk. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- Simon Sluga at FIFA (archived)
- Simon Sluga at FIFA (archived)
- Simon Sluga at UEFA
- Simon Sluga at the Croatian Football Federation
- Simon Sluga at EU-Football.info
- Simon Sluga at FBref.com
- Simon Sluga at FootballDatabase.eu
- Simon Sluga at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Simon Sluga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Simon Sluga at Soccerbase.com
- Simon Sluga at Croatian Football Statistics
(archived) (in Croatian)
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