Roman Bezjak

Roman Bezjak
Personal information
Full name Roman Bezjak
Date of birth (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 SV Darmstadt 98
Number 14
Youth career
Korotan Prevalje
–2005 Dravograd
2005–2008 Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Celje 108 (34)
2009–2010 → Mladi upi Šentjur (loan) 8 (4)
2012–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 60 (20)
2015–2016 Rijeka 39 (20)
2016– SV Darmstadt 98 5 (0)
Total 220 (78)
National team‡
2007 Slovenia U18 8 (3)
2007 Slovenia U19 6 (3)
2009–2010 Slovenia U20 2 (0)
2008–2010 Slovenia U21 2 (0)
2013– Slovenia 15 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2016

Roman Bezjak (born 21 February 1989) is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for SV Darmstadt 98 and the Slovenian national team.[1]

Club career

Celje

Bezjak made his debut for Celje on 9 April 2008 against Maribor coming on as a substitute for the last 6 minutes.[2] The following season he made his first start for Celje, on 2 August 2008, in a 0–0 home draw against Domžale before being substituted by Saša Bakarič.[3] Two weeks later, Bezjak 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 appearances (15 starts) and scoring six goals.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 August 2012, Bezjak signed a four-year contract with Bulgarian A Group side Ludogorets Razgrad.[4] He made his debut for Ludogorets against CSKA Sofia 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 five goals.

In the following season Bezjak became a first team regular.[5] 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, he scored his first-ever career hat-trick, netting four goals in a 5–1 league win over Lyubimets 2007. He also scored three goals in two matches against PSV Eindhoven in the group stage of the Europa League. In February 2014, he netted in both legs of the 4–3 aggregate victory over Lazio in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. On 13 March 2014, he earned а penalty kick in the 0–3 home loss against Valencia CF, but missed from the spot.[6] On 15 May 2014, Bezjak scored the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over Botev Plovdiv in the 2014 Bulgarian Cup Final to help his team achieve a double.[7] He ended the season as the club's top scorer, scoring 20 goals in all competitions.

Rijeka

On 14 May 2015, HNK Rijeka announced that Bezjak had signed a three-year contract, tying him with the club until June 2018.[8] 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 Croatian First Football League.[9] On 19 July 2015, Bezjak scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Slaven Belupo.[10] With 13 goals to his account, he was the club's top scorer during the 2015–16 season.

International career

Bezjak earned his first cap for his country on 14 August 2013, after coming on as a substitute in the 0–2 loss against Finland in a friendly match.[11] On 23 March 2016, Bezjak scored his first goal for Slovenia in the 1–0 win against Macedonia.[12]

Honours

Club

Ludogorets

Club statistics

As of 27 August 2016
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celje 2007–08 1. SNL 10————10
2008–09 111————111
2009–10 24643——289
2010–11 32721——348
2011–12 341671——4117
2012–13 64——2084
Celje total 108 34 13 5 2 0 123 39
Ludogorets 2012–13 A Group 145————145
2013–14 3113511565120
2014–15 1527092314
Ludogorets total 60 20 12 1 24 8 96 29
Rijeka 2015–16 1. HNL 321354203917
2016–17 77002299
Rijeka total 39 20 5 4 4 2 48 26
Career total 207 74 30 10 30 10 267 94

International statistics

Summary

As of 4 September 2016
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2013 3 0
2014 2 0
2015 3 0
2016 5 1
Total 13 1

International goals

Slovenia's goal tally first.

International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1 23 March 2016 Bonifika Stadium, Koper  Macedonia 1–0 Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "Roman Bezjak" (in Slovenian). 1. SNL. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Maribor 5–2 Celje". prvaliga.si. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. ↑ "Celje 0–0 Domžale". prvaliga.si. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Ludogorets bought a striker from Slovenia". ludogorets.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ↑ Kichukov, Simeon (2015-05-15). "След като не му беше предложен нов договор, Роман Безяк напусна "Лудогорец". Словенецът отива в хърватския "Риека", ще взима между 300 и 350 хил. евро на година". 7sport.net. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Валенсия събуди Лудогорец от "европейския" им сън, този път и късметът обърна гръб на разградчани". topsport.bg. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  7. ↑ "Лудогорец триумфира с Купата в мач, изпълнен с простотия, нерви и ексцесии, "oрлите" подчиниха "Ботев" на "Лазур". topsport.bg. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Roman Bezjak novi igrač Rijeke". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  9. ↑ "Inter Zaprešić-Rijeka 0:0". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  10. ↑ "Rijeka-Slaven Belupo 3:3". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Roman Bezjak personal profile and match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  12. ↑ "Z Bezjakovim prvencem zmaga Slovenije na Bonifiki". Delo.si. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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