Full name Nejc Pecnik Weight 87 kg Name Nejc Pecnik Career start 2002 | Playing position Role Footballer Siblings Andrej Pecnik Number 11 Height 1.89 m | |
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Date of birth (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 29) Current teams JEF United Ichihara Chiba (#11 / Midfielder), Slovenia national football team (Midfielder, Forward) Similar People Bostjan Cesar, Andraz Kirm, Zlatan Ljubijankic, Bojan Jokic, Valter Birsa | ||
Nejc pe nik red star belgrade skills and goals 2013 2014
Nejc Pečnik (born 3 January 1986) is a Slovenian professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Omiya Ardija.
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- Nejc pe nik red star belgrade skills and goals 2013 2014
- Nejc pe nik i abiola dauda izjave
- Celje
- Nacional
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Red Star Belgrade
- International career
- Club
- International goals
- Honours
- References
He represented Slovenia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was directly responsible in Slovenia's successful qualification to the 2010 World Cup, as he was the scorer of a crucial goal against Russia in the 2010 World Cup qualification playoffs.
Pečnik's older brother, Andrej, is also a professional footballer.
Nejc pe nik i abiola dauda izjave
Celje
Born in Dravograd, Slovenia, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Pečnik started his career at hometown club NK Dravograd. After showing promise in its youth teams he was signed by NK Celje, making his first division debut on 24 April 2004 against FC Ljubljana.
The following year Pečnik played in only seven league matches, adding a few Cup appearances including the final against FC Koper. In the 2005–06 season he managed to gain a regular place in the first team, eventually establishing himself as a key offensive player.
In 2007–08, Pečnik was Celje's top scorer with 14 league goals. After five seasons he was loaned out in June 2008 to Sparta Prague, but appeared rarely with the Czech first division outfit during his six-month stay, spending most of his time with the reserve squad.
Nacional
After a further 15 league games with Celje, Pečnik signed with C.D. Nacional of Portugal. On 16 July 2012, after three seasons of irregular playing time, also being loaned to Russian club FC Krylia Sovetov Samara for five months, he signed a two-year deal with Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League Championship.
Sheffield Wednesday
In his official debut with the Owls, on 12 August 2012, Pečnik missed a penalty and was booked before half-time, as his team trailed at Oldham Athletic 0–2. He played the full 90 minutes in an eventual 4–2 win for the season's Football League Cup.
Pečnik was released by Wednesday at the end of his only campaign.
Red Star Belgrade
Pečnik agreed to a two-year contract with Red Star Belgrade from Serbia, on 1 July 2013. He scored his first goal for Red Star against ÍBV in the second qualifying round of the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League.
International career
Pečnik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 1 April 2009, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.
He scored his first goal for Slovenia on 10 October 2009, in the same competition, a 2–0 win Slovakia. On 14 November, he scored a decisive goal in the play-offs' first leg, as the national side lost 1–2 with Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium, only to win 1–0 in the second leg, taking the tie on the away goals rule and qualifying for a World Cup for the second time in the nation's history; in the final stages, he appeared twice as a late substitute, having to be however stretchered off in the match against United States.