Andraž Šporar

Andraž Šporar (born 27 February 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Braga, on loan from Sporting CP, and the Slovenia national team as a forward.

Andraž Šporar
Personal information
Full name Andraž Šporar
Date of birth (1994-02-27) 27 February 1994
Place of birth Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Braga
(on loan from Sporting CP)
Number 19
Youth career
Olimpija
2005–2009 MNK Ljubljana
2009–2011 Interblock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Interblock 21 (10)
2012–2015 Olimpija Ljubljana 95 (46)
2016–2018 Basel 19 (1)
2017–2018 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 9 (2)
2018–2020 Slovan Bratislava 53 (44)
2020– Sporting CP 29 (9)
2021– → Braga (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Slovenia U18 1 (0)
2011–2012 Slovenia U19 17 (3)
2012 Slovenia U20 1 (1)
2013–2016 Slovenia U21 19 (7)
2016– Slovenia 24 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2021

Club career

In June 2012, Šporar transferred from Interblock to Olimpija Ljubljana.[1] In the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, Šporar was named as a team captain.[2] During the first half of the club's season, he played 18 PrvaLiga games and scored 17 goals.[3]

On 8 December 2015, Basel announced that Šporar had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract up until the end of June 2020.[4] He made his league debut for Basel on 14 February 2016 in the 4–0 away win against Grasshoppers coming in as substitute in the 70th minute.[5] Šporar injured himself during warm-up before the away match against Saint-Étienne on 18 February 2016. He had to undergo a surgery which kept him out for the rest of the 2015–16 FC Basel season, in which his team won the 2015–16 Swiss Super League championship, their seventh national title in a row.[6][7]

Šporar joined the Slovak Super Liga side Slovan Bratislava in January 2018 for a reported fee of €600,000.[8] He helped the team win the 2017–18 Slovak Cup. In the 2018–19 season, he won the Slovak title and became the Slovak league's best goalscorer, scoring 29 goals and tying the record for most goals scored in a season.[9]

On 23 January 2020, Šporar transferred to Sporting CP on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of €6 million, making him the most expensive player in the history of the Slovak Super Liga.[10] With bonuses, the total transfer fee may eventually rise above €7 million.[11]

On 1 February 2021, Šporar joined Braga on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[12]

International career

In November 2016, Šporar received his first call-up to the senior Slovenia squad for matches against Malta and Poland.[13] He debuted against Malta, replacing Milivoje Novaković late in the second half.[14]

Personal life

Andraž Šporar is a son of Olimpija's former captain Miha Šporar.[15] He has revealed that it is his ambition to earn a move to Liverpool at some stage in his career.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 February 2021[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Interblock 2011–12 2. SNL 211031——2411
Olimpija Ljubljana 2012–13 1. SNL 2811204[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]03511
2013–14 1. SNL 175332[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0239
2014–15 1. SNL 321320——3413
2015–16 1. SNL 181720——2017
Total 954693612011250
Basel 2015–16 Super League 100000—10
2016–17 Super League 181304[lower-alpha 3]0—251
Total 1913040—261
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 9210——102
Slovan Bratislava 2017–18 Fortuna Liga 1234300—166
2018–19 Fortuna Liga 3029006[lower-alpha 1]5—3634
2019–20 Fortuna Liga 11121114[lower-alpha 4]7—2620
Total 5344542012—7860
Sporting CP 2019–20 Primeira Liga 166—2[lower-alpha 1]1—187
2020–21 Primeira Liga 133302[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 5]1204
Total 2993041213811
Braga (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 100000—10
Career total 227112248341441289135
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Slovenian Supercup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, and twelve appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in Taça da Liga

    International goals
    Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šporar goal.[18]
    List of international goals scored by Andraž Šporar
    No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
    1.21 March 2019Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Israel1–01–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
    2.6 September 2019Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Poland2–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

    Honours

    Basel

    Slovan Bratislava

    Sporting

    Individual

    References
    1. Žiga Jerman (13 July 2012). "Pričakovanja Olimpije segajo na vrh". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    2. Rok Plestenjak (31 August 2015). "Kapetan Olimpije v Ljubljani živi svoje sanje" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    3. "Andraž Šporar – statistika 2015–16". prvaliga.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    4. FC Basel 1893 (8 December 2015). "FCB verpflichtet den Slowenen Andraz Sporar". www.fcb.ch. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
    5. Marti, Caspar (14 February 2016). "4:0-Erfolg bei GC: souveräner Sieg im Spitzenspiel". www.fcb.ch. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
    6. FC Basel 1893 (24 February 2016). "Jean-Paul-Boetius-und-Andraz-Sporar-fallen-verletz". www.fcb.ch. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
    7. Marti, Casper (30 April 2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". www.fcb.ch. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    8. Timotej Gašper (16 December 2019). "Andraž Šporar na lane veľkoklubu: Koľko môže Slovan zarobiť?". sport7.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
    9. "Vittek ani Šporar nezaokrúhlili, ale nesmútili". Fortuna liga (in Slovak). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
    10. T. J. (23 January 2020). "Šporar bo pet let mreže tresel v dresu Sportinga" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    11. "Slovan zrealizoval najväčší prestup v histórii Slovenska" (in Slovak). ŠK Slovan Bratislava. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    12. "Sporar e Borja oficializados no SC Braga" [Sporar and Borja officially at SC Braga] (in Portuguese). SAPO Desporto. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
    13. "Katanec reagiral na epidemijo poškodb: naknadno je vpoklical Šporarja in Pihlerja" (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
    14. "Prvenec Verbiča za pomembne tri točke" [First goal for Verbic for important three points] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
    15. Rok Plestenjak (8 June 2019). "Ljubljančanu ni jasno, zakaj ga je oče ponujal Mariboru" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
    16. Jure Bohoric (16 January 2013). "Olimpija forward Andraz Sporar hoping to turn out for Liverpool in the future". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
    17. "A. Šporar". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
    18. "Andraž Šporar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
    19. "Futbalista roka 2019: Výsledky sú známe! Kto je najlepší hráč či tréner?". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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