Žan Karničnik (born 18 September 1994) is a Slovenian football defender who plays for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.[2]
![]() Karničnik with Slovenia in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia[1] | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2013 | Dravograd | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Radlje ob Dravi | 51 | (10) |
2015–2017 | Maribor | 1 | (0) |
2015–2017 | → Maribor B | 50 | (11) |
2017–2022 | Mura | 146 | (14) |
2022– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 16 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Slovenia | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
Karničnik played for the youth teams of Slovenian club Dravograd before moving to the Styrian League side Radlje ob Dravi in 2013 to start his senior career.[3] In August 2015, he signed with Maribor B, the reserve team of PrvaLiga side Maribor.[4] After being a regular starter for Maribor B for two seasons, he made his first and only appearance for Maribor's first team in May 2017, starting in a 3–1 loss against Aluminij.[5]
On 26 July 2017, Karničnik joined Slovenian Second League club Mura.[2] At the end of his first season at Mura, the club won the league and was thus promoted to the PrvaLiga.[2] In the 2020–21 season, Karničnik made 34 appearances as he won the PrvaLiga title with Mura, the first domestic league title in the club's history.[6]
In January 2022, Karničnik moved to Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.[7]
Karničnik made his debut for the Slovenia national team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Malta.[8]
Maribor
Mura
Ludogorets Razgrad
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad – current squad | |
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