Žan Majer

Žan Majer
Majer with Rostov in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Maribor, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese
Number 37
Youth career
1998–2003 Lenart
2003–2006 Jarenina
2006–2007 Maribor
2007–2010 Jarenina
2011 Aluminij
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Aluminij 11 (0)
2012–2017 Domžale 130 (7)
2017–2019 Rostov 13 (0)
2019–2022 Lecce 98 (7)
2022–2023 Reggina 31 (1)
2023– Cremonese 22 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Slovenia U21 9 (2)
2017 Slovenia B 2 (0)
2018–2019 Slovenia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Žan Majer (born 25 July 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie B club Cremonese.

Club career

On 26 June 2017, Majer signed a three-year contract with one-year extension option with the Russian Premier League club Rostov.[2] On 1 February 2019, Majer was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent.[3]

On 20 February 2019, he joined the Serie B team Lecce on a six-month deal.[4] He made his Serie B debut on 23 February against Cittadella.

On 31 July 2022, Majer signed a multi-year contract with Reggina.[5]

On 1 September 2023, Majer joined Cremonese on a two-year contract.[6]

International career

Majer made two appearances for Slovenia, in 2018 against Montenegro and in 2019 against Latvia.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 May 2022[1][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aluminij 2010–11 Slovenian Second League 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2011–12 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Domžale 2012–13 Slovenian PrvaLiga 21 1 0 0 — — 21 1
2013–14 24 2 3 0 2[a] 0 — 29 2
2014–15 32 0 4 0 — — 36 0
2015–16 29 1 4 0 2[a] 0 — 35 1
2016–17 24 3 4 2 6[a] 2 — 34 7
Total 130 7 15 2 10 2 0 0 155 11
Rostov 2017–18 Russian Premier League 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
2018–19 0 0 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Lecce 2018–19 Serie B 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
2019–20 Serie A 27 1 2 1 — — 29 2
2020–21 Serie B 36 3 1 0 — 2[b] 0 39 3
2021–22 24 3 1 0 — — 25 3
Total 98 7 4 1 0 0 2 0 104 8
Career total 252 14 23 3 10 2 2 0 287 19
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c Žan Majer at Soccerway
  2. ^ Жан Майер – игрок «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 26 June 2017.
  3. ^ Жан Майер покидает Ростов (in Russian). FC Rostov. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Formalizzata l'acquisizione di Majer" (in Italian). US Lecce. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Zan Majer è un calciatore amaranto" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Žan Majer ni bil dolgo brez kluba: Izkušeni slovenski vezist bo žogo še naprej brcal v sosednji Italiji, naslednja postaja Cremonese". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Žan Majer, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Žan Majer – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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