Alen Ožbolt

Alen Ožbolt
Ožbolt with the Bulgarian Cup in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Levadiakos
Number 21
Youth career
Fužina Dvor
Livar
Krka
2009–2015 Domžale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Domžale 40 (7)
2015–2016 → Borussia Dortmund II (loan) 29 (3)
2018 TSV Hartberg 6 (0)
2018–2020 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 43 (13)
2020–2022 Slovan Bratislava 27 (7)
2020–2021 Slovan Bratislava B 3 (2)
2021–2022 → Hapoel Haifa (loan) 29 (11)
2022–2024 Hapoel Tel Aviv 59 (16)
2024– Levadiakos 12 (2)
International career
2011–2012 Slovenia U16 9 (3)
2011–2013 Slovenia U17 9 (3)
2014 Slovenia U19 12 (7)
2015–2018 Slovenia U21 23 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2024

Alen Ožbolt (born 24 June 1996) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Levadiakos.[1] He has been capped for Slovenia at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21.

Club career

Ožbolt began his career at Domžale and spent loan spell at Borussia Dortmund II, before joining Austrian club TSV Hartberg on a permanent basis in early 2018. However, he left Hartberg at the end of the 2017–18 season and joined Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a free agent.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Ožbolt signed with Lokomotiv on 16 September 2018 on a three-year deal.[2] Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–1 away league victory over Septemvri Sofia, replacing Bircent Karagaren in the 81st minute.[3] On 15 May 2019, Ožbolt scored the winning goal in the 2019 Bulgarian Cup final against Botev Plovdiv, which gave Lokomotiv their first Bulgarian Cup.[4] He ended his debut season for Lokomotiv with 8 goals in 29 appearances in all competitions.[4]

Slovan Bratislava

On 11 January 2020, Ožbolt joined Slovan Bratislava on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National cup League cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Domžale 2013–14 1. SNL 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
2014–15 1. SNL 19 3 4 1 — — 23 4
2016–17 1. SNL 9 2 2 0 — 0 0 11 2
2017–18 1. SNL 6 2 1 0 — 5 0 12 2
Total 40 7 8 1 0 0 5 0 53 8
Borussia Dortmund II (loan) 2015–16 Regionalliga 26 3 — — — 26 3
2016–17 Regionalliga 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 3
TSV Hartberg 2017–18 Erste Liga 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2018–19 First League 23 7 6 1 — — 29 8
2019–20 First League 20 6 2 1 — 4 1 26 8
Total 43 13 8 2 0 0 4 1 55 16
Slovan Bratislava 2019–20 Slovak Super Liga 6 1 4 3 — — 10 4
2020–21 Slovak Super Liga 21 6 4 4 — 1 0 26 10
Total 27 7 8 7 0 0 1 0 36 14
Hapoel Haifa 2021–22 Israeli Premier League 29 11 4 1 3 0 — 36 12
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 29 11 1 0 5 2 — 35 13
Career total 203 52 30 11 8 2 10 1 251 66

Honours

Club

Domžale

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Slovan Bratislava

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "A. Ožbolt". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Локомотив Пловдив подписа договор с Ален Ожболт". fpleague.bg (in Bulgarian). 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Septemvri Sofia vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv". soccerway.com. 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Slovan získal Alena Ožbolta". skslovan.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ Petkov, Georgi (5 January 2020). "Димитър Илиев е "Футболист на годината", получи наградата си лично от Бербатов". topsport.bg. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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