Kaja Korošec

Kaja Korošec
Korošec with Slovenia in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-11-17) 17 November 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paris FC
Number 4
Youth career
Bistrica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Pomurje / Mura 89 (87)
2023– Paris FC 20 (2)
International career‡
2017– Slovenia 53 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2024

Kaja Korošec (born 17 November 2001) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paris FC and the Slovenia women's national team.

Club career

Korošec made her first senior appearance for Pomurje in the 2017–18 season, going on to make four league appearances in that campaign.[2] On 21 October 2018, she scored her first league goal for the club in a 15–1 victory over Ajdovščina. The 2018–19 season brought Korošec her first league title, and also won the double after winning the Slovenian Cup. Korošec scored 8 goals in 21 appearances across the course of the season to help ensure success.[3]

In August 2019, Korošec made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut as Pomurje faced Cardiff Met. On 18 November 2020, she scored a hat-trick in the Champions League match against Hungarian champions Ferencváros as Pomurje advanced to the round of 32.[4]

International career

Korošec has been capped for the Slovenia national team, first appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[5] Her first competitive appearance came in November 2017 in a 5–0 victory over Faroe Islands shortly after her 16th birthday.[6]

On 4 October 2019, Korošec scored her first international goal in a 4–2 defeat against the Netherlands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers.[6]

Honours

Pomurje / Mura

References

  1. ^ Čavalić, Mirsad K. (26 May 2021). "Kaja Korošec najboljša, v enajsterici pa igralke štirih klubov". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Kaja Korošec – 2017/18". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Slovenian Football Association. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Kaja Korošec – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Srce premagalo denar; Pomurke se veselijo uvrstitve v Ligo prvakinj!". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Slovenia)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Kaja Korošec – Ženska reprezentanca". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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