First team
Get to know the players of the first league team
Goalkeepers
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Matevž Vidovšek
GOALKEEPER
If Mother Nature had given him just one more centimeter, he would be two meters tall and a welcome addition to basketball.
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Denis Pintol
GOALKEEPER
Denis Pintol, who inherited his goalkeeping genes, is the son of former Bosnia and Herzegovina national team goalkeeper Ismir Pintol.
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Gal Lubej Fink
GOALKEEPER
Gal Lubej Fink is a young goalkeeper who started his football career in the youth teams of NK Bravo.
Defenders
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Marcel Ratnik
DEFENDER
The talented central defender from Tišina in Prekmurje joined Olimpija in 2018, initially playing for the club’s cadets team in the green-and-white jersey.
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Justas Lasickas
DEFENDER
The 1997-born right-back defender, who can also play as a winger, started his career with Zalgiris from his native Vilnius.
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David Sualehe
DEFENDER
Born in 1997, the player is a product of the football academy of the renowned Portuguese giant Porto. Unfortunately, he never got the chance to play for the club’s first team. He excels in the position of left-back defender.
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Ahmet Muahedbegović
DEFENDER
Ahmet Muhamedbegović began his football journey in his home country of Austria, where he played for the youth teams of SKN St. Pölten.
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Jorge Silva
DEFENDER
Jorge Silva, born on March 22, 1996, in Porto, began his football journey in the youth teams of Salgueiros, Leixões, and Sporting Lisbon.
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Matej Dvoršak
DEFENDER
He signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2024.
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Marko Ristić
DEFENDER
Marko Ristić made his first football steps at Triglav in Kranj, from where he moved to Olimpija Ljubljana in 2021.
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Manuel Pedreno
DEFENDER
Manuel Pedreno started his career in the youth teams of Almería, where he quickly showed his potential.
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Jordi Govea
DEFENDER
The footballer born in Madrid spent his entire youth career at Real Madrid. He played for the club for over 10 years, up to the U21 level.
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Marko Elsner
DEFENDER
He impressed fans with his cold-bloodedness, but at the same time with his incredible technical skill, which was not common for central defenders in those days.
Midfielders
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Agustin Doffo
MIDFIELDER
The midfielder, born in Oliva, Cordoba, started his professional career with Argentine club Velez Sarsfield, where he made his debut with a cross in a 3-1 win against Banfield.
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Diogo Pinto
MIDFIELDER
Diogo Pinto, a Portuguese footballer born in the historic city of Tomar, is one of the few players who can boast of having played for both Lisbon giants, Sporting and Benfica.
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Peter Agba
MIDFIELDER
Peter made his first football steps in his native Nigeria, where he also played for the national youth teams.
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Dino Kojić
MIDFIELDER
The Ljubljana native Dino took his first football steps at Interblock and then moved to Olimpija’s youth academy.
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Mateo Aćimović
MIDFIELDER
Mateo Aćimović is a product of the youth school of NK Olimpija Ljubljana, where he signed his first professional contract.
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Žiga Pečjak
MIDFIELDER
He started his football career in the youth team of NK Olimpija Ljubljana, where his performances quickly drew attention to himself.
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Charles Thalisson
MIDFIELDER
Thalisson got his first taste of professional football with the lower league side Legiau in Brazil, from where he moved to Sloboda from Varaždin in Croatia.
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Jurgen Çelhaka
MIDFIELDER
He started his professional career with the Albanian club KF Tirana, where his performances attracted the attention of foreign clubs.
Attackers
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Raul Florucz
ATTACKER
Olimpija’s “number ten,” an Austrian footballer of Romanian descent, stands out with his attacking abilities in the position of a winger.
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Pedro Lucas Schwaizer
ATTACKER
Football is in his blood, both his father Andre, who played for Gremio in his youth, and his younger sister Maria Luzia.
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Reda Boultam
ATTACKER
Reda Boultam, a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent, started his football career with SC Buitenboys before joining Almere City’s youth teams and moving to Ajax in 2013.
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Marko Brest
ATTACKER
The Slovenian striker from the Ptuj area started his football career in the youth selections of Drava Ptuj, where he also started his professional career in the 2020/21 season.
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Antonio Marin
ATTACKER
The Croatian footballer, who started his football career at ZET, joined the youth academy of the famous Dinamo Zagreb in 2009.
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Ivan Durdov
ATTACKER
The attacker, born in Split, began his youth career at NK Adriatic and RNK Split. He continued his senior career at NK Osijek, where he played for the second team in the 2. HNL.
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Alex Blanco
ATTACKER
Alex started his youth career with Valencia CF and in 2014 joined the youth academy of the famous club, FC Barcelona.
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Alex Matthias Tamm
ATTACKER
The tall attacker, who has represented his hometown team Nõmme Kalju FC since the beginning of his football journey, has also tested himself on Swiss pitches with Grasshopper in the past.
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Danilo Popivoda
ATTACKER
He has gone down in history as one of the best and, above all, most popular Olimpija players of all time. As a winger, he was renowned for his quick penetrations and his skill with the ball at his feet.