Jaka Bijol

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Jaka Bijol
Bijol with CSKA Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Vuzenica, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Udinese
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2014 Dravograd
2014–2017 Bravo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Rudar Velenje 30 (3)
2018–2022 CSKA Moscow 81 (6)
2020–2021Hannover 96 (loan) 30 (0)
2022– Udinese 65 (3)
International career
2014 Slovenia U16 4 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U17 10 (1)
2016–2017 Slovenia U18 9 (2)
2017 Slovenia U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Slovenia U21 4 (0)
2018– Slovenia 57 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Jaka Bijol (born 5 February 1999) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Udinese and the Slovenia national team. Initially a defensive midfielder, he switched to his current position in the 2021–22 season.

Club career

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On 22 June 2018, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Bijol on a five-year contract from Rudar Velenje.[2] On 18 September 2020, Bijol was loaned out to Hannover 96 for one year.[3]

On 14 July 2022, Bijol was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a five-year contract for a reported transfer fee of over €4 million.[4] In November 2023, he suffered a foot injury and was sidelined for over two months.[5]

International career

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On 13 October 2018, Bijol debuted with the Slovenia senior team in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League match against Norway, which Slovenia lost 1–0.[6] He scored his first goal in a friendly match against Croatia on 26 March 2022, scoring a stoppage-time goal to secure a 1–1 draw.[7]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 October 2024[1]
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
Rudar Velenje 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30 3 0 0 30 3
CSKA Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 23 4 0 0 3[a] 0 1[b] 0 27 4
2019–20 25 1 3 1 6[c] 0 34 2
2020–21 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2021–22 28 1 2 0 30 1
Total 81 6 5 1 9 0 1 0 96 7
Hannover 96 (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 30 0 1 0 31 0
Udinese 2022–23 Serie A 32 3 1 0 33 3
2023–24 24 0 1 0 25 0
2024–25 9 0 2 1 11 1
Total 65 3 4 1 69 4
Career total 206 12 10 2 9 0 1 0 226 14
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 13 October 2024[8][9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2018 3 0
2019 5 0
2020 6 0
2021 11 0
2022 10 1
2023 10 0
2024 12 0
Total 57 1
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bijol goal.
List of international goals scored by Jaka Bijol
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 March 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Croatia 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

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CSKA Moscow

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jaka Bijol at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Яка Бийол пополнил состав ПФК ЦСКА". PFC CSKA Moscow (in Russian). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. ^ ""Wichtiges Puzzleteil": Hannover leiht Bijol aus". Kicker (in German). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ Campanale, Susy (14 July 2022). "Udinese sign Slovenia international Bijol". Football Italia. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ Campanale, Susy (5 December 2023). "Udinese lose Bijol to foot fracture". Football Italia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Slovenci razočarali tudi v Oslu". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 13 October 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Slovenia steal late goal to draw friendly with Croatia". ESPN. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ Jaka Bijol at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ "Jaka Bijol". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ "2018 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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