Simon Sluga

Simon Sluga (Croatian pronunciation: [sǐmon slǔːɡa];[3][4] born 17 March 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Luton Town.

Simon Sluga
Sluga with Croatia U21
Personal information
Full name Simon Sluga[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Poreč, Croatia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 12
Youth career
2003–2008 Jadran Poreč
2008–2013 Rijeka
2011–2012 → Juventus Primavera (loan)
2012–2013 → Verona Primavera (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Rijeka 64 (0)
2013–2014 → Pomorac (loan) 31 (0)
2014–2015 → Lokomotiva (loan) 26 (0)
2015–2016 → Spezia (loan) 0 (0)
2019– Luton Town 24 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Croatia U17 5 (0)
2011 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2011–2012 Croatia U19 9 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U20 8 (0)
2012–2014 Croatia U21 3 (0)
2019– Croatia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

In the first two seasons of his professional career HNK Rijeka loaned Sluga to Juventus Primavera and Verona Primavera. During the 2013–14 season he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Croatia's Druga HNL where he collected 31 caps and managed 17 clean sheets. He spent the 2014–15 Prva HNL on loan to NK Lokomotiva where he was capped on 26 occasions. He returned to Rijeka following the end of the loan and recorded his official game début on 19 July 2015 against Slaven Belupo. In August 2015, he was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.

On 19 July 2019, Sluga joined newly-promoted Championship side Luton Town for a club record fee of €1.5 million, signing a three-year contract.[5] On 2 August 2019, Sluga made his first appearance for Luton in a 3–3 draw against Middlesbrough.[6]

International career

He made his debut for Croatia on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia, as a starter.[7]

Club statistics
Season Club League Cups Continental Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2013–14PomoracDruga HNL310––310
2014–15LokomotivaPrva HNL26020–280
2015–16Rijeka20–1030
2016–17–20–20
2017–182703090390
2018–193504020410
2019–2000100010
Rijeka total 640100120860
2019–20Luton TownChampionship24010–250
Career total 14501301201700
Last Update: 29 April 2020.[8]

Honours

HNK Rijeka

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Luton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 39. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "Simon Sluga". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. "Simèon". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 February 2020. Sìmon
  4. "slúga". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 February 2020. Slúga
  5. "THE HATTERS BREAK TRANSFER RECORD TO SIGN SIMON SLUGA!". Luton Town F.C. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. "Luton Town 3-3 Middlesbrough: Championship season starts with thrilling draw". BBC Sport. 2 August 2019.
  7. "Croatia v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 11 June 2019.
  8. http://hrnogomet.com/reprezentacija/igrac.php?id=2979&stranica=1&sortBy=4&sortOrder=desc
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