Kaja Eržen

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Kaja Eržen
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Eržen in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-21) 21 August 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Kranj, Slovenia,
Position(s) Defender, Winger, Striker
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 11
Youth career
2008-2011 Velosovo
2011-2012 Pormuje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012-2014 Pormuje
2014-2015 Carinthians
2015-2016 LUV Graz
2016-2017 NK Olimpija Ljubljana
2017–2019 Tavagnacco 44 (6)
2019–2021 Roma 26 (1)
2021- Napoli
National team‡
2012– Slovenia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:09, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Kaja Eržen (born 21 August 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Napoli and the Slovenia women's national team. On 9 July 2021, it was announced that Erzen joined Napoli.[1]

Club career[]

Eržen began her career as a 14-year old midfielder with Slovenian club Velesovo in 2008. Eržen stayed with Velesovo for three seasons, helping the club achieve promotion to Slovenia's first division. Eržen then moved to Pomurje in the summer of 2011, where she began to score goals at a prolific rate. She won the Slovenian league and cup double as well as two consecutive league winner's medals during her stay with the Pormuje. After a run of games where Eržen scored 27 goals in 19 starts, she decided to move abroad to Austrian club Carinthians in 2014.[2]

Eržen struggled to establish herself in her lone season at Carinthians and took up the offer to join compatriot coach Boris Ljubič, as well as seven fellow Slovenian teammates, at LUV Graz for the ÖFB-Frauenliga 2015–16 season. The team clinched seventh position in the league and saved themselves from relegation, before Eržen chose to return to her native Slovenia and sign with Olimpia Ljubljana for the 2016–17 season.

It was with Olimpia Ljubljana that Eržen rediscovered her goalscoring touch in attack, scoring 22 goals in 19 starts and ranking as the team's second-highest goalscorer for the season. Her attacking prowess caught the attention of Italian Serie A club Tavagnacco across the border, and Erzen signed for the Italian team in July 2017.

During her two seasons with Tavagnacco, Eržen played mostly as a winger and helped her side compete near the top of the Serie A table as well as reaching the Coppa Italia semi-final. During her second season with Tavagnacco, Eržen would score against Roma in a league match on 31 October 2018.[3] Eržen's goals and performances from the wing captured the attention of Roma, who then signed the Slovenian in the summer of 2019.[4]

During her stay with Roma, Eržen converted herself to a full-back role for the Giallorosse. She now plays that position for both club and country, and made an appearance in the 2021 Coppa Italia final for Roma. Roma won that Coppa Italia final in a penalty shootout victory over AC Milan, which saw Eržen become a part of Roma's club history as she helped the club achieve their first major trophy win on the women's side of the game.[5]

International career[]

Eržen has been capped for the Slovenia national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ecco il terzino Kaja Erzen, ex Roma (Italian)". Napoli Femminile.
  2. ^ "Kaja Eržen – Carrera | KripKit". kripkit.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Calcio femminile/ Roma-Tavagnacco 2–2: clamorosa rimonta delle giallorosse!". SPORT DONNA (in Italian). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Kaja Erzen joins Roma Women". www.asroma.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ bren (31 May 2021). "Roma Wins 2021 Coppa Italia in Penalty Shootout". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Slovenia)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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