Matija Škarabot

Matija Škarabot
Personal information
Full name	Matija Škarabot
Date of birth	4 February 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth	Nova Gorica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Club information
Current team	Primorje
Youth career
	Adria
–2007	Gorica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2010	Gorica
2007–2008	→ Adria (loan)
2010–2013	Gent
2013–2014	Rijeka
2014–2015	Olimpija Ljubljana
2015–2018	Gorica
2019–	Primorje
National team
2008–2010	Slovenia U20
2009–2010	Slovenia U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2019

Matija Škarabot (Slovene pronunciation: [maˈtija ˈʃkarabɔt]; born 4 February 1988) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for ND Primorje as a left back.

International career[]

Škarabot made his first appearance for the Slovenia U21 on 11 February 2009, in a friendly match against Romania U21.

On 1 October 2010, Škarabot was summoned into a 23-man squad of the Slovenia national football team for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Estonia that took place on 8 October and 12 October 2010, respectively.^[1]

Personal life[]

Skarabot is in a relationship with Strictly Come Dancing star Nadiya Bychkova, with whom he has a daughter called Mila.^[2]

References[]

^ Uredništvo (1 October 2010). "Kek vpoklical tri novince" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ "Strictly Come Dancing Nadiya Bychkova: Davood Ghadami's BBC One dance partner's turbulent relationship history revealed from ex husband to father of her child to dance show 'fling'". ok.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

External links[]

PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)

[1] Uredništvo (1 October 2010). "Kek vpoklical tri novince" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[2] "Strictly Come Dancing Nadiya Bychkova: Davood Ghadami's BBC One dance partner's turbulent relationship history revealed from ex husband to father of her child to dance show 'fling'". ok.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

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