Simon Sluga

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Simon Sluga
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Sluga playing for Croatia U19 at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Personal information
Full name Simon Sluga[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Poreč, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
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 81 (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 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:27, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:27, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

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 and the Croatia national team.

Club career[]

Rijeka[]

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.

Luton Town[]

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]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 28 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rijeka 2014–15[8] Prva HNL 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2015–16[8] Prva HNL 2 0 — — 1[a] 0 3 0
2016–17[8] Prva HNL 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 2 0
2017–18[8] Prva HNL 27 0 3 0 — 9[b] 0 39 0
2018–19[8] Prva HNL 35 0 4 0 — 2[a] 0 41 0
2019–20[8] Prva HNL — — — 1[c] 0 1 0
Total 64 0 9 0 — 13 0 86 0
Pomorac (loan) 2013–14[8] Druga HNL 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
Lokomotiva (loan) [8] Prva HNL 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
Spezia (loan) [8] Serie B 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Luton Town 2019–20[9] Championship 33 0 1 0 0 0 — 34 0
2020–21[10] Championship 39 0 2 0 0 0 — 41 0
2021–22[11] Championship 9 0 0 0 0 0 — 9 0
Total 81 0 3 0 0 0 — 84 0
Career total 202 0 14 0 0 0 13 0 229 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup

International[]

As of match played 11 November 2020[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2019 2 0
2020 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

HNK Rijeka

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Luton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 39. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Simon Sluga: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "S. Sluga: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Sluga, Simon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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