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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mitja Mörec | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Murska Sobota, Slovenia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blau-Weiß Linz (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mura | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Mura | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2007 | Sturm Graz | 55 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Maccabi Herzliya | 29 | (0) |
| 2008 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Slavia Sofia | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Panetolikos | 28 | (0) |
| 2011 | Lyngby | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Mura 05 | 16 | (0) |
| 2013 | Kaisar | 15 | (3) |
| 2014 | Ravan Baku | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | UFC Bad Radkersburg | 46 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | FavAC | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 255 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Slovenia U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | Slovenia U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Slovenia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Slovenia U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Slovenia U21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Slovenia | 14 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2020 | FavAC (U-15) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Wienerberg (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Floridsdorfer AC (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2025 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
| 2025– | Blau-Weiß Linz | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mitja Mörec (born 21 February 1983) is a Slovenian retired football centre back and current manager of Austrian club Blau-Weiß Linz.
Playing career
editClub
editIn March 2011, Mörec signed a contract with Lyngby BK for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.[1] Following the expiration of his Lyngby contract, Mörec signed for ADO Den Haag in August 2011 on a one-year contract.[2] However, his contract was terminated in January 2012.[3]
In July 2013, Mörec signed for Kazakhstan First Division side Kaisar on a 30-month contract.[4] But after only six-months Mörec moved to Ravan Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League in January 2014 on an 18-month contract.[5][6]
International
editMörec made his debut for Slovenia in a June 2007 European Championship qualification match away against Romania and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals.[7] His final international was a February 2009 friendly match away against Belgium.[8]
Coaching and later career
editFrom the summer of 2017 to the summer of 2018, Mörec was coaching at an AC Milan soccer school in Dubai.[9] On 1 November 2018, Mörec was appointed U-15 manager at Favoritner AC.[10][11] He also began playing for the club’s first team in the Wiener Stadtliga from 1 January 2019.
On 7 May 2020, Mörec left Favoritner AC to join SV Wienerberg as an assistant coach under manager Andreas Reisinger.[12] In January 2021, Mörec moved on to Floridsdorfer AC, where he was appointed assistant coach to Roman Ellensohn.[13] When Ellensohn was fired on 16 April 2021, Mörec and Aleksandar Gitsov were appointed as an interim manager duo.[14] In June 2021, the club announced that Mörec would continue as the manager and Gitsov as assistant coach for the 2021–22 season.[15]
In July 2025, Mörec became the head coach of top-division side Blau-Weiß Linz.[16]
Career statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2000–01 | Mura | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2002–03 | Sturm Graz | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2004–05 | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2005–06 | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2006–07 | 24 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | Maccabi Herzliya | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | CSKA Sofia | A PFG | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Slavia Sofia | 9 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | Panetolikos | Beta Ethniki | 28 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Football League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Lyngby BK | Superligaen | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | ADO Den Haag | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Mura 05 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Kaisar | Kazakhstan First Division | 15 | 3 | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| Career total | 189 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 3 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Lyngby forstærker med slovensk landsholdsspiller". Politiken (in Danish). 2 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Sloveense verdediger Mörec naar ADO Den Haag". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Voorbeschouwing ADO Den Haag - Roda JC" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Mitja Mörec se je pridružil Borutu Semlerju v Kazahstanu" (in Slovenian). ekipa. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Ряван подписал трех легионеров (in Russian). azerifootball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ ""Rəvan" 5 futbolçu ilə anlaşdı" (in Azerbaijani). Ravan Baku. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Mitja Mörec, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Profile at LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Favac Nachwuchs – #Wie #gut #kennt #ihr #unsere #Trainer ..." Facebook. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ At, Oefb. "Coaching profile at ÖFB". ÖFB. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Neues Trainerteam". SV Wienerberg. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "FAC präsentiert neuen Chef- und zweiten Co-Trainer". DFZ21. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "FAC trennte sich von Cheftrainer Ellensohn". Der Standard. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "FAC klärt Trainer-Frage". FAC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Mörec wird Cheftrainer beim FC Blau-Weiß Linz". FC Blau-Weiß Linz (in German). 5 July 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Mitja Mörec Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Mitja Mörec at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Mitja Mörec club profile at NZS (in Slovene)
- Mitja Mörec national team profile at NZS (in Slovene)
- Mitja Mörec at Soccerway.com
- Mitja Mörec at WorldFootball.net
- Mitja Mörec at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mitja Mörec at FBref.com
- Mitja Mörec at kicker (in German)
- Mitja Mörec at ÖFB (in German)
