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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Nejc Pecnik
- Position: Midfielder
- Squad number: 7
- Date of birth: 3 January, 1986 (24 years old)
- Height: 6'2" (189cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 2 Nejc Pecnik | 0|0 Nejc Pecnik |
| 2 As substitute | 19|7 Total Slovenia |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 3 Total Slovenia | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Nejc Pecnik | 0 Nejc Pecnik |
| 3 Total Slovenia | 3 Total Slovenia |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 2|1 Nejc Pecnik | 0|0 Nejc Pecnik |
| 37|46 Total Slovenia | 9|0 Total Slovenia |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
Slovenia games played
- Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
Sunday, 13 June Match report - Slovenia 2-2 United States
Friday, 18 June Match report - Slovenia 0-1 England
Wednesday, 23 June Match report
Player Profile
Pecnik scored the 88th-minute goal in Russia that helped clinch Slovenia’s qualification, as they went on to win the two-legged World Cup play-off on the away goals rule.
Pecnik has been used as a substitute in six of his first seven international appearances, including in the friendly defeat to England last September when he turned Glen Johnson and crossed for Zlatan Ljubijankic to score.
His only start of the qualification campaign was in the 5-0 win over San Marino. He joined Portuguese club Nacional last summer and has helped them to finish seventh, although 10 of his 24 appearances came as a substitute.
Pecnik previously played 120 league matches in Slovenia’s top flight for Celje, with 14 of his 20 goals coming in 2007/08 when he was the club’s top scorer.
He subsequently rejected offers from Leicester City and Queen’s Park Rangers to join Sparta Prague on loan, but returned six months later after playing only 66 minutes in the Czech First Division. A former Under-21 international captain, he was sent off for two bookable offences against England’s Under-21 side in August 2008.
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