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Valter Birsa
- Position: Striker
- Squad number: 10
- Date of birth: 7 August, 1986 (23 years old)
- Height: 6'0" (184cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 3 Valter Birsa | 7|1 Valter Birsa |
| 0 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 |
|---|---|
| 1 Valter Birsa | 0 Valter Birsa |
| 3 Total Slovenia | 3 Total Slovenia |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 2|6 Valter Birsa | 1|0 Valter Birsa |
| 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
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Highlights - Slovenia 2-2 USA 
USA fall behind to Birsa strike Player profile
Birsa joined Auxerre last summer after an initial six-month loan spell and played in all but three of their league games as they finished third, although he only completed 90 minutes on eight occasions. He can play on the wing or off a centre forward.
He was initially hailed as the new golden boy of Slovenian football after making his international debut aged 19. He did not score in his first 27 internationals but broke his duck with goals in successive qualifying wins over Poland and Slovakia. They came either side of the friendly defeat at Wembley last September, in which Birsa felt Slovenia had “matched England”.
Birsa scored 19 goals in 35 games for Slovenian champions Gorica as a 19-year-old in 2005/06 to earn a move to France, first with Sochaux (eight goals in 66 league appearances) and then Auxerre.
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