Jan Oblak
![]() Oblak playing for Atlético Madrid in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jan Oblak | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Škofja Loka, Slovenia | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2003 | Ločan | ||
2003–2004 | Olimpija | ||
2005–2009 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 34 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Benfica | 16 | (0) |
2010 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Olhanense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → União de Leiria (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2014– | Atlético Madrid | 108 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Slovenia U15 | 1 | (0) |
2009 | Slovenia U16 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Slovenia U20 | 4 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Slovenia U21 | 18 | (0) |
2012– | Slovenia | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2017 |
Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Slovenia national team as a goalkeeper.
Oblak signed for Portuguese club Benfica at the age of 17, and was part of the team that won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season. He then moved to Atlético Madrid for a fee of €16 million, becoming La Liga's most expensive goalkeeper of all time. In 2015–16 he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best goalkeeper, conceding an all-time record low of 18 goals. He won the award again the following season.
Oblak made his senior international debut for Slovenia in 2012.
Club career
Olimpija
"It all began like this. Robert Volk was a goalkeeper and a goalkeeper coach at the same time. He had young Jan Oblak and also Damir Botonjič, who wanted to return back to football after his brother's death. One day Volk noticed Oblak's immense talent had outgrown everybody. He said "this kid is better than me" and gave up his spot in the team to a 16-year-old. We were a bit stunned, not to mention Oblak's father, who could not believe we took his son to training camp with the main squad. We quickly realized Volk is not mistaken. Jan was a rare specimen, who even then had his head in the right place. Calm, stable. You notice this even on youth matches. It was obvious that he had outgrown them. He had surprised us all. And for that reason we simply placed him in goal."
—Former Olimpija Ljubljana coach Janez Pate about Jan Oblak's beginnings[2][3]
Born in the Upper Carniolan town of Škofja Loka, Oblak started playing football at the age of five for his home town club Ločan. At the age of ten, he moved to the Olimpija youth academy,[4] where he remained until the end of the 2004–05 season when the club was dissolved. He then moved to the newly founded Bežigrad, which, after a series of name changes, became Olimpija Ljubljana in 2008. The following year, Oblak rejected a contract from Italian club Empoli in favour of a trial at Fulham,[5] but he eventually did not leave the club and committed his future with a contract extension until 2011.[6][7] Oblak made his professional debut for Olimpija Ljubljana in the 2009–10 season aged 16, only missing three PrvaLiga games as the club finished fourth in the league table.
Benfica
On 14 June 2010, Oblak signed a contract with Portuguese club Benfica,[8] who loaned him to fellow top level club Beira-Mar in August 2010.[9] He then joined Olhanense on loan in January 2011, until the end of the 2010–11 season.[10]
Benfica loaned Oblak to another Portuguese team, União de Leiria, for the 2011–12 campaign.[11] He made his league debut on 15 January 2012, in a 2–2 away draw against Nacional.
In July 2013, Oblak failed to present himself for pre-season training, claiming he had no contract with Benfica.[12] Late into the following month, he signed a contract extension until 2018, describing the situation as a "misunderstanding."[13]
After long-time starting goalkeeper Artur made a series of mistakes midway through the 2013–14 campaign, Benfica manager Jorge Jesus dropped him in favour of Oblak, and the latter went on to keep several clean sheets in his first starts, notably in a 2–0 home win against Porto[14][15] and a 0–0 draw at Juventus in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League.[16] He eventually won the league's Best Goalkeeper of the Year award on 6 July 2014.[17]
Atlético Madrid
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On 16 July 2014, Atlético Madrid announced they had reached an agreement with Benfica for the transfer of Oblak, pending a medical examination.[18] Atlético paid €16 million for the Slovenian player,[19][20] making him the most expensive goalkeeper in La Liga history.[21] Oblak moved to Madrid on a six-year deal as a replacement for Thibaut Courtois, who had returned to play for his parent club Chelsea following his loan expiration.[22][23] During his presentation, on 22 July 2014, Oblak said, "I don't come to replace anyone. I come as another player. I'm here along with the rest of the players and goalkeepers. I'll do everything in my power to defend this shirt and achieve great results this season. I will do everything in my hand to help the team."[24]
Oblak was an unused substitute in his first competitive fixture on 19 August 2014, the first leg of the 2014 Supercopa de España against Real Madrid, with Miguel Ángel Moyà playing instead.[25] He made his debut on 16 September 2014, in a 3–2 defeat away to Olympiacos in Atlético's first Champions League group match of the season.[26] His first clean sheet came in his first Copa del Rey match, a 3–0 win away to L'Hospitalet in the first leg of the last 32 on 3 December 2014.[27] On 17 March 2015, he replaced the injured Moyà in the 23rd minute of a Champions League last 16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen, and kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory. The tie went to a penalty shootout, in which he saved Leverkusen's first attempt by Hakan Çalhanoğlu in an eventual triumph.[28] Four days later, due to the injury, he made his league debut, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over neighbours Getafe.[29]
On 3 May 2016, Oblak saved Thomas Müller's penalty at the Allianz Arena in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals; although Atlético lost the match 2–1, they advanced to the final on away goals.[30] As the domestic season ended, he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best goalkeeper, having conceded 18 goals in 38 games, equalling the 22-year-old record of Deportivo de La Coruña's Francisco Liaño.[31]
Oblak received attention on 15 March 2017, in a Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, where he made three saves in succession to ensure a goalless draw and passage to the quarter-finals. He told UEFA's website "These are things that happen. Sometimes you save three efforts and other times they score all three."[32]
International career
Oblak was first called by the Slovenia under-21 team in August 2009, replacing the injured Jan Koprivec. He made his debut 9 September of that year, against France.
On 11 September 2012, Oblak made his first appearance for the senior side, starting in a 2–1 away loss against Norway for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[33]
He became the first-choice goalkeeper of the national team after the international retirement of Samir Handanović at the end of 2015.
Personal life
Oblak's older sister, Teja (born 1990), is a professional basketball player who plays for Good Angels Košice and is a member of the Slovenia national team.[34][35] He is not related to the former Yugoslav international Brane Oblak, who was his coach during his time with Olimpija.[36]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Olimpija Ljubljana | 2008–09 | 2. SNL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 1. SNL | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||||
Benfica | 2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Beira-Mar (loan) | 2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Olhanense (loan) | 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
União de Leiria (loan) | 2011–12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Rio Ave (loan) | 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
Atlético Madrid | 2014–15 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13[b] | 0 | — | 51 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||||
Total | 113 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | |||
Career total | 207 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ 6 appearances in UEFA Champions League and 4 appearance in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 10 June 2017[39]
Slovenia national team | ||||
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Year | Apps | Goals | ||
2012 | 1 | 0 | ||
2013 | 2 | 0 | ||
2014 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016 | 6 | 0 | ||
2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 2013–14[18]
- Taça de Portugal: 2013–14[18]
- Taça da Liga: 2013–14[18]
- UEFA Europa League: Runner-up 2013–14[40]
- Atlético Madrid
Individual
- Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper: 2013–14[17]
- La Liga Zamora Trophy: 2015–16,[31] 2016–17[42]
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16[43], 2016–17[44]
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16, 2016–17[45]
- La Liga Best Goalkeeper: 2015–16
- UEFA La Liga Team of The Season: 2015–16, 2016–17[46][47]
- FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2017[48]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18[49]
References
- ^ "Jan Oblak". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Borut Planinšič ml. (19 May 2018). "S "ta mali je boljši od mene" se je začelo" (in Slovenian). Večer. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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- ^ "Fulham move for Olimpic Ljubljana goalkeeper Jan Oblak". Tribal Football. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
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- ^ "Jan Oblak rejects Fulham after trials". Tribal Football. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Jan Oblak tudi uradno v Benfici" [Jan Oblak officially in Benfica] (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Jan Oblak emprestado ao Beira-Mar" [Jan Oblak on the Beira-Mar] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Oblak e Tiero apresentados" [Oblak and Tiero presented] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Cajuda: "Oblak tem excelentes capacidades"" [Cajuda: "Oblak has great skills"] (in Portuguese). Record. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Oblak ainda não se apresentou" [Oblak still hasn't showed up] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jan Oblak foi reintegrado: "O Benfica é o meu clube e estou feliz"" [Jan Oblak has been reinstated: "Benfica is my club and i am happy"] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Oblak fecha a porta da baliza ao dragão" [Oblak closes goal to dragon] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Oblak morde os calcanhares ao melhor Artur" [Oblak bites best Artur in the heels] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Juventus 0–0 Benfica". BBC Sport. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Prémios da Liga: Veja quem são os vencedores" [League awards: Look who the winners are] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Atlético and Benfica reach an agreement for the transfer of Oblak". Atlético Madrid. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Atletico Madrid agree deal for Benfica goalkeeper Jan Oblak". BBC Sport. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF) (in Portuguese). CMVM. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "El Atleti ficha al portero más caro de la historia de la Liga" [Atleti signs most expensive goalkeeper in league history] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Thibaut Courtois: Jose Mourinho says keeper will return to Chelsea". BBC Sport. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Newman, Liam (16 July 2014). "Atletico Madrid Sign Goalkeeper Jan Oblak from Benfica". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Jan Oblak: "I'll do everything in my power to help the team"". Atlético Madrid. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Spanish Super Copa: Real Madrid and Atletico draw 1-1 in first leg". Sky Sports News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Wood, Graham (16 September 2014). "Olympiacos stun Atlético in five-goal thriller". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "L'Hospitalet 0-3 Atletico Madrid: Griezmann and Gabi grind out the win". Goal.com. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Smith, Jonathan (17 March 2015). "Atl Madrid 1-0 Bayer Levkn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "El Calderón cantó a Griezmann el "cumpleaños feliz"" [The Calderón sings "Happy Birthday" to Griezmann] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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- ^ a b Farrell, Sarah (15 May 2016). "Oblak equals Liano as the best Zamora in history". Marca. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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- ^ "Slovenia undone as Norway strike late". UEFA. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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- ^ Jan Oblak at ForaDeJogo (archived). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Jan Oblak". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Spot-on Sevilla leave Benfica dreams in tatters". UEFA. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Una pequeña revancha" [A little revenge]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "Oblak wins Zamora, Messi captures Pichichi". Marca. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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External links
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- Atlético Madrid official profile
- Template:TheFinalBall
- Jan Oblak at BDFutbol
- Jan Oblak at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Jan Oblak at Soccerway
- Jan Oblak at National-Football-Teams.com
- NZS profile Template:Sl icon
- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Škofja Loka
- Slovenian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945) players
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- S.C. Olhanense players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Rio Ave F.C. players
- La Liga players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Slovenia under-21 international footballers
- Slovenia international footballers
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Slovenian expatriates in Portugal
- Slovenian expatriates in Spain
- Slovenia youth international footballers