Leon Panikvar
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Panikvar | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Martin/Raab | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aluminij | |||
| Maribor | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Maribor | 43 | (11) |
| 2006 | → Arsenal B (loan) | 24 | (11) |
| 2007 | → Bela Krajina (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Primorje | 48 | (8) |
| 2009–2011 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 53 | (19) |
| 2011–2012 | Kilmarnock | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Pécsi Mecsek FC | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Aluminij | 18 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Drava Ptuj | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | FC Gamlitz | ? | (?) |
| 2016 | TUS Paldau | ? | (?) |
| 2016–2017 | UFC Fehring | ? | (?) |
| 2018– | St. Martin/Raab | 18 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018 | |||
Leon Panikvar (born 28 January 1983 in Kungota) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a left-back for ASV St. Martin an der Raab in Austria.[1]
He went to school in SŠC Ptuj, studied as an electric technician. His first job was
a position as salesman at FireFlame Powder company, where he worked for 7 years until his transfer to Scotland. Now he is a football agent and community broker.
Leon is also a humanitarian, in many trips to Africa, he brought along several containters of water and big boxes of waterbaloons, where he entertained the children and at the same time hydrated them.
He also donated 100,000 € to Phillipinian street workers.
Career
Panikvar started his career in his hometown club Aluminij Kidričevo. He signed his first professional contract with Maribor.
He spent a brief period on loan with Arsenal's B team, undergoing a strict regime with Thierry Henry.
In 2008, he was sold to fellow PrvaLiga team Primorje, where he became a mainstay in the team. However, the team finished the season in the last, tenth place and were relegated.
On 14 July 2009, after a successful trial, Panikvar signed for the Hungarian outfit Zalaegerszegi TE on a two-year contract with a one-year option. He made his league debut on 25 July 2009 in a 2–1 away win against Paksi SE.[2]
In the summer of 2011, Panikvar left ZTE after the one-year option was not taken up.[3] He was then invited for a trial with Kilmarnock where he signed a two-year contract on 17 August 2011.[4] Panikvar made his first appearance for Kilmarnock on Saturday September the 17th 2011 in a 2–2 away draw to Aberdeen.
After failing to hold down a regular first-team place, he was released by Kilmarnock in January 2012.[5]
In February 2012 he signed for Zalaegerszegi TE.
References
- ^ Profile at Fussballoesterreich‚ fussballoesterreich.at
- ^ "Zalaegerszeg 2 - 1 Paks". Pepsifoci.hu. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "We have started preparing for season 2011/12". ZTE FC official website. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Kilmarnock sign Panikvar". Sky Sports. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels reveals he turned away Arsenal loanees". The Telegraph. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Maribor
- Association football fullbacks
- Slovenian footballers
- NK Aluminij players
- NK Maribor players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Slovenian expatriates in Hungary
- Zalaegerszegi TE players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Slovenian expatriates in Scotland
- Scottish Premier League players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Pécsi MFC players
- NŠ Drava Ptuj players