Mladen Rudonja

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Mladen Rudonja
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-07-26) 26 July 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Koper, SR Slovenia,
Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1978–1990 Koper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Koper
1992–1993 Izola 46 (16)
1994 Zagreb 6 (0)
1994 Koper 15 (3)
1995 Olimpija 26 (2)
1996 Marsonia 14 (1)
1996–1997 Gorica 16 (4)
1997 Primorje 9 (4)
1998–2000 Sint-Truiden 74 (21)
2000–2002 Portsmouth 13 (0)
2002–2004 Olimpija 48 (5)
2004–2005 Apollon Limassol 11 (2)
2005 Anorthosis Famagusta 3 (0)
2005–2007 Koper 14 (1)
2007–2009 Olimpija Ljubljana 34 (19)
2012 Koper 0 (0)
2014 SV Oberdrauburg 1 (0)
International career
1994–2003 Slovenia 65 (1)
2003 Slovenia B 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mladen Rudonja (listen) (born 26 July 1971) is a Slovenian retired footballer. He most often played as a winger (usually on the left side) or striker.

International career[edit]

Rudonja made his debut for the Slovenia national team in a February 1994 friendly match against Georgia.[2] Despite being an attacker, he did not score a goal for the team until his 53rd cap – in the second leg of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoffs against Romania in Bucharest.[3] The match ended with a score of 1–1, a result that was enough to secure Slovenia's first-ever qualification for the main World Cup event.[4] Rudonja played 65 matches for Slovenia.[2]

Personal life[edit]

His son Roy is a former professional footballer.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mladen Rudonja (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Mladen Rudonja, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Romania vs Slovenia, 14 November 2001, World Cup qualification". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ Plestenjak, Rok (14 November 2021). "Nepozabno in epsko! Slovenija rajala kot v transu" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ Plestenjak, Rok (27 February 2018). "Avtomehanik brez delavnice, ki je imel žogo za dekle" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

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