Filip Valenčič

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Filip Valenčič

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Filip Valenčič
Personal information

Date of birth	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Honka
Number	26
Youth career
	Jezero Medvode^[1]
0000–2010	Interblock
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Interblock	31	(4)
2011–2015	Olimpija Ljubljana	88	(13)
2015	Monza	6	(1)
2015–2016	Notts County	9	(1)
2016–2017	PS Kemi	29	(9)
2017–2018	HJK	34	(12)
2018–2020	Stabæk	12	(0)
2018	Stabæk II	8	(4)
2019	→ Inter Turku (loan)	27	(16)
2020	Inter Turku	7	(2)
2021	HJK	27	(6)
2022	Dinamo Minsk	7	(0)
2022	KuPS	9	(0)
2022	KuPS Akatemia	1	(0)
2023	ÍBV	9	(0)
2024	PK-35	0	(0)
2024	Olimpia Grudziądz	0	(0)
2024–	Honka	5	(3)
International career
2008	Slovenia U16	1	(0)
2008–2009	Slovenia U17	7	(0)
2010	Slovenia U19	5	(0)
2012–2013	Slovenia U20	4	(1)
2011–2013	Slovenia U21	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

Filip Valenčič (born 7 January 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Honka.

Club career

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Born in Ljubljana, Valenčič started his senior career with local side Interblock, before moving to Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana in 2011.^[2]

In July 2015, he signed with English side Notts County.^[3] He scored his first goal for the club against Crawley Town in a 1–0 win in January 2016.^[4]

Following his short spell in England, he signed with Palloseura Kemi Kings ahead of their first season in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. In 2017, he moved to HJK. In his first campaign with HJK, he finished as the league's joint second top-scorer with 15 goals (7 after his move from PS Kemi), and helped his team winning their record 28th league title. He also went on to win the league's player of the season award at the league's end of year gala on 3 November 2017.^[5]

After two successful seasons with HJK, Valenčič signed a deal with Stabæk in 2018 on a three-year contract.^[6] He would go on to only play 124 minutes during the 2018 Eliteserien campaign, scoring no goals.^[6] On 12 February 2019, he joined Inter Turku on loan for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season. He finished the campaign as the league's top scorer with 16 goals^[7] as the club finished in second place, securing a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.^[8]

In June 2022, Valenčič signed for KuPS.^[9]

On 21 March 2024, over a month after making two league cup appearances for PK-35, he joined Polish third-tier club Olimpia Grudziądz on a deal until the end of the season.^[10]

International career

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Valenčič has represented Slovenia at various youth levels.^[11] In 2019, it was reported that he has considering switching allegiances and taking Finnish citizenship so that he could represent Finland on the international stage.^[12]