Rok Kronaveter (born 7 December 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malečnik.
Club career Kronaveter began his football career playing for hometown club Železničar Maribor at the age of ten. On 16 March 2003, at the age of 16, he made his senior début for the team during the Slovenian Second League match against Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina, appearing as a second-half substitute. In the summer of 2006, he joined the top division side Drava Ptuj and signed his first professional contract. In January 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Rudar Velenje.
In August 2010, Kronaveter moved abroad for the first time and joined Energie Cottbus, signing a three-year contract. However, his contract was terminated in June 2012, and he signed for Hungarian side Győri ETO soon afterwards. With Győri, he won his first career honour as the team won the 2012–13 national title. He left Győri in September 2014 by mutual consent. After almost six months without a club, he signed for Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in March 2015.
In June 2015, Kronaveter returned to Slovenia and signed for Olimpija Ljubljana. With Olimpija, he won two league titles (2015–16 and 2017–18); in 2015–16, he was also the league's top goalscorer with 17 goals. In June 2019, Kronaveter signed a two-year contract with Olimpija's arch-rivals Maribor. For Maribor, he scored on his début during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round match against Valur, converting a late-game penalty kick for a 3–0 victory.
International career Between 2005 and 2007, Kronaveter played for Slovenian under-20 and under-21 teams, for which he scored one goal in eight appearances. He made his debut for the senior team on 30 May 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Sweden.
Kronaveter scored his first international goal for Slovenia on 8 October 2016 in a 1–0 victory over Slovakia.
Personal life Rok Kronaveter was born in Maribor, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), and lived in Malečnik as a toddler, before moving to Maribor at the age of two. His father was a footballer, while his mother was a handball player. His older brother, David, is also a former footballer. Growing up his idol was Brazilian forward Ronaldo.
In 2012, Kronaveter married his long-term partner Sandra. He has two children, a daughter Adriana (born 2011) and a son Lukas (2013).
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsŽelezničar Maribor2002–03Slovenian Second League15400———1542003–04Slovenian Third League231400———23142004–05Slovenian Third League181423———20172005–06Slovenian Third League32————32Total5934230000006137Drava Ptuj2005–06Slovenian PrvaLiga261010———27102006–07Slovenian PrvaLiga27810———2882007–08Slovenian PrvaLiga11110———1212008–09Slovenian PrvaLiga28510——233182009–10Slovenian PrvaLiga19421———215Total111286100002311932Rudar Velenje2009–10Slovenian PrvaLiga12320———1432010–11Slovenian PrvaLiga3100———31Total15420000000174Energie Cottbus2010–112. Bundesliga14130———1712011–122. Bundesliga17200———172Total31330000000343Energie Cottbus II2011–12Regionalliga60————60Győri ETO2012–13Nemzeti Bajnokság I1956244——29112013–14Nemzeti Bajnokság I152306210—2542014–15Nemzeti Bajnokság I40000020—60Total3879210630006015Petrolul Ploiești2014–15Liga I12210———132Olimpija Ljubljana2015–16Slovenian PrvaLiga301720———32172016–17Slovenian PrvaLiga17410—00—1842017–18Slovenian PrvaLiga22652—00—2782018–19Slovenian PrvaLiga251733—71—3521Total944411500710011250Maribor2019–20Slovenian PrvaLiga281410—83—37172020–21Slovenian PrvaLiga29710—10—3172021–22Slovenian PrvaLiga25610—30—2962022–23Slovenian PrvaLiga33330—80—443Total1153060002030014133Career total481152401110630423563176
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year National teamYearAppsGoalsSlovenia201641Total41
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kronaveter goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Rok KronaveterNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition18 October 2016Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours
Győri ETO Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2012–13 Szuperkupa: 2013
Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2015–16, 2017–18 Slovenian Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19
Maribor Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2021–22
Individual Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga Player of the Year: 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga best XI: 2015–16
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