Aleks Pihler (born 15 January 1994) is a Slovenian football midfielder who plays for Slovenian PrvaLiga side Maribor.[1]

Aleks Pihler
Pihler with Slovenia U21 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ptuj, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Maribor
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2012 Maribor
2012–2013 Domžale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Domžale 14 (1)
2014–2015Triglav Kranj (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2016 Zavrč 33 (3)
2016– Maribor 164 (14)
International career
2009–2010 Slovenia U16 2 (0)
2010 Slovenia U17 7 (2)
2011–2012 Slovenia U18 13 (2)
2012 Slovenia U19 7 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U21 8 (0)
2016 Slovenia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024

International career edit

Pihler got his first call up to the Slovenia national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and England in October 2016.[2] He made his debut on 14 November 2016 in a friendly against Poland.[3]

Honours edit

Maribor

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "A. Pihler". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ "VIDEO: Katanec objavil seznam za tekmi s Slovaško in Anglijo: 'Čakata nas dva favorita, a v nogometu je vse mogoče'". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 29 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Petič zapored brez poraza" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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