Jan Oblak

Jan Oblak
Oblak with Atlético Madrid in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jan Oblak[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Škofja Loka, Slovenia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Atlético Madrid
Number 13
Youth career
1998–2003 Ločan
2003–2005 Olimpija
2005–2009 Olimpija Ljubljana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Olimpija Ljubljana 34 (0)
2010–2014 Benfica 16 (0)
2010Beira-Mar (loan) 0 (0)
2011Olhanense (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2012União de Leiria (loan) 16 (0)
2012–2013Rio Ave (loan) 28 (0)
2013 Benfica B 2 (0)
2014– Atlético Madrid 328 (0)
International career
2008 Slovenia U15 1 (0)
2009 Slovenia U16 2 (0)
2010–2012 Slovenia U20 4 (0)
2009–2013 Slovenia U21 18 (0)
2012– Slovenia 64 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and captains the Slovenia national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.[3]

Oblak signed for Portuguese club Benfica at the age of 17, and was part of the team that won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season. In 2014 he moved to Atlético Madrid for a fee of €16 million, becoming La Liga's most expensive goalkeeper at the time. In 2015–16 he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best goalkeeper, conceding an all-time record low of 18 goals. He won the award again in the following three seasons, and for a fifth time in 2021. Oblak was also nominated for the 2017 and 2018 Ballon d'Or awards, following his consistent performances with his club.[4][5]

With over 400 appearances for Atlético Madrid, Oblak has won four trophies with the club, including the 2020–21 edition of La Liga.

Oblak made his senior international debut for Slovenia in 2012, and has been named Slovenian Footballer of the Year on seven occasions. He has also been part of Slovenia's national youth teams, from the under-15 to under-21 sides.

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 27 de abril de 2019, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 27 April 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Jan Oblak". Atlético Madrid. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Jack (9 April 2020). "The 25 Greatest Goalkeepers of All Time – Ranked". 90min.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo wins fifth Ballon d'Or to equal Lionel Messi's record". The Guardian. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Ballon d'Or 2018: Luka Modric and Ada Hegerberg win awards – as it happened". The Guardian. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

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