Marko Klemenčič finds a new challenge in Austria after his retirement from Ilirija: he will play for a club that also features a Maribor legend
Former Slovenian youth international Marko Klemenčič has joined the ranks of his compatriots who took advantage of the winter transfer window to jump to neighbouring Austria.The 26-year-old defender played 10 second league games for Ilirija in the autumn and then, like some others, parted ways with the Ljubljana club. In the future, Marko Klemenčič, who has 12 first league and 47 second league games in Slovenia, will play away from the public eye, having agreed a deal with little-known Austrian lower league club SV Übelbach.
Jakob Hočevar, Kristjan Bercko and Anže Smukovič have also played for SV Übelbach in the past ( Igor Blažinčič played for them in the autumn, but has since retired), while Dejan Mezga is also a member of the club from the Graz area. The 37-year-old midfielder has spent most of his career in the
Maribor
, where he played 230 matches, scoring 59 times and passing 40 times. In 2012, he also received a Slovenian passport and could play for national team Sloveniabut this never happened.
In his career, Mezga has also played for Čakovec, Hajduk, Apollon Limassol, Nacional, Inter Zaprešić, Varaždin and Polet, and will wear the jersey of the club Marko Klemenčič left for from 2021.
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