The talented Lovro Štubljar is living his dream: first in goal for Empoli’s youth team in the New Year, then on the Serie A squad for the weekend
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The legendary Samir Handanovic may be saying goodbye to the main stage of Italian football, but that doesn’t mean that the “boot” will no longer be able to enjoy the performances of goalkeepers from Slovenia. There are a few in the Apennine Peninsula that show a lot of promise. Martin Turk has already defended for Parma and is now a reserve at Sampdoria. Among those for whom experts predict a bright future is the Empoli boy. And Lovro Štubljar is truly living his dream at the start of 2023.
After the 18-year-old goalkeeper was more often than not sitting on the bench in the autumn part of the 2022/23 season, things have changed drastically for the better in the last few months. On 16 January, he played his first Primavera match against Verona, then missed the Cesena game, but returned in the next round against Napoli. After that, he never left the Empoli youth team.
Eight games, four times without conceding a goal
He has played eight games in the Primavera this season, scoring the same number of goals and keeping the net intact four times. He did the same in the last round, when Empoli beat Udinese at home. It was 1:0, with Lovro Štubljar contributing to the triumph against a team led from the bench by Slovenian Jani Šturm. For Videm residents it is up to 75. minutes also played only
15-year-old David Pejicic
.
Two days before, Lovro Štubljar had already experienced something unforgettable. For the first time since he joined Empoli, he was given the opportunity to travel with the national team, which includes Slovenian international Petar Stojanovic. The club from Tuscany was away in Monza, where they lost 1:2, and the boy from Metlika, who started his career at NK Kolpa, sat on the reserves bench, where he was accompanied by another reserve goalkeeper , Samir Ujkani.
Former member
Domžale
, who left the yellow family last summer and before that also made his debut in
Telemach First League
, can’t really complain about how his career is going on the Apennine Peninsula…
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