Aleš Križan
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-07-25) 25 July 1971
Place of birth Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Kovinar Maribor[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Rudar Velenje
1989–1997 Maribor 257 (2)
1997–2000 Barnsley 13 (0)
2000–2002 Maribor 45 (3)
2002–2003 Korotan Prevalje 19 (0)
2003–2007 SV Wildon
2007–2009 USV Mettersdorf 52 (2)
International career
1992–1998 Slovenia 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleš Križan (born 25 July 1971) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Križan most notably played in England for Barnsley having joined from Maribor. He played in the 1997–98 Premier League with the South Yorkshire club, appearing in 12 matches as a starter.[2] However, they were relegated after that season and he only played one more league game in the next two seasons for Barnsley[3][4] after John Hendrie became the manager and also after breaking a leg at the beginning of season.[5] He left the team in 2000, shortly after his teammates lost the playoff final to Ipswich Town.

After retiring from professional football, he played amateur football in Austria for SV Wildon[6] and USV Mettersdorf.[7]

International career

Križan was capped 25 times for the Slovenia national team between 1992 and 1998.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Tezenčan – Glasilo Mestne četrti Tezno, maj 2015". maribor.si (in Slovenian). May 2015. p. 15–16. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ↑ http://skladyfutbol.pl/infopage.php?id=1404 Centrum Składów Piłkarskich
  3. ↑ "Games played by Ales Krizan in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Ales Krizan in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Barnsley: TRN v peti velikanov".
  6. ↑ "Pachern : SV Wildon – 0:1 (0:0)". futsal.murexin.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mettersdorf – Radkersburg".
  8. ↑ "Aleš Križan, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Slovenia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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