Simon Sluga

Simon Sluga
Sluga playing for Croatia U19 at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Personal information
Full name Simon Sluga[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2003–2008 Jadran Poreč
2008–2013 Rijeka
2011–2012 → Juventus (loan)
2012–2013 → Hellas Verona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Rijeka 64 (0)
2013–2014 → Pomorac (loan) 31 (0)
2014–2015 → Lokomotiva (loan) 26 (0)
2015–2016 → Spezia (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2022 Luton Town 91 (0)
2022–2024 Ludogorets Razgrad 20 (0)
2024–2025 Maccabi Tel Aviv 17 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Croatia U17 5 (0)
2011 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2011–2012 Croatia U19 9 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U20 8 (0)
2012–2014 Croatia U21 3 (0)
2019–2022 Croatia 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Simon Sluga (Croatian pronunciation: [sǐmon slǔːɡa];[4][5] born 17 March 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Club career

Rijeka

Before his professional career, Rijeka loaned Sluga to the youth academy of Juventus, and then to the youth academy of Hellas Verona. During the 2013–14 season he was loaned to Pomorac in Croatia's Druga HNL where he collected 31 caps and managed 17 clean sheets. He spent the 2014–15 season on loan with Lokomotiva where he was capped on 26 occasions. He returned to Rijeka following the end of the loan and made his professional debut on 19 July 2015 against Slaven Belupo. In August 2015, he was loaned to Spezia in Italy's Serie B.

Luton Town

On 19 July 2019, Sluga joined newly-promoted Championship side Luton Town for a club record fee of €1.5 million, signing a three-year contract.[6] On 2 August 2019, Sluga made his first appearance for Luton in a 3–3 draw against Middlesbrough.[7]

Ludogrets Razgrad

On 31 January 2022, Sluga joined First Professional Football League club Ludogorets Razgrad.[8][9]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 17 October 2024, Sluga joined Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv on a contract until the end of the 2024–25 season.[10]

International career

He made his debut for Croatia on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia, as a starter.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rijeka 2014–15[3] Prva HNL 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2015–16[3] Prva HNL 2 0 — — 1[a] 0 3 0
2016–17[3] Prva HNL 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 2 0
2017–18[3] Prva HNL 27 0 3 0 — 9[b] 0 39 0
2018–19[3] Prva HNL 35 0 4 0 — 2[a] 0 41 0
2019–20[3] Prva HNL — — — 1[c] 0 1 0
Total 64 0 9 0 — 13 0 86 0
Pomorac (loan) 2013–14[3] Druga HNL 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
Lokomotiva (loan) 2014–15[3] Prva HNL 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
Spezia (loan) 2015–16[3] Serie B 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Luton Town 2019–20[12] Championship 33 0 1 0 0 0 — 34 0
2020–21[13] Championship 39 0 2 0 0 0 — 41 0
2021–22[14] Championship 19 0 0 0 0 0 — 19 0
Total 91 0 3 0 0 0 — 94 0
Ludogorets Razgrad 2021–22[3] First Professional Football League 2 0 3 0 — 0 0 5 0
2022–23[3] First Professional Football League 3 0 6 0 — 4[d] 0 13 0
2023–24[3] First Professional Football League 15 0 2 0 — 5[e] 0 22 0
Total 20 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 40 0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2024–25[3] Israeli Premier League 16 0 2 0 — — 18 0
Career total 248 0 27 0 0 0 22 0 297 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europe League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 11 November 2020[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2019 2 0
2020 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

HNK Rijeka

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Luton Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 39. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Simon Sluga: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "S. Sluga: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Simèon". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 February 2020. Sìmon
  5. ^ "slúga". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 February 2020. Slúga
  6. ^ "THE HATTERS BREAK TRANSFER RECORD TO SIGN SIMON SLUGA!". Luton Town F.C. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Luton Town 3-3 Middlesbrough: Championship season starts with thrilling draw". BBC Sport. 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Simon Sluga joins Ludogorets on permanent transfer". www.lutontown.co.uk. 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Лудогорец привлече хърватски национал от Англия" [Ludogorets attracted a Croatian international from England]. www.ludogorets.com/bg (in Bulgarian). 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Sluga joins Maccabi". www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Croatia v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 11 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Games played by Simon Sluga in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Sluga, Simon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Luton Town Supporters' Trust 2020-21 season presentation evening". www.lutontown.co.uk. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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