List of NK Maribor players


is an association football club from Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1960 and joined the Football Association of Yugoslavia the same year. It remained a member until Slovenia gained its independence in 1991, when the club joined the Football Association of Slovenia. Maribor are one of only three Slovenian teams who participated in the Yugoslav highest division, the Yugoslav First League, between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. Apart from winning the Yugoslav second division once and the third division five times, they had no success during the Yugoslav period; the closest they came to winning a major trophy was in the 1967–68 season, when they reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup. Since 1991, Maribor have competed in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level of football in the country. They were one of the league's founding members, and are one of only two clubs never to have been relegated from the top division. Maribor are the most successful club in the country, having won fifteen PrvaLiga titles, nine Slovenian Cups and four Slovenian Supercups.
Aside from winning the Slovenian title as Maribor's manager, Matjaž Kek won several championships with the club as a player. Maribor's current captain Marcos Tavares has joined the club in 2008 and has since become an all-time appearances and goals record holder, with 517 appearances and 197 goals as of the 2018–19 season. He also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Slovenian top division with 372 and 149, respectively. Tavares also holds the club record for most appearances and goals in the Union of European Football Associations competitions, with 85 and 28, respectively.
Since Maribor was founded in 1960, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. All players who have featured in 100 or more such matches are listed below. Eleven of the club's current players – Marcos Tavares, Jasmin Handanović, Mitja Viler, Rene Mihelič, Aleksander Rajčević, Martin Milec, Luka Zahović, Amir Dervišević, Aleks Pihler, Blaž Vrhovec, and Gregor Bajde – have made at least 100 competitive appearances as of the end of the 2018–19 season. The list also includes all current or former Maribor players who have been capped for their respective national teams.

Key

Players

The list below includes all NK Maribor players who have made at least 100 official appearances for the club or who have been capped at full international level by their countries. The list is initially ordered by the number of appearances, then by goals scored. If the players are still tied, they are listed alphabetically. The first and last columns contain the year of the player's first and last senior appearance for Maribor. The seasons column counts those seasons in which the player made at least one official appearance. For the list of Maribor's active players, see current members of the club. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2018–19 season.
NameCountry representedFirstLastSeasonsAppsGoals
200812517 197
1962197916 39174
Slovenia 1989200110365
Slovenia 20113400
19611975153170
Slovenia 201031510
1963197712311104
Slovenia 1993200130835
Slovenia 2009201730812
Slovenia 1991200010296102
Slovenia 201029310
196119771528373
Slovenia 198019991128060
1981199727682
19701979268117
196319731026629
19911999263
Slovenia 198519961025688
1962197411254
2007201624261
1972198023937
Slovenia 1989199923618
Slovenia 199320031023536
1998200523037
1975198922614
197519841022478
1963197022211
1970197822111
19891996218
Slovenia 20102016215
19631972204
Slovenia 19992010201
2003201120051
Slovenia 2010201420035
Slovenia 20082015198
Slovenia 2013201819527
Slovenia 2014201919330
196519721880
1965197318230
Slovenia 198420021820
1990199518127
Albania 19932005179110
199720071017878
1997200417713
Slovenia 1994200317526
Slovenia 201017412
Slovenia 20142019174
Slovenia 200517325
1961196917262
1984198917236
19701977170
Macedonia 2011201616842
2005200916812
1974198510168
Slovenia 201316671
19851991165
1982199716218
2005201016116
199720061610
2008201515962
19751989159
Slovenia 199019951570
19972007152
200520141490
19821989147
Slovenia 19982002143
1961196914270
19721978142
Slovenia 1997200114121
1982198914119
Slovenia 1994200114022
1973197913941
19781982136
Bosnia and Herzegovina 201313317
Slovenia 2010201313037
19671972128
2013201612542
19691975124
Slovenia 201312312
Slovenia 19951998118
19911998118
20012005118
Slovenia 2016117
Slovenia 20002007116
20112015116
19982005116
19611965116
19901993115
1961196511316
19711974112
Slovenia 2003200711116
1961196611014
Slovenia 2016110
1990199310918
1999200710916
197919861070
20022005105
Slovenia 20072010103
1961196710119
201510021
Slovenia 199920019711
Slovenia 2002200596
Israel 2015201792
Slovenia 2003200686
Slovenia 1996199885
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20177921
Slovenia 20072010721
Bosnia and Herzegovina 200120027128
Slovenia 2009201469
Macedonia 1993199569
Slovenia 200820096711
Slovenia 201120126628
Slovenia 2012201566
Slovenia 20032004630
Albania 1998200059
Bulgaria 200620075833
Slovenia 199719995816
Yugoslavia 196919795714
Bosnia and Herzegovina 200520065413
Moldova 20062007540
Slovenia 201620174919
Slovenia 20112014490
Hungary 200020024822
Slovenia 200220034822
Slovenia 2006200747
Slovenia 20152016460
Slovenia 2010201045
Slovenia 1996200142
Slovenia 2010201237
Yugoslavia 19691970370
Albania 2016201835
Slovenia 20162017340
Albania 199719973215
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003200430
Yugoslavia 1979198029
Slovenia 20092010270
Slovenia 2004200425
Slovenia 2000200125
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018250
Yugoslavia / Macedonia 199419942313
Slovenia 199119972310
Slovenia 1992199322
Albania 1998199918
Netherlands Antilles / Curaçao 2005200517
Macedonia 2007200714
Montenegro 20152016140
Somalia 20152015130
Slovenia 2010201011
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20082008100
Bosnia and Herzegovina 200120010
Slovenia 199519950
Bosnia and Herzegovina 200120010
Slovenia 201120110

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