Rok Štraus (born 3 March 1987) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for Austrian club FC Gratkorn.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rok Štraus | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Gratkorn | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Maribor | ||
| 2003–2004 | Izola | ||
| Internazionale | |||
| 2004–2005 | Messina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Izola | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Messina | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Rieti (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Brescia (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Salernitana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Celje | 86 | (8) |
| 2011–2014 | Cracovia | 55 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ergotelis | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Widzew Łódź | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Yokohama FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2017 | Utenis | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Celje | 47 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | FC Trofaiach | ||
| 2022 | SV Gralla | ||
| 2022–2023 | SV Rottenmann | ||
| 2024– | FC Gratkorn | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024 | |||
Career edit
Messina edit
Štraus began his senior career in Italy at ACR Messina. On 1 January 2006 he was loaned to second division Italian club Brescia for 6 months before rejoining Messina on 30 June 2006.[2]
Salernitana edit
On 1 July 2017 Štraus joined the second division Italian club, Salernitana.
NK Celje edit
On 1 January 2008 Štraus returned to Slovenia and signed a contract with first division club Celje.
Cracovia edit
In June 2011, he joined Polish first division club Cracovia on a three-year contract on a free transfer.[3]
Ergotelis edit
On 17 July 2014 Štraus joined Ergotelis, a Greek second division club on a free transfer.
Widzew Lodz edit
On 3 March 2015 Rok Štraus went back to Poland to join second division club, Widzew Łódź on a free transfer.
Yokohama FC edit
On 24 August 2015 he joined Japanese first division club, Yokohama FC on a free transfer.
Free agent edit
After leaving Yokohama FC on 1 January 2017, Štraus was a free agent for 4 months.
Utenis edit
On 25 April 2017, Štraus joined Lithuanian A Lyga side Utenis,[4] but he couldn't earn a lot of playing time and managed to appear only in four games before being released on 30 June 2017 as a free agent.[5]
NK Celje edit
On 12 December 2017 Rok Štraus went back to Slovenia and rejoined NK Celje where he is now. He has made 49 appearances for the club ever since for a total of 1,289 minutes. He has racked up 7 yellow cards but has yet to score a goal or an assist.
Stats edit
| Stats By Season: | 05/06 Brescia | 07/08 NK Celje | 08/09 NK Celje | 09/10 Celje | 10/11 Celje | 11/12 Cracovia | 12/13 Cracovia | 13/14 Cracovia | 14/15 Ergotelis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances | 2 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 3 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow/Red Cards | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 5/0 | 3/0 | 0/0 | 9/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 |
| Minutes | 8 | 215 | 1,567 | 2,405 | 1,607 | 382 | 1,640 | 2,121 | 225 |
| Stats By Season: | 14/15 Widzew Lodz | 2015 Yokohama FC | 2016 Yokohama FC | 2017 Utenis | 17/18 Celje | 18/19 Celje | 19/20 Celje | 20/21 Celje |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow/Red Cards | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 5/0 | 1/0 |
| Minutes | 629 | 164 | 334 | 249 | 281 | 389 | 564 | 55 |
Honours edit
Celje
References edit
- ^ a b "Slovenia – R. Štraus – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Brescia: arriva il gioiellino Rok Straus 18.01.2006, tuttomercatoweb.com
- ^ Rok Straus nowym piłkarzem Cracovii 21.06.2011, cracovia.pl
- ^ ""Utenis" sulaukė pastiprinimo" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ ""Utenio" sudėtyje – permainos" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
External links edit
- Rok Štraus at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Rok Štraus at NZS (in Slovene)
- Rok Štraus at J.League (in Japanese)
- Rok Štraus at FBref.com
- Rok Štraus at Soccerway.com
- Rok Štraus at WorldFootball.net
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