Jaka Bijol
Bijol with CSKA Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999
Place of birth Vuzenica, Slovenia[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2014 Dravograd
2014–2017 Bravo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Rudar Velenje 30 (3)
2018–2022 CSKA Moscow 81 (6)
2020–2021 → Hannover 96 (loan) 30 (0)
2022– Udinese 35 (3)
International career‡
2014 Slovenia U16 4 (0)
2015–2016 Slovenia U17 10 (1)
2016–2017 Slovenia U18 9 (2)
2017 Slovenia U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Slovenia U21 4 (0)
2018– Slovenia 45 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Jaka Bijol (born 5 February 1999) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Udinese and the Slovenia national team. Initially a defensive midfielder, he switched to his current position in the 2021–22 season.

Career

On 22 June 2018, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Bijol on a five-year contract from Rudar Velenje.[2] On 18 September 2020, Bijol was loaned out to Hannover 96 for one year.[3]

On 14 July 2022, Bijol was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a five-year contract for a reported transfer fee of over €4 million.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rudar Velenje 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 30300——303
CSKA Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 234003[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0274
2019–20 251316[lower-alpha 3]0—342
2020–21 500000—50
2021–22 28120——301
Total 816519010967
Hannover 96 (loan) 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 30010——310
Udinese 2022–23 Serie A 32310——333
Career total 1731271901019013
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League.
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Russian Super Cup.
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League.

International

As of match played 20 November 2023[5][6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia 201830
201950
202060
2021110
2022101
2023100
Total451
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bijol goal.
List of international goals scored by Jaka Bijol
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 March 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Croatia 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

CSKA Moscow

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jaka Bijol at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Яка Бийол пополнил состав ПФК ЦСКА". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. ↑ ""Wichtiges Puzzleteil": Hannover leiht Bijol aus". kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Udinese sign Slovenia international Bijol". football-italia.net. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Jaka Bijol at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Jaka Bijol". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "2018 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.


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