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Matjaž Kek

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Matjaž Kek
Kek in 2021 managing Slovenia
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-09-09) 9 September 1961 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth Maribor, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Slovenia (manager)
Youth career
Maribor
Železničar Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Železničar Maribor
1980–1985 Maribor 114 (36)
1985–1988 Spittal/Drau 98 (32)
1988–1995 GAK 113 (19)
1995–1999 Maribor 126 (17)
International career
1992 Slovenia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2000 Maribor
2001 Maribor (interim)
2002–2004 Maribor
2006 Slovenia U15
2006–2007 Slovenia U16
2007–2011 Slovenia
2011–2012 Al-Ittihad
2013–2018 Rijeka
2018– Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matjaž Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Slovenia national team.

As a player, Kek played over 280 games for Maribor.[2] He also played for Železničar Maribor,[3] as well as for Spittal/Drau and GAK in Austria. He was also capped once by Slovenia, in a friendly against Cyprus in 1992.[4] As a manager, he has coached Maribor, Slovenia, Al-Ittihad, and HNK Rijeka. While with Slovenia, he managed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.[5]

Matjaž's father, Franc, played for NK Maribor during the early 1960s.[6][7] His son, also named Matjaž, is a former footballer.[8]

Managerial statistics

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Kek as Slovenia manager in 2009
As of match played 13 October 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Maribor 9 March 2000 10 September 2000 252122084.00 [9][10]
Maribor 9 September 2002 20 September 2004 80412019051.25 [11][12][13]
Slovenia 5 January 2007 24 October 2011 4920920040.82 [14]
Al-Ittihad 20 December 2011 8 February 2012 11326027.27 [source?]
Rijeka 27 February 2013 6 October 2018 2751646645059.64 [source?]
Slovenia 27 November 2018 Present 73322615043.84 [14]
Total 513281125107054.78 —

Maribor

Maribor

Rijeka

References

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  1. ↑ "Strokovno vodstvo" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kek Matjaž – nastopi" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Matjaž Kek: Po zmagi nad Rusi so nas gledali, kot bi padli z lune". Metropolitan.si (in Slovenian). 23 March 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Matjaž Kek, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kek: Odkar sem prišel v Stožice, sem si požvižgaval "Dviga Slovenija zastave"" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kek Franc – nastopi" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kek Franc – goli" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  8. ↑ rb (10 November 2014). "Družina Kek: dvakrat šest" (in Slovenian). Ekipa24. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "1. Slovenska nogometna liga – 1999/00" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "1. Slovenska nogometna liga – 2000/01" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "1. Slovenska nogometna liga – 2002/03" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "1. Slovenska nogometna liga – 2003/04" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "1. Slovenska nogometna liga – 2004/05" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Matjaž Kek – national football team manager". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Nekdanji podprli zdajšnje" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 Kos, Klemen (8 October 2018). "Reški Sir Matjaž Kek" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 14 February 2025.

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