 Balkovec withSlovenia in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Novo Mesto, Slovenia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Bela Krajina | ||
| 2012 | Domžale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Bela Krajina | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2018 | Domžale | 93 | (11) |
| 2014 | →Krka (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | →Radomlje (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2018 | Bari | 11 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Hellas Verona | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | →Empoli (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Fatih Karagümrük | 63 | (3) |
| 2022–2025 | Alanyaspor | 82 | (8) |
| 2025– | Fatih Karagümrük | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Slovenia U19[a] | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Slovenia U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Slovenia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Slovenia | 39 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Jure Balkovec (born 9 September 1994) is a Slovenian professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forSüper Lig clubFatih Karagümrük and theSlovenia national team.
In January 2018, Balkovec leftDomžale and signed for ItalianSerie B outfitBari,[2] only to move toHellas Verona after half a year due to Bari's financial collapse.[3]
In September 2020, Balkovec moved to play in Turkey forFatih Karagümrük.[4] In summer 2022, he joined compatriotMiha Mevlja at fellow Turkish sideAlanyaspor.[5][6]
Balkovec made his debut forSlovenia in an October 2018Nations League match againstCyprus, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute forBojan Jokić.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bela Krajina | 2010–11 | Slovenian Second League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Domžale | 2011–12 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 5 | ||
| 2017–18 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8[c] | 2 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 93 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 13 | ||
| Krka (loan) | 2013–14 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Radomlje (loan) | 2014–15 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Bari | 2017–18 | Serie B | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Hellas Verona | 2018–19 | Serie B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| Fatih Karagümrük | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
| Alanyaspor | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| Total | 57 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 317 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 351 | 26 | ||
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