Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 June 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Slovenia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Parma | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Izola [3] | |||
–2018 | Koper | ||
2018–2020 | Gorica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2021 | Gorica | 29 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Celje | 34 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Vicenza | 27 | (3) |
2023– | Parma | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Slovenia U16 | 9 | (0) |
2019 | Slovenia U17 | 8 | (1) |
2021 | Slovenia U18 | 2 | (1) |
2020 | Slovenia U19 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Slovenia U21 | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 |
Tjaš Begić (born 30 June 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie B club Parma and the Slovenia under-21 national team.
Begić started playing football at Izola, before moving to Koper. [4] In 2018, he joined Gorica, where he progressed through the youth ranks and was promoted to the first team in 2020. [5] He subsequently made his professional debut on 8 March 2020, at 16 years and 9 months, coming in as a substitute for Victor Aliaga in the second half of the second division match against Dob, which ended in a 2–0 loss for his team. [6] He then made his first start on 30 August 2020, as he also scored his first senior goal in a 5–0 win against Triglav Kranj, which made Gorica win the promotional play-off and gain promotion back to the national top tier. [5] [7]
After one more season with Gorica in the PrvaLiga, where he scored three goals and made two assists in 28 matches, Begić joined Celje on a permanent deal in the summer of 2021. [4] [8] At Celje, Begić established himself as a regular starter, amassing a total amount of 37 appearances between the league and the national cup during the 2021–22 campaign. [9]
On 5 July 2022, Begić officially joined Serie C side Vicenza on a permanent deal, signing a four-year contract with the club. [8] On 22 January 2023, he scored his first goal for the Italian club, finding the net in a 3–0 league win over AlbinoLeffe. [10] On 12 April 2023, he featured in a 3–2 win over Juventus Next Gen in the second leg of the Coppa Italia Serie C, helping Vicenza lift the trophy for the second time in their history. [11] [12]
On 14 July 2023, Begić transferred to Serie B club Parma for an undisclosed fee and signed a four-year contract. [13] [14]
Begić has represented Slovenia at all youth international levels from under-16 to under-21. [15]
Although he received his first call-up to the under-21 team in May 2021, [16] he did not make his official competitive debut with the squad until 6 September of the same year, during the match against Andorra. [17] He went on to take part in several matches of the European Under-21 Championship qualifiers, which ultimately saw Slovenia fail to progress to the final stage. [8] [17]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gorica | 2019–20 | Second League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
2020–21 | PrvaLiga | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4 | ||
Celje | 2021–22 | PrvaLiga | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||
Vicenza | 2022–23 | Serie C | 27 | 3 | — | — | 9 [b] | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
Career total | 90 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 104 | 10 |
Vicenza
Parma