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Slovenian footballer (born 2003)

Martin Turk
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Koper, Slovenia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Ruch Chorzów
Number 88
Youth career
2010–2016 Jadran Dekani
2016–2019 Koper
2019–2021 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Parma 10 (0)
2022–2023 → Reggiana (loan) 8 (0)
2023 → Sampdoria (loan) 4 (0)
2024– Ruch Chorzów 7 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Slovenia U15 6 (0)
2018–2019 Slovenia U16 6 (0)
2019 Slovenia U17 5 (0)
2021– Slovenia U21 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

Martin Turk (born 21 August 2003) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for I liga club Ruch Chorzów as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Koper, Turk played in the youth sectors of Jadran Dekani and Koper, before joining Italian side Parma in 2019, aged 15. He made his professional debut for the club on 22 February 2022, in a goalless Serie B draw against Pisa.

On 19 July 2022, Turk was loaned to Serie C side Reggiana. He made eight league appearances for Reggiana in the first half of the 2022–23 season. On 13 January 2023, Turk was re-called by Parma and subsequently loaned out to Serie A side Sampdoria for the rest of the season. He made his debut for the blucerchiati on 12 March in a 4–2 away loss against Juventus, becoming the first 2003-born goalkeeper to play in Serie A.

On 16 July 2024, Turk joined Polish second division club Ruch Chorzów on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Turk played for various Slovenian national youth selections, such as the under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-21 teams. With the under-16 team, he was instrumental in keeping a clean sheet during a draw against Italy in 2019, saving a penalty from Sebastiano Esposito.

He was first called to the Slovenian senior team in June 2021, for a friendly game against Gibraltar, just after he played his first game with the under-21s.

During the following months, he became a regular starter with the under-21s during the Euro 2023 qualifiers, playing games such as a 2–2 draw against England and a 3–0 win against Albania.

Personal life

During his childhood, Turk practiced dance before switching to football permanently. He is fluent in Slovene and Italian.

Both his father and his older brother played football at amateur level.

References

  1. Martin Turk at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Martin Turk nowym bramkarzem Niebieskich!" (in Polish). Ruch Chorzów. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. Martin Turk at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ Pietrella, Francesco (22 April 2022). ""Io da ballerino a portiere, ora sono Iceman. A Buffon ricordo la mia Slovenia"". Cronache di spogliatoio (in Italian). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  5. ^ Trupo, Guglielmo (21 February 2022). "L'idolo Buffon, la scuola di Oblak: in piazza dei Miracoli tocca a Turk". ParmaToday (in Italian). Citynews. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ Fonsato, Stefano (23 February 2022). "Parma, Turk nel solco di Buffon; deludono Lecce e Cremonese. In vetta ora c'è il Brescia con doppio Palacio". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. Ottaviano, Luca (22 February 2022). "Parma, Turk titolare a Pisa: chi è il classe 2003 della Primavera". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. "Parma, Turk blinda la porta all'esordio a 18 anni: 'È stato bellissimo, indimenticabile'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. "Martin Turk after Pisa vs. Parma: 'An unforgettable and beautiful debut, thank you to all my teammates'". Parma Calcio 1913. Pisa. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. "V ITALIJI se rojeva NOVI OBLAK: Mladenič DEBITIRAL v dresu padlega VELIKANA! In to kako! (video)". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. "AC Reggiana ingaggia il portiere Martin Turk". reggianacalcio.it (in Italian). A.C. Reggiana 1919. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  12. "Serie C, Reggiana: Ufficiale l'arrivo di un nuovo portiere nella rosa della Prima squadra. Ecco di chi si tratta". tuttocampo.it (in Italian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  13. "Martin Turk » Serie C Girone B 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  14. "Turk è blucerchiato: dalla Reggiana a titolo temporaneo" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Serie A, Juventus-Sampdoria 4–2: decide una doppietta di Rabiot". sportmediaset.mediaset.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  16. Del Lungo, Alessio (16 July 2024). "Parma, Turk ceduto in Polonia: il portiere ha firmato fino al 2027 con il Ruch Chorzow". Tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  17. "Martin Turk – Nogometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  18. "Prima convocazione per il crociato Martin Turk con la nazionale maggiore slovena per la gara con Gibilterra". Parma Calcio 1913 (in Italian). Collecchio. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  19. "Mladi Slovenci po preobratu do točke proti veliki Angliji" (in Slovenian). Siol. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  20. "Slovenci so se Albancem oddolžili z obrestmi" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

External links

Ruch Chorzów – current squad
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