Valter Birsa
Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986 in Šempeter pri Gorici, Nova Gorica) is a Slovenian footballer, who plays for AJ Auxerre.
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Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986 in Šempeter pri Gorici, Nova Gorica) is a Slovenian footballer, who plays for AJ Auxerre.
Career
Birsa's career began at the age of 5, when Valter Birsa started playing for NK Bilje, a small football club near Nova Gorica. As Valter Birsa was a talented player, Valter Birsa was soon transferred first to NK Primorje, then to ND Gorica at the age of 17. By the second season Valter Birsa was already the second best striker and one of the best in the 1.SNL, scoring 27 goals for Valter Birsa home team. In 2006, Valter Birsa was transferred to the France club of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1. Valter Birsa was declared the best Slovenian player of 2006 by the leading Slovenian football website .
On 22 January 2009 AJ Auxerre bought on loan until June 2009 from FC Sochaux-Montbéliard the Slovenian striker.On 29 May, it was announced that Auxerre had made the loan permanent.
International
Valter Birsa also plays for the Slovenia national football team, and was the youngest player to have that honor at the age of 18.
Honours
ND Gorica
- Slovenian First League: Slovenian PrvaLiga 2004-05, Slovenian PrvaLiga 2005-06
- Slovenian Cup:
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Coupe de France: Coupe de France 2006-07
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Birsa