Robert Volk

Robert Volk
Personal information
Date of birth	30 August 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth	Koper, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1991	Koper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1994	Koper
1994–1997	Gorica
1994–1995	→ Mura (loan)
1996	→ Rudar Velenje (loan)
1997–1998	Primorje
1998–2000	Sint-Truiden
2000–2003	Koper
2005–2009	Olimpija Ljubljana
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Volk (born 30 August 1965) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeping coach at Koper.^[2]

Playing career[edit]

Volk had a spell abroad at Belgian side Sint-Truiden^[3] and was called up one time by the Slovenia national team, but was an unused substitute in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[4]

At the end of his playing career, Volk was both playing and serving as the goalkeeping coach for Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian lower tiers. In the spring of 2009, he decided to retire as a player in order to free up a first-team spot for Jan Oblak, who at the time was a 16-year-old academy goalkeeper.^[5] Volk made 156 top-flight appearances during his career, with 138 of those coming in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[6]

References[edit]

^ Robert Volk at WorldFootball.net
^ "Robert Volk profile – FC Koper". FC Koper (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ Clerinx, Marc (25 February 2000). "Robert Volk heeft bedenkingen bij terugkeer naar Slovenië: "Ik hoop dat men correct is"". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Robert Volk at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ Planinšič Jr., Borut (19 May 2018). "S "ta mali je boljši od mene" se je začelo" [It started with “this little one is better than me”]. Večer (in Slovenian). Časnik Večer, d.o.o. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Robert Volk at Nogometna zveza Slovenije". Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Robert Volk at NZS (in Slovene)

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[1] Robert Volk at WorldFootball.net

[2] "Robert Volk profile – FC Koper". FC Koper (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[3] Clerinx, Marc (25 February 2000). "Robert Volk heeft bedenkingen bij terugkeer naar Slovenië: "Ik hoop dat men correct is"". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[4] Robert Volk at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[5] Planinšič Jr., Borut (19 May 2018). "S "ta mali je boljši od mene" se je začelo" [It started with “this little one is better than me”]. Večer (in Slovenian). Časnik Večer, d.o.o. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[6] "Robert Volk at Nogometna zveza Slovenije". Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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