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Mitja Mörec

Mitja Mörec
Mörec in 2025
Personal information
Full name Mitja Mörec
Date of birth (1983-02-21) 21 February 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Blau-Weiß Linz (Manager)
Youth career
Mura
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Mura 6 (0)
2002–2007 Sturm Graz 55 (0)
2007–2008 Maccabi Herzliya 29 (0)
2008 CSKA Sofia 2 (0)
2009 Slavia Sofia 10 (0)
2009–2011 Panetolikos 28 (0)
2011 Lyngby 5 (0)
2011–2012 ADO Den Haag 5 (0)
2012–2013 Mura 05 16 (0)
2013 Kaisar 15 (3)
2014 Ravan Baku 15 (0)
2014–2015 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1 (0)
2015–2017 UFC Bad Radkersburg 46 (5)
2019–2020 FavAC 22 (0)
International career
2000–2001 Slovenia U17 4 (0)
2001 Slovenia U18 10 (0)
2002–2005 Slovenia U19 1 (0)
2002–2003 Slovenia U20 4 (0)
2002–2005 Slovenia U21 19 (0)
2007–2009 Slovenia 14 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2020 FavAC (U-15)
2020–2021 Wienerberg (assistant)
2021 Floridsdorfer AC (assistant)
2021–2025 Floridsdorfer AC
2025– Blau-Weiß Linz
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mitja Mörec (born 21 February 1983) is a Slovenian retired football centre back and current manager of Austrian club Blau-Weiß Linz.

Playing career

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Club

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In March 2011, Mörec signed a contract with Lyngby BK for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.[1] Following the expiration of his Lyngby contract, Mörec signed for ADO Den Haag in August 2011 on a one-year contract.[2] However, his contract was terminated in January 2012.[3]

In July 2013, Mörec signed for Kazakhstan First Division side Kaisar on a 30-month contract.[4] But after only six-months Mörec moved to Ravan Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League in January 2014 on an 18-month contract.[5][6]

International

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Mörec made his debut for Slovenia in a June 2007 European Championship qualification match away against Romania and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals.[7] His final international was a February 2009 friendly match away against Belgium.[8]

Coaching and later career

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From the summer of 2017 to the summer of 2018, Mörec was coaching at an A.C. Milan soccer school in Dubai.[9] On 1 November 2018, Mörec was appointed U-15 manager at Favoritner AC.[10][11] He also began playing for the club’s first team in the Wiener Stadtliga from 1 January 2019.

On 7 May 2020, Mörec left Favoritner AC to join SV Wienerberg as an assistant coach under manager Andreas Reisinger.[12] In January 2021, Mörec moved on to Floridsdorfer AC, where he was appointed assistant coach to Roman Ellensohn.[13] When Ellensohn was fired on 16 April 2021, Mörec and Aleksandar Gitsov were appointed as an interim manager duo.[14] In June 2021, the club announced that Mörec would continue as the manager and Gitsov as assistant coach for the 2021–22 season.[15]

In July 2025, Mörec became the head coach of top-division side Blau-Weiß Linz.[16]

Career statistics

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As of 19 May 2014[17][18]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2000–01 Mura Slovenian PrvaLiga 4 0 — 4 0
2001–02 7 0 — 7 0
2002–03 Sturm Graz Austrian Football Bundesliga 0 0 — 0 0
2003–04 3 0 — 3 0
2004–05 12 0 — 12 0
2005–06 16 0 — 16 0
2006–07 24 0 — 24 0
2007–08 Maccabi Herzliya Israeli Premier League 29 0 — 29 0
2008–09 CSKA Sofia A PFG 2 0 — 2 0
Slavia Sofia 9 0 — 9 0
2009–10 Panetolikos Beta Ethniki 28 0 — 28 0
2010–11 Football League 0 0 — 0 0
2010–11 Lyngby BK Superligaen 5 0 — 5 0
2011–12 ADO Den Haag Eredivisie 4 0 1 0 — 5 0
2012–13 Mura 05 Slovenian PrvaLiga 16 0 0 0 — 16 0
2013 Kaisar Kazakhstan First Division 15 3 — 15 3
2013–14 Ravan Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 15 0 4 0 — 19 0
Career total 189 3 5 0 0 0 194 3

References

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  1. ^ "Lyngby forstærker med slovensk landsholdsspiller". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Sloveense verdediger Mörec naar ADO Den Haag". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Voorbeschouwing ADO Den Haag - Roda JC" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Mitja Mörec se je pridružil Borutu Semlerju v Kazahstanu" (in Slovenian). ekipa. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  5. ^ Ряван подписал трех легионеров (in Russian). azerifootball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  6. ^ ""Rəvan" 5 futbolçu ilə anlaşdı" (in Azerbaijani). Ravan Baku. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Mitja Mörec, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Profile at LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Favac Nachwuchs – #Wie #gut #kennt #ihr #unsere #Trainer ..." Facebook. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Coaching profile at ÖFB". ÖFB. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Neues Trainerteam". SV Wienerberg. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  13. ^ "FAC präsentiert neuen Chef- und zweiten Co-Trainer". DFZ21. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  14. ^ "FAC trennte sich von Cheftrainer Ellensohn". Der Standard. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  15. ^ "FAC klärt Trainer-Frage". FAC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Mörec wird Cheftrainer beim FC Blau-Weiß Linz". FC Blau-Weiß Linz (in German). 5 July 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Mitja Mörec Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  18. ^ Mitja Mörec at National-Football-Teams.com
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