Andraž Šporar

Andraž Šporar (born 27 February 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team.

In June 2012, Šporar transferred from Interblock to Olimpija Ljubljana.

In the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga season, Šporar was named a team captain.

During the first half of the club's season, he played 18 PrvaLiga games and scored 17 goals.

On 8 December 2015, Basel announced that Šporar had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract up until the end of June 2020.

He joined Basel's first team for their 2015–16 season under head coach Urs Fischer.

At the end of the season his team won the 2015–16 Swiss Super League championship.

Liverpool followed the player in 2015, but in the end there was no transfer.

Basel

Slovan Bratislava

Sporting CP

Braga

Individual

After playing in four friendly games, he made his Swiss Super League debut on 14 February 2016 in a 4–0 away win against Grasshopper Club.

Just a few days later, on 18 February, Šporar got injured during warm-up before the away match against Saint-Étienne.

The torn tendon required surgery and this kept Šporar out for the rest of the season.

At the end of the 2016–17 Super League season, Šporar won the championship for the second time.

For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.

They also won the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, defeating Sion 3–0 in the final.

Despite this success, Šporar decided to leave the club.

He played a total of 26 competitive games for Basel, and scored one goal.

In November 2016, Šporar received his first call-up to the senior Slovenia squad for matches against Malta and Poland.

He debuted against Malta, replacing Milivoje Novaković late in the second half.

Andraž Šporar is the son of Olimpija's former captain Miha Šporar.

In the past, Šporar has stated his ambition to earn a move to Liverpool, which is his favourite club.

Šporar scored his first goal for Basel on 15 April 2017 in a 4–0 away victory over Lausanne-Sport.

On 25 June 2017, Šporar joined 2. Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld on loan for the 2017–18 season.

In his first season, he won the 2017–18 Slovak Cup.

Šporar joined the Slovak First League side Slovan Bratislava in January 2018 for a reported fee of €600,000.

In the 2018–19 season, Slovan won the league title, and Šporar became the league's top scorer with 29 goals, equaling the record for the number of goals scored in a season in the Slovak First League.

On 23 January 2020, Šporar transferred to Sporting CP on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of €6 million, making him the most expensive player in the history of the Slovak Super Liga.

With bonuses, the total transfer fee may eventually rise above €7 million.

On 1 February 2021, Šporar joined Braga on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

In August 2021 he joined English side Middlesbrough on loan.

He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Nottingham Forest on 15 September 2021.

On 27 July 2022, Šporar signed a four-year contract with Super League Greece side Panathinaikos for a reported transfer fee of over €3 million.