Valter Birsa
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Valter Birsa | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Šempeter pri Gorici, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Chievo | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2003 | Bilje | ||
| 2003–2004 | Primorje | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Primorje | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Gorica | 61 | (26) |
| 2006–2009 | Sochaux | 66 | (8) |
| 2009 | → Auxerre (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Auxerre | 68 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Genoa | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Torino (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Milan | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Chievo (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2015– | Chievo | 31 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Slovenia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Slovenia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Slovenia U21 | 12 | (5) |
| 2006– | Slovenia | 84 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016 |
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Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986 in Šempeter pri Gorici) is a Slovenian footballer, who plays as a winger for Chievo and the Slovenian national team.
Born in Šempeter pri Gorici, he spent his childhood in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Birsa's career began at the age of five, when he started playing for ND Bilje, the village club of Bilje near Nova Gorica. As he was a talented player, he was soon transferred first to Primorje, then to Gorica at the age of 17. By the second season he was already the second best striker and one of the best in the Slovenian first league, scoring 29 goals for his home team, an outstanding goalscoring record for a midfielder.
In 2006, he signed for French club Sochaux in Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1. He was declared the best Slovenian player of 2006–2008 by the leading Slovenian football website.
On 22 January 2009, AJ Auxerre signed him on a loan deal until June 2009 from Sochaux. He scored his first Auxerre goal against giants Lyon. On 29 May, it was announced that Auxerre had made the loan permanent. In the 2010–11 season, Birsa scored a 23-yard free kick and his first Champions league goal against Ajax in the group stage, Ajax eventually won 2–1.
On 2 February 2011, despite interest from big Premier league teams such as Liverpool and Fulham, Birsa signed a four-year contract with Serie A club Genoa. He made just nine appearances in his maiden season in Italy.
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