Valter Birsa
Personal information
Full name	Valter Birsa
Date of birth	August 7, 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 23)
Place of birth	Šempeter pri Gorici, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	AJ Auxerre
Number	9
Youth career
1991–2003	NK Bilje
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2009 2009 2009–	NK Primorje ND Gorica FC Sochaux-Montbéliard → AJ Auxerre (loan) AJ Auxerre	01 0(0) 61 (26) 66 0(8) 15 0(1) 12 0(1)
National team2
2004–2006 2005–	Slovenia U-21 Slovenia	08 0(5) 32 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:31, 9 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:18, 19 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986) is a Slovenian footballer, who plays for Auxerre.

Contents 1 Career 2 International 2.1 International goals 3 Honours 3.1 ND Gorica 3.2 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Career

Born in the town of Šempeter pri Gorici, he spent his childhood in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Birsa's career began at the age of 5, when he started playing for NK Bilje, a small football club of the village of Bilje near Nova Gorica. As he was a talented player, he was soon transferred first to NK Primorje, then to ND 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 27 goals for his home team. In 2006, he was transferred to the French club of Sochaux in the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1. He was declared the best Slovenian player of 2006 by the leading Slovenian football website ^[1].

On 22 January 2009 AJ Auxerre bought on loan until June 2009 from Sochaux the Slovenian striker.^[2] On 29 May, it was announced that Auxerre had made the loan permanent.^[3]

[edit] International

He also plays for the Slovenian national football team, and was the youngest player to have that honor at the age of 18. He scored his first goal for the national team on September 9th, 2009 in a World Cup qualifying match against Poland, which Slovenia won 3-0.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2009-09-09	Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor	Poland	3-0	3-0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification
2	2009-10-10	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	Slovakia	1-0	2-0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification

[edit] Honours

[edit] ND Gorica

• Prva liga: 2004-05, 2005-06
• Slovenian Cup:

• Runner-up: 2004-05

[edit] FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

• Coupe de France: 2006-07

[edit] External links

• Player profile - NZS
• Player profile - LFP
• Career details at National Football Teams

[edit] References

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