Nastja Čeh

Nastja Čeh (born 26 January 1978) is a Slovenian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Nastja Čeh
Čeh in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-26) 26 January 1978
Place of birth Ptuj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Drava Ptuj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Drava Ptuj
1996–1998 Maribor 65 (5)
1999 Olimpija 27 (6)
1999–2001 Maribor 48 (12)
2001–2005 Club Brugge 101 (24)
2005–2007 Austria Wien 36 (3)
2007–2008 Khimki 46 (6)
2008–2009 Panserraikos 6 (1)
2009–2010 Rijeka 7 (0)
2010–2011 Bnei Sakhnin 43 (4)
2011–2012 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 (0)
2012–2013 PSMS Medan 14 (3)
2013–2014 Thanh Hoá 41 (15)
2014–2018 Drava Ptuj 105 (48)
Total 543 (127)
International career
1995–1997 Slovenia U18 3 (0)
1997–1998 Slovenia U20 3 (1)
1997–1999 Slovenia U21 13 (1)
2001–2007 Slovenia 46 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Čeh started his career with his hometown club Drava Ptuj. By the age of 17 he was playing in the first team in the 2. SNL. In the 1996–97 season he moved from Drava to Maribor, later spending one season at Olimpija before returning to Maribor.

Čeh then moved on to Club Brugge. His first season at the club brought success in the Belgian Cup, and the following season he helped the club win their 12th league title. In August 2002 he scored a late equalising goal in the second-leg of Brugge's Champions League third round qualifying tie against Shakhtar Donetsk. Brugge then went on to qualify through a penalty shoot-out.

In 2005 Čeh was sold to Austria Wien. Jupiler League team Charleroi tried to buy Čeh in late August 2006 but in 2007 he instead signed for Russian Premier Liga side FC Khimki, where he was given the number 10 shirt.

On 5 January 2009, he left Khimki and moved to Greek club Panserraikos.[1] After a short spell in Greece, he signed for Rijeka,[2] spending a season there before moving on yet again to play in Israel.

In April 2012 Čeh signed for PSMS Medan (ISL) of the Indonesia Super League. His debut match was on 9 April, where he came on in the 53rd minute replacing Muhammad Antoni; he also received his first yellow card on that match.[3]

International career

Čeh made his debut for Slovenia in an October 2001 World Cup qualification match against the Faroe Islands with him immediately scoring a brace, and earned a total of 46 caps, scoring 6 goals.[4] He made two appearances for the national team during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, both times coming on as a substitute. His final international was a June 2007 European Championship qualification match away against Romania.[5]

Controversies

In April 2011, it was revealed by the Slovenian media that Maribor police department was, for the past six months, investigating an illegal betting organization and six individuals, four of which were from the Maribor area and had already been taken into custody.[6] The Police also revealed that two other collaborators were still at large and that one of those was Goran Šukalo.[6] Šukalo categorically denied his involvement in the matter[7][8] and revealed that another football player, Nastja Čeh, was still owing him €73,000 and was avoiding payment.[9] Allegedly this was the reason why Čeh pawned his property near Ptuj to Kosta Turner, which was visible from the official real estate papers.[9] In January 2012, the general prosecutor on the District Court in Maribor proposed an indictment of six individuals, ring leaders of the illegal betting organization, in light of new evidence against them.[10] The organization allegedly accepted a total of €43 million of bets, with €2.53 million being placed by Čeh.[10]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Čeh goal.
List of international goals scored by Nastja Čeh
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
16 October 2001Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Faroe Islands1–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
22–0
32 April 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Cyprus4–14–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
46 September 2003Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Israel3–13–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
518 August 2004Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana Serbia and Montenegro1–11–1Friendly
64 June 2005Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Belarus1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Maribor

Club Brugge

Austria Wien

See also

References
  1. "Panserraikos sign Ceh". Football press. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. "Nastja Čeh potpisao" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 26 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009.
  3. "PT Liga Indonesia". liga-indonesia.co.id. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. "Nastja Čeh, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. "Stavničarska "mafija" v priporu". Večer (in Slovenian). 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. "Šukalo: Obtožbe so neresnične" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. "Vorwürfe gegen Sukalo: "Stehen zu 100 Prozent hinter Goran"" (in German). MSV Duisburg. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. "Med imeni najbolj izstopa Šukalo". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 28 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. To. G. (10 January 2012). "Milijoni evrov slovenskih nogometašev v nezakoniti stavnici Kosta" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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