Nejc Pečnik

Nejc Pečnik
Pečnik with Slovenia in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986
Place of birth Dravograd, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
ASC St. Paul
Youth career
1991–2003 Dravograd
2003–2005 Celje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Celje 120 (21)
2004–2005Dravograd (loan) 7 (2)
2008–2009Sparta Prague (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2012 Nacional 37 (2)
2011Krylia Sovetov (loan) 21 (1)
2012–2013 Sheffield Wednesday 10 (0)
2013–2014 Red Star Belgrade 43 (9)
2015 JEF United Chiba 39 (14)
2016–2017 Omiya Ardija 27 (1)
2017–2018 Tochigi SC 34 (8)
2018–2020 Dravograd 49 (24)
2021–2022 SC Eibiswald 7 (4)
2022–2023 Dravograd 27 (8)
2024– ASC St. Paul 13 (8)
International career
2001 Slovenia U15 5 (0)
2006–2007 Slovenia U20 3 (1)
2005–2008 Slovenia U21 20 (2)
2009–2015 Slovenia 32 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2024

Nejc Pečnik (born 3 January 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Austrian club ASC St. Paul. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he also plays as a winger or forward.

He represented Slovenia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was instrumental in Slovenia's successful qualification to the tournament by scoring an away goal against Russia in the 2010 World Cup qualification play-offs.