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Simon Sluga ([sǐmon slǔːɡa]; born 17 March 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Luton Town.
Club career
In the first two seasons of his professional career HNK Rijeka loaned Sluga to Juventus Primavera and Verona Primavera. During the 2013–14 season he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Croatia's Druga HNL where he collected 31 caps and managed 17 clean sheets. He spent the 2014–15 Prva HNL on loan to NK Lokomotiva where he was capped on 26 occasions. He returned to Rijeka following the end of the loan and recorded his official game début on 19 July 2015 against Slaven Belupo. In August 2015, he was loaned to Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B.
On 19 July 2019, Sluga joined newly-promoted Championship side Luton Town for a club record fee of €1.5 million, signing a three-year contract. On 2 August 2019, Sluga made his first appearance for Luton in a 3–3 draw against Middlesbrough.
International career
He made his debut for Croatia on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia, as a starter.
Club statistics
| Season | Club | League | Cups | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 2013–14 | Pomorac | Druga HNL | 31 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Lokomotiva | Prva HNL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Rijeka | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rijeka total | 64 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Luton Town | Championship | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |
| Career total | 145 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 0 | ||
Honours
HNK Rijeka
- Croatian First Football League: 2016–17
- Croatian Football Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19