Boštjan Cesar
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Cesar with Chievo in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boštjan Cesar | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpija | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Dinamo Zagreb | 58 | (3) |
| 2001 | → Croatia Sesvete (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Olimpija (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Marseille | 24 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Grenoble | 40 | (1) |
| 2010–2020 | Chievo | 236 | (7) |
| Total | 394 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Slovenia U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 1998 | Slovenia U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Slovenia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Slovenia U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2003 | Slovenia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2018 | Slovenia | 101 | (10) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Slovenia U18 | ||
| 2021 | Slovenia U19 | ||
| 2022–2024 | Slovenia (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Maribor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Besides Slovenia, Cesar played in Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of all time, and represented them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.