Enrik Ostrc

Enrik Ostrc
Personal information
Date of birth	21 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Postojna, Slovenia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Helmond Sport
Number	8
Youth career
2008–2017	Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina
2017–2018	Koper
2018–2020	Olimpija Ljubljana
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2021	Olimpija Ljubljana
2021–2023	Troyes
2021–2022	→ Olimpija Ljubljana (loan)
2022–2023	→ Lommel (loan)
2023	Troyes II
2023–	Helmond Sport
International career‡
2018	Slovenia U16
2019	Slovenia U18
2020	Slovenia U19
2021–	Slovenia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

Enrik Ostrc (born 21 June 2002) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport. He has also represented Slovenia at youth international level.

Club career

Ostrc made his fully professional debut for Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga on 6 June 2020 against Tabor Sežana. During the match, which Olimpija won 3–0, he scored the team's second goal and became the club's youngest-ever debutant scorer.^[3]

On 31 January 2021, Ostrc joined French side Troyes for a reported fee of around €600,000.^[4] He was immediately loaned back to Olimpija.^[5]

On 1 September 2023, Ostrc signed a two-year contract with Helmond Sport in the Netherlands.^[6]

Personal life

Ostrc is a native of Kozina, a small settlement near the Italian border.^[7] He is a relative of Milan Osterc, a former Slovenian international footballer.^[7] Ostrc explained that his last name, which is written as "Ostrc" instead of "Osterc", was entered incorrectly into the computer and that the error was never corrected.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 February 2021^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Olimpija Ljubljana	2019–20	1. SNL	11	1	—		—		11	1
Olimpija Ljubljana	2020–21	1. SNL	12	0	1	0	2^[a]	0	15	0
Total			23	1	1	0	2	0	26	1
Career total			23	1	1	0	2	0	26	1

^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana

Slovenian Cup: 2020–21^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Enrik Ostrc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Športnik Krasa in Brkinov 2019". hrpelje-kozina.si (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^ T. M. (6 June 2020). "Mojstrovina 17-letnega Olimpijinega dragulja ob novi zmagi Ljubljančanov". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ M. R. (31 January 2021). "Olimpija in Troyes dosegla dogovor, Ostrc kot posojen igralec ostaja v Ljubljani" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ M. J. (31 January 2021). "Ostrc podpisal pogodbo s Francozi, a še leto in pol ostaja pri Olimpiji". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Nasvidenje, Francija, dobrodošla, Nizozemska: Enrik Ostrc bo kariero nazaj na prave tirnice poskušal spraviti pri Helmond Sportu". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Uroš Iskra; Damjan Medica (9 June 2020). "Zakaj biser Olimpije v priimku nima črke e? #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Enrik Ostrc at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

External links

Enrik Ostrc at NZS (in Slovene)
Enrik Ostrc at Soccerway.com

[9] Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

[wf-1] "Enrik Ostrc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[2] "Športnik Krasa in Brkinov 2019". hrpelje-kozina.si (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[3] T. M. (6 June 2020). "Mojstrovina 17-letnega Olimpijinega dragulja ob novi zmagi Ljubljančanov". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[4] M. R. (31 January 2021). "Olimpija in Troyes dosegla dogovor, Ostrc kot posojen igralec ostaja v Ljubljani" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[5] M. J. (31 January 2021). "Ostrc podpisal pogodbo s Francozi, a še leto in pol ostaja pri Olimpiji". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[6] "Nasvidenje, Francija, dobrodošla, Nizozemska: Enrik Ostrc bo kariero nazaj na prave tirnice poskušal spraviti pri Helmond Sportu". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[siol-7] Uroš Iskra; Damjan Medica (9 June 2020). "Zakaj biser Olimpije v priimku nima črke e? #video" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[soccerway-8] Enrik Ostrc at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

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