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Nik Prelec
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Maribor, Slovenia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Oxford United
(on loan from Cagliari)
Number 16
Youth career
–2013 Kovinar Tezno
2014–2017 Aluminij
2017–2021 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2022 → Olimpija Ljubljana (loan) 11 (1)
2022–2023 WSG Tirol 13 (6)
2023– Cagliari 12 (0)
2023–2024 → WSG Tirol (loan) 32 (8)
2024–2025 → Austria Wien (loan) 31 (6)
2025– → Oxford United (loan) 3 (1)
International career
2016 Slovenia U15 7 (5)
2017 Slovenia U16 5 (3)
2016–2018 Slovenia U17 23 (8)
2018 Slovenia U18 2 (0)
2018–2020 Slovenia U19 20 (10)
2020–2022 Slovenia U21 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:56, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Nik Prelec (born 10 June 2001) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Oxford United, on loan from Serie A club Cagliari.

Career

Prelec started his senior career with Serie A side Sampdoria.[2][3][4][5][6] Before the second half of the 2021–22 season, he was sent on loan to Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia.[7] In July 2022, Prelec signed for Austrian club WSG Tirol.[8]

On 31 January 2023, Prelec signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Cagliari in Italy.[9] On 1 July 2023, he returned to WSG Tirol on a season-long loan.[10] On 12 July 2024, he signed a new contract with Cagliari until 2027 and was subsequently loaned out to Austrian side Austria Wien.[11]

On 1 August 2025, Prelec joined EFL Championship club Oxford United on loan for the 2025–26 season with an option to buy.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Nik Prelec at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Sampdoria, Prelec si racconta: gli anni in Primavera e questa stagione". Club Doria 46 (in Italian). 9 April 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Chi è Nik Prelec, il giovane bomber della Sampdoria". numero-diez.com (in Italian). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Nik Prelec: Ne vem, ali bodo upali staviti". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Sampdoria, Prelec: "Allenarmi con campioni come Quagliarella mi sta facendo crescere"". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 9 April 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Prelec: "Voglio arrivare in doppia cifra. Spero debuttare in prima squadra"". sampdorianews.net (in Italian). 9 April 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Prelec: Olimpija je pravi korak naprej v moji karieri" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  8. ^ "WSG Tirol: Nik Prelec - der nächste Top-Stürmer?". laola1.at (in German). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Prelec è del Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Cagliari NIcKt die Leihe ab" (in German). WSG Tirol. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Prelec all'Austria Vienna" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Oxford sign Slovenia Under-21 forward Prelec". BBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  13. ^ Rice, Liam (2 August 2025). "Oxford United sign Cagliari striker Nik Prelec on loan deal". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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