Luka Elsner
Elsner with Domžale in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-02) 2 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Le Havre (manager)
Youth career
AS Cannes
OGC Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2002 OGC Nice B
2002–2004 US Cagnes
2004–2009 Domžale 181 (4)
2010 Austria Kärnten 15 (0)
2010 Domžale 4 (0)
2010 Al-Muharraq
2011–2012 Domžale 42 (1)
International career
2002 Slovenia U21 1 (0)
2008 Slovenia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2016 Domžale
2016–2017 Olimpija Ljubljana
2017–2018 Pafos
2018–2019 Union Saint-Gilloise
2019–2020 Amiens
2021 Kortrijk
2021–2022 Standard Liège
2022– Le Havre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luka Elsner (born 2 August 1982) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of French Ligue 1 team Le Havre.[2]

Club career

Growing up in France, Elsner began his career at OGC Nice, where he was part of the youth set-up and the reserve team. He later played for US Cagnes. In 2004, Elsner joined Domžale. He holds the club record for competitive appearances.[3][4] Elsner also later played for Austria Kärnten and Al-Muharraq, before finishing his career at Domžale in 2012.[5]

International career

Elsner made his debut for Slovenia on 26 May 2008 in a friendly match against Sweden, replacing Bojan Jokić late in the second half.[6][7]

Personal life

Elsner was born into a footballing family. His grandfather, Branko, and his father, Marko, were both footballers. His younger brother, Rok, is also a professional footballer.[8][9]

Managerial statistics

As of 11 February 2024[10]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Domžale 21 August 2013 2 September 2016 131 57 36 38 043.51
Olimpija Ljubljana 2 September 2016 9 March 2017 19 13 3 3 068.42
Pafos 30 June 2017 21 January 2018 23 6 6 11 026.09
Union Saint-Gilloise 23 May 2018 19 June 2019 44 22 10 12 050.00
Amiens 19 June 2019 28 September 2020 37 7 14 16 018.92
Kortrijk[a] 31 January 2021 6 October 2021 21 8 4 9 038.10
Standard Liège 7 October 2021 20 April 2022 27 7 8 12 025.93
Le Havre 20 June 2022 Present 63 27 25 11 042.86
Total 365 147 106 112 040.27

Honours

Player

Domžale

Al-Muharraq

Manager

Le Havre

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Though Elsner was officially appointed on 31 January 2021, he was quarantined due to the COVID-19 pandemic protocols and until the end of his quarantine the matches were managed by his assistant Bart Meert.[11][12] For statistical purposes, the table includes all Kortrijk games since his official appointment.

References

  1. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Luka Elsner". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ S. J. (20 June 2022). "Luka Elsner se vrača v Francijo" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Luka Elsner se je vpisal v zgodovino" (in Slovenian). Siol. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Statistika v 1. slovenski ligi" (in Slovenian). NK Domžale. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ T. O. (2 April 2012). "Luka Elsner končal kariero, Leon Horvat pa sezono" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Slovenci so se dobro upirali Švedom" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Luka Elsner, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Družina Elsner: Nogomet imajo v genih". Govori.se (in Slovenian). 1 August 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. ^ R. K. (18 May 2020). "Umrl velikan slovenskega nogometa Marko Elsner" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Luka Elsner career sheet". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 February 2020.[unreliable source?]
  11. ^ Soetaert, Eddy (1 February 2021). "KV Kortrijk zonder Luka Elsner naar Lommel maar wel op zoek naar winst" [KV Kortrijk without Luka Elsner to Lommel, but looking for profit]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Bart Meert zal tot zolang de spelersgroep leiden. [Bart Meert will lead the group for as long. ]
  12. ^ Geukens, Marnik (2 February 2021). "KV Kortrijk bekert voort ondanks moeilijke avond op bezoek bij inefficiënt Lommel" [KV Kortrijk continues to cup despite a difficult evening visiting inefficient Lommel]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). De opvolger van Yves Vanderhaeghe verbleef nog in quarantaine, T2 Bart Meert stuurde een bijzonder offensieve ploeg het veld in. [The successor to Yves Vanderhaeghe was still in quarantine, T2 Bart Meert sent a particularly offensive team into the field.]
  13. ^ "Elsner ponosen na dogodivščino: Le Havre vrnil v francosko elito" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Le Havre: Luka Elsner nommé meilleur entraîneur de Ligue 2, Desmas meilleur gardien". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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