Cagliari

Valter Birsa

Forward#14

Bio

Born in Slovenia in 1986, Valter Birsa debuted for NK Primorje in 2003 and now plays for Cagliari Calcio. He has also played for ND Gorica, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and AJ Auxerre. He plays as a forward. He has represented the Slovenia national under-17 football team and the Slovenia national under-19 football team.

Key facts

Age: 40
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 83 kg
Number: #14
Born: 7/8/1986
Birthplace: Slovenia
Debut: 2003
Position: Forward
Nationality: Slovenia

Official profile

ESPN player page ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

2003–now

2003–2004NK Primorje
2004–2006ND Gorica
2006–2009FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
2009AJ Auxerre
2009–2011AJ Auxerre
2011–2013Genoa CFC
2012–2013Torino FC
2013–2015AC Milan
2014–2015AC ChievoVerona
2015–2019AC ChievoVerona
2019–Cagliari Calcio
2002Slovenia national under-17 football teamNational team
2003–2005Slovenia national under-19 football teamNational team
2005–2006Slovenia national under-21 football teamNational team
2006–2018Slovenia men's national football teamNational team

Career stats

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	STRT	FC	FA	YC	RC	G	A	SHOT	SOG	OFF
2019-20 Italian Serie A CAG	4	6	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
2018-19 Italian Serie A CAG	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0

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Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2019-20 Serie ACagliari	13	0	0	3	0	425	1	0	0	13	9	6	2	0	–	6	0
2018-19 Serie ACagliari / Chievo Verona	29	2	2	27	6	1,452	1	0	4	29	13	15	15	0	–	24	0
2017-18 Serie AChievo Verona	35	3	6	48	17	2,516	3	0	1	35	6	24	31	0	–	41	0
2016-17 Serie AChievo Verona	35	7	9	52	17	2,785	5	0	2	35	1	36	31	0	1	48	0
2015-16 Serie AChievo Verona	35	6	7	53	19	2,389	4	0	1	35	3	42	33	0	1	28	0
2014-15 Serie AChievo Verona	35	0	1	35	8	2,290	4	0	4	35	5	45	32	0	–	22	0
2013-14 Serie AAC Milan	15	2	0	23	6	756	0	0	1	15	5	10	10	0	–	13	0
2013-14 UEFA Champions LeagueAC Milan	4	0	1	2	1	231	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	–	2	0
2012-13 Serie ATorino	17	2	4	8	3	581	2	0	0	17	13	8	5	0	–	17	0
2011-12 Serie AGenoa	9	0	0	4	1	295	1	1	1	9	5	6	3	0	–	7	0
2010-11 Ligue 1AJ Auxerre	34	5	2	27	11	2,231	0	0	0	33	6	22	41	0	–	29	0
2010-11 UEFA Champions LeagueAJ Auxerre	7	1	0	15	5	530	0	0	0	5	0	2	6	0	–	11	0
2010 FIFA World CupSlovenia	3	1	0	6	4	261	1	0	0	3	0	4	7	0	–	3	0
2009-10 Ligue 1AJ Auxerre	35	3	3	30	14	2,108	0	0	2	35	11	19	45	0	–	13	0
2008-09 Ligue 1AJ Auxerre / Sochaux	28	3	1	26	8	1,406	3	0	1	28	13	24	27	0	–	12	0
2007-08 Ligue 1Sochaux	20	3	0	33	19	1,179	0	0	2	20	7	10	25	0	–	2	0
2005-06 UEFA Champions LeagueHIT Gorica	1	2	–	–	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career17 seasons	355	40	36	392	139	21,525	25	1	19	351	98	275	317	0	2	278	0

Recent games

Aug '202
@ AC Milan
Did not record a stat
L 3-0
July '2030
v Juventus
Did not record a stat
W 2-0
July '2027
v Udinese
Did not record a stat
L 1-0
July '2024
@ Lazio
Did not record a stat
L 2-1
July '2019
v Sassuolo
1 FA
D 1-1
July '2016
@ Sampdoria
1 FC · 1 FA
L 3-0
July '2013
v Lecce
1 FC · 1 YC
D 0-0
July '209
@ Fiorentina
2 FC
D 0-0

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Game
30 July v JuventusW 2-0 30 July	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
27 July v UdineseL 0-1 27 July	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
24 July @ LazioL 1-2 24 July	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
19 July v SassuoloD 1-1 19 July	0	45	0	1	0	0	1	–	1
16 July @ SampdoriaL 0-3 16 July	0	78	0	1	0	1	1	–	3
13 July v LecceD 0-0 13 July	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	–	0
9 July @ FiorentinaD 0-0 9 July	0	79	0	1	0	2	0	–	0
6 July v AtalantaL 0-1 6 July	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
24 June @ SPALW 1-0 24 June	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
21 June @ Hellas VeronaL 1-2 21 June	0	45	0	1	1	1	0	–	0
17 Feb v NapoliL 0-1 17 Feb	1	7	0	1	1	1	0	–	0
21 Sept v GenoaW 3-1 21 Sept	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	–	1
26 Aug v BresciaL 0-1 26 Aug	2	62	0	1	0	0	0	–	1

Splits, Serie A

Split
HomeHome or away, 37W	118	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.4	59.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.8
AwayHome or away, 27W	105	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.3	61.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.0
LossesResult, 0W	95	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.3	61.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	0.8	–	1.6
DrawsResult, 0W	64	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.3	57.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.5
WinsResult, 64W	64	0.3	0.2	1.4	0.5	62.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.4
Regular seasonStage, 64W	223	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.3	60.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.9
GenoaOpponent, 5W	15	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.3	55.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.5
UdineseOpponent, 3W	14	0.1	0.1	1.7	0.6	63.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	0.7	–	0.5
AtalantaOpponent, 2W	13	0.2	0.0	1.4	0.4	61.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	0.7	–	1.2
LazioOpponent, 4W	13	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.1	59.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	–	0.7
FiorentinaOpponent, 2W	12	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.3	55.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.6	–	1.4
AC MilanOpponent, 0W	11	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.6	68.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	0.3	–	1.7
JuventusOpponent, 1W	11	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	62.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.9	–	1.6
NapoliOpponent, 2W	11	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.2	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	–	1.1
SassuoloOpponent, 2W	11	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.3	61.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	–	0.8
TorinoOpponent, 2W	11	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	58.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	–	0.7
SampdoriaOpponent, 5W	10	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.7	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.1	1.0
BolognaOpponent, 2W	9	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.3	57.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.9	0.9	–	1.4
InternazionaleOpponent, 1W	9	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.4	54.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	–	1.0
AS RomaOpponent, 0W	8	0.1	0.4	2.1	0.4	68.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.9	–	1.8
EmpoliOpponent, 2W	8	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	68.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.8	0.9	–	0.3
Hellas VeronaOpponent, 3W	8	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.5	58.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.1	–	0.8
CagliariOpponent, 5W	7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.7	–	0.4
PalermoOpponent, 3W	6	0.3	0.0	1.5	0.5	81.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.2	–	0.7
ParmaOpponent, 1W	6	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.2	–	1.3
CrotoneOpponent, 1W	4	0.3	0.0	2.8	1.3	82.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	–	1.3
SPALOpponent, 3W	4	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	38.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	–	0.3
CataniaOpponent, 1W	3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	52.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	–	1.0
FrosinoneOpponent, 3W	3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	72.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	–	0.0
PescaraOpponent, 3W	3	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	59.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	–	0.0
BeneventoOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	–	0.5
CarpiOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.5	2.5	0.0	76.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	–	0.5
CesenaOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	–	0.0
Chievo VeronaOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	46.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	–	0.0
LecceOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	49.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	–	0.0
BresciaOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	62.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
LivornoOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	38.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0
SienaOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	80.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	–	2.0
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, VeronaGround, 25W	87	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.4	69.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.9
Olimpico Grande TorinoGround, 5W	16	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3	43.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.5	–	1.1
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, MilanoGround, 3W	16	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.4	59.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.9	0.6	–	1.2
Unipol Domus, CagliariGround, 5W	16	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	30.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	–	0.3
Luigi Ferraris, GenovaGround, 4W	12	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.4	60.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	1.3
Stadio Olimpico, RomaGround, 1W	9	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.1	53.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	–	1.0
Artemio Franchi, FirenzeGround, 1W	6	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	55.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.2	0.7	–	1.5
Bluenergy Stadium, UdineGround, 2W	5	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.6	76.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	–	0.6
Mapei Stadium, Reggio EmiliaGround, 1W	5	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.4	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.4	1.2	0.6	–	0.6
Renato Dall'Ara, BolognaGround, 2W	5	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.4	65.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.2	–	1.6
Allianz Stadium, TorinoGround, 0W	4	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.5	85.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.8	1.3	–	1.8
Diego Armando Maradona, NapoliGround, 1W	4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	71.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	–	1.0
Ennio Tardini, ParmaGround, 1W	4	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	62.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	–	1.5
Luigi FerrarisGround, 2W	4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	26.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	–	0.8
New Balance Arena, BergamoGround, 0W	4	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.3	77.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	–	1.0
Renzo Barbera, PalermoGround, 1W	3	0.3	0.0	2.0	0.7	83.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	–	0.7
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena, EmpoliGround, 1W	3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	74.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.7	1.3	–	0.7
Angelo Massimino, CataniaGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	–	0.5
Ezio Scida, CrotoneGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	3.5	2.0	90.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	–	1.5
Paolo Mazza, FerraraGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	–	0.0
Stadio Adriatico, PescaraGround, 2W	2	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	44.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	–	0.0
Alberto Braglia, ModenaGround, 1W	1	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	74.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0

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