Boštjan Cesar

Boštjan Cesar plays as a defender for Serie A side Chievo. He was born on 9 July, 1982 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Cesar’s youth career started at local Olimpija Ljubljana football academy. A young footballer trained at the academy for many years and played for Olimpija youth team, taking part in various youth championships. In the late 90s, Boštjan joined Dinamo Zagreb youth system and moved to Croatia. He spent some time there preparing for the start of his professional career.

In the summer of 2000, the Slovenian footballer signed a professional contract with Dinamo Zagreb. During his debut season Boštjan made only few appearances, which wasn’t enough to become a key player in the starting lineup. In the summer of 2001 Cesar was loaned to Croatia Sesvete for the 2001/02 season and made 8 appearances there. After returning from loan, Boštjan appeared in Dinamo Zagreb starting lineup from time to time, but wasn’t too popular with the club management. In January 2005 he was loaned again to Olimpija Ljubljana, his alma mater.

In the summer of 2005, Cesar signed a contract with Marseille. The Slovenian defender participated in several matches, but did not fit into the first team, only occasionally appearing in the starting lineup. In 2007, Boštjan was loaned to West Bromwich Albion for the 2007/08 season, totaling 20 matches and scoring one goal. In 2009 Cesar signed a contract with Grenoble Foot and moved to France, where he spent one year. During the 2009/10 season Cesar featured for 40 matches and scored 1 goal. In 2010 the club sold Boštjan to Italian Chievo Verona, where he made 65 appearances and netted 3 goals as of September 2012.

From 2001 to 2003 Boštjan was capped 15 times and scored 1 goal for the Slovenian U-21 team. Since 2003 Cesar plays for the Slovenian national team.