Jan Oblak is a professional football player. He captains the Slovenia national team and plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Atletico Madrid.
He is known as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
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Earned the Title of ”Slovenian Footballer of the Year” in 2012
Oblak has been playing for the national team since 2012.
He has been named Slovenian Footballer of the Year seven times from 2015 to 2018 and 2020 to 2023.
Beforehand, he also played in the Slovenia national youth team, starting from under-15 in 2008 to under-16 in 2009.
He was also named Slovenian Youth Footballer of the Year in 2012 and 2013.
Age
Jan Oblak was born on January 3, 1993. He is currently 31 years old.
Net worth
Jan Oblak has an estimated net worth of $1 million to $5 million.
Oblak's Older Sister is a professional Basketball player
He has an older sister, Teja Oblak, who is a member of the Slovenia national basketball team.
She started her basketball career in her hometown, Skofia Loka, at a young age. He used to spend leisure time with Teja as he started to practice football.
Son of former Football player
Oblak’s parents are Matjaz Oblak and Stojanka Majkic. His father is Slovenian, but his mother is Bosnian Serb.
His father, Matjaz, is a former football player who played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and the Slovenia National team as a central defender.
He was a great inspiration for his son Jan for choosing a football career. Also, his mother supported him from the start of his career.
He has a younger brother, Gasper Oblak, who is also a professional football player.
Used to go training by cycle each day at a young age
Jan started his career at the young age of five by playing for his hometown club, Locan. By the age of ten, he was playing at Olimpija Youth Academy.
He then started playing for Olimpija Ljubljana in 2005.
In the beginning, it was very hard for him to go to practice every day as he and his family used to live away from the training ground.
He used to cycle to the training ground and back home each day, covering almost 42 kilometers (about 26.1 miles).
Song for Oblak
Atletico Madrid fans have made up a song for him, adapting the lyrics of the Gypsy Kings hit song Djobi, Djoba.
It goes like ”Obli, Oblak, every day I love you more,” which they sing out loud at every game in the Wanda Metropolitano.
Who is his girlfriend, Olga Danilovic?
Jan Oblak is dating his beautiful girlfriend, Olga Danilovic. Olga is a Servian Tennis player by profession.
The rumor of their dating first sparked after Jan was spotted cheering for Olga in the first round of Roland Garros.
Olga then addressed the rumor while talking to Serbian media. She said he meant a lot to her and that it was now clearer why she was based in Madrid.
Their relationship became public when Olga posted their photo together on Instagram story with a heart emoji and Oblak shared it on his Instagram story too.
They also posted pictures with each other on their Instagram on Christmas. Olga captioned the picture as "My favorite person," and Jan wrote in his caption, "Marry Christman to all who celebrate it."
In November 2023, after Slovenia secured its place in the Euro 2024 after winning the match against Kazakhstan, Jan ran to the stand where his girlfriend Olga was to give her a big hug and a kiss to celebrate the victory.
Olga Danilovic is the daughter of a Serbian professional Basketball executive (President of the Basketball Federation of Serbia) and former Basketball player, Predrag Danilovic.
Predrag is well known for being the best European shooting guard in the 1990s.
His girlfriend Olga checks off her “Bucket List”
Recently, in January 2024, she won the mixed doubles match of the United Cup, where she was teamed up with Novak Djokovic.
They scored 2-1 against China, representing the Serbian team in the opening Group E tie.
During her post-match conference, she seemed happy and mentioned that it was a very proud moment for her and the opportunity to partner with Djokovic was fulfilled as it was on her “bucket List”