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{{Short description|Slovenian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mladen Rudonja
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Koper]], [[SR Slovenia]],<br>[[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]<ref name="nft">{{cite web |last1=Strack-Zimmermann |first1=Benjamin |title=Mladen Rudonja (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6055/Mladen_Rudonja.html |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="nft"/>
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1978–1990
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| years1 = 1990–1992
| years2 = 1992–1993
| years3 = 1994
| years4 = 1994
| years5 = 1995
| years6 = 1996
| years7 = 1996–1997
| years8 = 1997
| years9 = 1998–2000
| years10= 2000–2002
| years11= 2002–2004
| years12= 2004–2005
| years13= 2005
| years14= 2005–2007
| years15= 2007–2009
| years16= 2012
| years17= 2014
| clubs1 = [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| clubs2 = [[NK Izola|Izola]]
| clubs3 = [[NK Zagreb|Zagreb]]
| clubs4 = [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| clubs5 = [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005)|Olimpija]]
| clubs6 = [[NK Marsonia|Marsonia]]
| clubs7 = [[ND Gorica|Gorica]]
| clubs8 = [[NK Primorje|Primorje]]
| clubs9 = [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]]
| clubs10= [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| clubs11= [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005)|Olimpija]]
| clubs12= [[Apollon Limassol]]
| clubs13= [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]
| clubs14= [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| clubs15= [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
| clubs16= [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| clubs17= SV Oberdrauburg
| caps1 =  | goals1 =
| caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 16
| caps3 = 6 |  goals3 = 0
| caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 3
| caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 2
| caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1
| caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 4
| caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 4
| caps9 = 74 | goals9 = 21
| caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0
| caps11 = 48 | goals11 = 5
| caps12= 11 | goals12= 2
| caps13= 3 | goals13= 0
| caps14= 14 | goals14= 1
| caps15= 34 | goals15= 19
| caps16 = 0 | goals16 = 0
| caps17 = 1 | goals17 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1994–2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]
|nationalcaps1 = 65 |nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2003
| nationalteam2 = [[Slovenia national football B team|Slovenia B]]
|nationalcaps2 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Mladen Rudonja''' ({{audio|Sl-Mladen Rudonja.oga|listen}}) (born 26 July 1971) is a Slovenian retired [[Association football|footballer]]. He most often played as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]] (usually on the left side) or [[striker (association football)|striker]].

==International career==
Rudonja made his debut for the [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia national team]] in a February 1994 [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly match]] against [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Mladen Rudonja, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18137 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=14 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Despite being an attacker, he did not score a goal for the team until his 53rd cap – in the second leg of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Play-offs|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoffs]] against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Romania vs Slovenia, 14 November 2001, World Cup qualification |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=25837 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The match ended with a score of 1–1, a result that was enough to secure Slovenia's first-ever qualification for the main World Cup event.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plestenjak |first1=Rok |title=Nepozabno in epsko! Slovenija rajala kot v transu. |url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/skok-v-sportno-preteklost-20-let-rudonja-565903 |publisher=[[Siol]] |access-date=14 January 2024 |language=sl |date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Rudonja played 65 matches for Slovenia.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
His son [[Roy Rudonja|Roy]] is a former professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Avtomehanik brez delavnice, ki je imel žogo za dekle |url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/mladen-rudonja-druga-kariera-461140 |publisher=[[Siol]] |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=sl |date=27 February 2018|first=Rok|last=Plestenjak}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NZS club player|1295}}
* {{NZS national player|1295}}
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* {{ÖFB player|1029519}}

{{Slovenia Squad 2000 UEFA Euro}}
{{Slovenia Squad 2002 World Cup}}

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