Boštjan Cesar

Boštjan Cesar
Cesar with Chievo in 2013
Personal information
Full name Boštjan Cesar
Date of birth (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982
Place of birth Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Slovenia (manager)
Youth career
Olimpija
Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Dinamo Zagreb 58 (3)
2001Croatia Sesvete (loan) 7 (0)
2005Olimpija (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2009 Marseille 24 (0)
2007–2008West Bromwich Albion (loan) 20 (1)
2009–2010 Grenoble 40 (1)
2010–2020 Chievo 236 (7)
Total 394 (12)
International career
1997 Slovenia U15 2 (0)
1998 Slovenia U16 4 (0)
2000–2001 Slovenia U20 3 (0)
2001–2003 Slovenia U21 15 (1)
2003 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2003–2018 Slovenia 101 (10)
Managerial career
2021 Slovenia U18
2021 Slovenia U19
2022–2024 Slovenia (assistant)
2024–2025 Maribor
2026– Slovenia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boštjan Cesar (born 9 July 1982) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. Since January 2026, he is the manager of the Slovenia national team.

Besides Slovenia, Cesar played in Croatia, France, England and Italy. With 101 international appearances, he is Slovenia's most capped player of all time, and represented them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.