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Matej Rapnik (born 24 February 1990) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a defender. He captained Slovenia from under-15 level up to under-19 level Matej Rapnik Heartsfc.co.uk and played for the under-21s.
On 9 February 2009 Rapnik joined NK Interblock in his home town of Ljubljana on a three-year contract. Interblock signed new defender NK Interblock.eu 9 February 2009 He made his debut against FC Koper on 21 February 2009 and scored his first goal a week later against Rudar Velenje in a 2–1 defeat. However, he could not help his new team to better than a ninth-place finish in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, which meant they had to face a relegation play-off. They were beaten 4–0 on aggregate by Triglav Kranj and were consigned to the Slovenian Second League for the 2010–11 season. After the 2011–12 season Interblock merged with Rapnik's former club NK Bravo to become Bravo1 Interblock and began to field only youth teams and therefore no longer had a senior squad, leading to Rapnik's departure after 67 appearances and seven goals in all competitions.
On 24 August 2012, Slovenian PrvaLiga club NK Celje announced that they had signed Rapnik. He made his competitive debut on 16 September 2012 in a 1–0 away defeat to FC Koper.
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