Jake Hopper

Goalkeeper - NK Krka
24 Jan 2027
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Marked for Jake Hopper

20 Edition

The NK Krka Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout14 Dec 2026

Gašper Vodeb: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” NK Krka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Nemanja Gavrić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market14 Dec 2026

Petar Balkovec steps up from the NK Krka academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Petar Balkovec has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market14 Dec 2026

One of our own: Timi Elsnik joins the NK Krka first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timi Elsnik is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

Andraž Lipec knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at NK Krka, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

When it matters, Niko Domjanić plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market14 Dec 2026

Gregor Medle linked with a move away

The name of Gregor Medle keeps appearing in other people's back pages. NK Krka say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces14 Dec 2026

Supporters make their feelings known about Žan Kovačevič

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. NK Krka would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

A door opens for Leon Bičanić

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

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11 Edition

The NK Krka Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Luka Čadež

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Tempers go at NK Krka

Andraž Lipec was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Nemanja Gavrić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match10 Oct 2026

Olimpija Ljubljana take the points off NK Krka

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market12 Oct 2026

One of our own: Jure Lovric joins the NK Krka first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jure Lovric is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market12 Oct 2026

One of our own: Andraz Handanovic joins the NK Krka first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andraz Handanovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Jure Kurtovic to a room that had heard them before.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Jake Hopper signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jake Hopper commits to NK Krka for another 3 years.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Niko Domjanić

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

10 Edition

The NK Krka Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Oct 2026

Nik Kapun damages knee ligaments — 18 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 18 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Marko Brkić scores twice — 8.79

Two goals and a mark of 8.79 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at NK Krka

Andraž Lipec and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match3 Oct 2026

At last: NK Krka win one

6 matches without a win, and then this, against ND Gorica. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.

The terraces5 Oct 2026

NK Krka supporters have found a favourite in Marko Brkić

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Marko Brkić has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match3 Oct 2026

NK Krka find a way past ND Gorica

ND Gorica made NK Krka work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tilen Kovačić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A month that belonged to Marko Brkić

The young player of the month award goes to a 21-year-old at NK Krka who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Leon Bičanić

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leon Bičanić, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Boardroom 94% of the income goes out in wages at NK Krka
  • Market NK Krka sign Jake Hopper, one for the future
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict