Jan Oblak was born on 7 January 1993 in Škofja Loka, Slovenia. He started professionally with Olimpija Ljubljana before SL Benfica signed him in 2010 at seventeen, where he won the Portuguese domestic treble in 2013–14. Atlético Madrid bought him in July 2014 for €16 million — then a record for a La Liga goalkeeper.
In Madrid he has become a generational figure. He was the fastest goalkeeper in La Liga history to 100 clean sheets, won the Zamora Trophy six times (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2024–25), captured the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, was a UEFA Super Cup winner that summer, won La Liga in 2020–21, and reached the 2016 UEFA Champions League final. He was nominated for the inaugural Yashin Trophy in 2019 and has spent the back half of the 2010s and the 2020s in the conversation as one of the world's best goalkeepers. He extended his contract through 2028 ahead of the 2025–26 season and remains the club's first-choice keeper.
Oblak captains Slovenia, has earned 82 senior caps since debuting in 2012, and was central to the country's run to UEFA Euro 2024.
A 1.88 m goalkeeper with reflexes, agility, and a calm command of the area, Oblak is celebrated for his shot-stopping, positioning, and the temperament to deliver in critical moments — a profile that has anchored an Atlético defensive identity built on collective discipline and clean sheets.