Miran Pavlin

Miran Pavlin
Personal information
Full name Miran Pavlin
Date of birth (1971-10-08) 8 October 1971
Place of birth Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Živila Naklo 30 (8)
1993–1996 Olimpija 71 (9)
1996–1997 Dynamo Dresden 29 (6)
1997–2000 SC Freiburg 61 (5)
1999–2000Karlsruher SC (loan) 13 (0)
2000–2002 Porto 12 (1)
2002–2003 Olimpija 6 (0)
2003–2004 Olympiakos Nicosia 7 (0)
2004–2005 APOEL 3 (0)
2005–2009 Olimpija 64 (34)
2009–2010 Koper 30 (11)
Total 326 (74)
National team
1994–2004 Slovenia 63 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971 in Kranj) is a retired Slovenian football player.

Club career

He played for clubs such as Olimpija, SC Freiburg, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL, FC Porto and Olimpija.

After the original NK Olimpija went bankrupt in 2005, he joined the newly formed NK Bezigrad and successfully took them back to the top tier in record time. After a dispute in 2009, he left the club and joined FC Koper on a combined player-director of football contract. In his first season with Koper, he won the Slovenian PrvaLiga. His second season there started poorly – after a resounding 5–1 defeat away to NK Dinamo Zagreb in UEFA Champions League qualifiers, he announced his immediate retirement, only to return to the Koper team a week later for a single league match against NK Rudar Velenje. Soon, after another dispute with club leadership regarding player signings and departures, he left the club altogether.

International career

Pavlin made 65 appearances for the senior Slovenia national football team.[1] He was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[2] and UEFA Euro 2000. During the second leg of Slovenia's Euro 2000 play-off against Ukraine, it was Pavlin's goal which secured a 1-1 draw and an aggregate victory to send Slovenia to their first major tournament.[3]

Personal life

Luka Pavlin, who is also a footballer, is his nephew.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Slovenia's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 1999 Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine  Ukraine 1–1 1–1 Euro 2000 Q.
2. 23 February 2000 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman  Oman 1–0 4–0 Friendly
3. 13 June 2000 Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium  Yugoslavia 2–0 3–3 Euro 2000
4. 16 August 2000 Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5. 17 April 2002 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Tunisia 1–0 1–0 Friendly

See also

References

  1. "Miran Pavlin". NZS. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  2. Miran PavlinFIFA competition record
  3. "Slovenia face Ukraine with Milenko Acimovic's great goal fresh in the mind". espnfc.co.uk. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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