Miran Pavlin
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-08) 8 October 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Triglav
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)
1999–2000 → Karlsruher 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 Ljubljana 64 (47)
2009–2010 Koper 32 (11)
Total 328 (74)
International career
1992 Slovenia U21 1 (0)
1994–2004 Slovenia 63 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as midfielder. He featured for clubs such as Olimpija, SC Freiburg, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL, FC Porto and Olimpija Ljubljana.[1]

Club career

In 2009, Pavlin 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 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 Rudar Velenje. Soon, after another dispute with club leadership regarding player signings and departures, he left the club altogether.

International career

Pavlin made 63 appearances for the senior Slovenia national team between 1994 and 2004.[2] He was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[3] 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.[4] His final international was an April 2004 friendly match away against Switzerland.[5]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlin goal.
List of international goals scored by Miran Pavlin
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 1999 Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine  Ukraine 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
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 UEFA 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

Honours

Porto

Koper

See also

References

  1. ^ Z roko v roki za lepši jutri slovenskega nogometa siol.net
  2. ^ "Miran Pavlin" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ Miran Pavlin – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Slovenia face Ukraine with Milenko Acimovic's great goal fresh in the mind". espnfc.co.uk. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Miran Pavlin, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ "2000–01 Taça de Portugal quarterfinal Bragança vs. Porto". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

External links

Slovenia squad – UEFA Euro 2000
Slovenia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
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