Matjaž_Cvikl
Matjaž Cvikl
Slovenian footballer
Matjaž Cvikl (13 January 1967 – 27 July 1999)[1] was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matjaž Cvikl | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-01-13)13 January 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 1999(1999-07-27) (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Rudar Velenje | ||
| 1991 | → Maribor (loan) | 14 | (7) |
| 1993–1995 | Zeytinburnuspor | 48 | (17) |
| 1995–1996 | Rudar Velenje | 32 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | Beltinci | 22 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Maribor Teatanic | 7 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Slovenia | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Slovenj Gradec, Cvikl began playing professional football with local side Rudar Velenje before moving to Maribor.[2] Cvikl played for Rudar Velenje and Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[3] He had spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Super Lig from 1993 to 1995.[4] He had played in Rudar's first ever European matches in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup and scored his final goal in his final career game for Maribor on 30 November 1997.[5]
Cvikl made his debut for Slovenia in a June 1992 friendly match away against Estonia, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Zoran Ubavič, and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals.[6] His final international was a November 1995 European Championship qualification match against Croatia.[7]
After suffering from a long illness, Cvikl died in Ljubljana in July 1999.[1] He was survived by his wife Jasmina and son Luka.[8]
- "Po daljši bolezni umrl Matjaž Cvikl" [Matjaž Cvikl died after a long illness] (in Slovenian). STA. 27 July 1999.
- "Cvikl, Matjaž (vzdevek Ciko) športnik" [Cvikl, Matjaž (nicknamed Ciko) athlete] (in Slovenian). Šaleški Biographical Lexicon. 19 December 2012.
- "CVIKL Matjaž". Strukljeva. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- "MATYAZ CVIKL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- Spominjamo se Matjaža Cvikla: Sanjal je ligo prvakov z Mariborom in Euro s Slovenijo - Nogomania (in Slovene)
- "Matjaž Cvikl". NZS. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- "Matjaž Cvikl, international player". EU-football. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- #ZGODBERUDARJA: MATJAŽ CVIKL, LEGENDA! - NK Rudar Velenje
- Profile at NZS (in Slovene)
- Matjaž Cvikl at the Turkish Football Federation
- Matjaž Cvikl at EU-Football.info
- Matjaž Cvikl at National-Football-Teams.com
