Miran_Pavlin
Miran Pavlin
Slovenian footballer
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]
| 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 | |||
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.
Pavlin made 63 appearances for the senior Slovenia national team between 1994 and 2004, scoring five goals.[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]
Luka Pavlin, who is also a footballer, is his nephew.
International
- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlin goal.
| 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 |
Porto
Koper
- "Miran Pavlin" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- Miran Pavlin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- "Slovenia face Ukraine with Milenko Acimovic's great goal fresh in the mind". espnfc.co.uk. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- "Miran Pavlin, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- "2000–01 Taça de Portugal quarterfinal Bragança vs. Porto". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- Miran Pavlin at NZS (in Slovene)
- Miran Pavlin at FIFA (archived)
- Miran Pavlin at EU-Football.info
- Miran Pavlin at FBref.com
- Miran Pavlin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Miran Pavlin at Soccerway.com
