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Slovenian footballer

Matjaž Cvikl
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

Matjaž Cvikl (13 January 1967 – 27 July 1999) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Slovenj Gradec, Cvikl began playing professional football with local side Rudar Velenje before moving to Maribor. Cvikl played for Rudar Velenje and Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. He had spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Super Lig from 1993 to 1995. 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.

International career

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. His final international was a November 1995 European Championship qualification match against Croatia.

Personal life

After suffering from a long illness, Cvikl died in Ljubljana in July 1999. He was survived by his wife Jasmina and son Luka.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Po daljši bolezni umrl Matjaž Cvikl" [Matjaž Cvikl died after a long illness] (in Slovenian). STA. 27 July 1999.
  2. "Cvikl, Matjaž (vzdevek Ciko) športnik" [Cvikl, Matjaž (nicknamed Ciko) athlete] (in Slovenian). Šaleški Biographical Lexicon. 19 December 2012.
  3. "CVIKL Matjaž". Strukljeva. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  4. "MATYAZ CVIKL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  5. Spominjamo se Matjaža Cvikla: Sanjal je ligo prvakov z Mariborom in Euro s Slovenijo - Nogomania (in Slovene)
  6. "Matjaž Cvikl". NZS. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  7. "Matjaž Cvikl, international player". EU-football. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. #ZGODBERUDARJA: MATJAŽ CVIKL, LEGENDA! - NK Rudar Velenje

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