Andraž Kirm (born 6 September 1984) is a Slovenian professional

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er who plays as a

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. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus.

Club career

Slovenia

Kirm started his career at Šmartno, and moved to Slovan in 2002. In 2004, he left for another club based in the Slovenian capital, Svoboda, where he established himself as a first team player. His talent didn't go unnoticed and he subsequently joined the Slovenian first division club

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in the summer of 2005. In his first 2005–06 season, he made 29 league appearances for the eventual league runners-up. In the following campaigns (2006–07 and 2007–08), he won back-to-back championships with Domžale as well as winning the

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. In the 2008–09 season, Kirm led the league in assists.

Wisła Kraków

On 2 July 2009, he moved to

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champions

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for an undisclosed fee from Domžale and signed for five years. He immediately established himself as a regular in the team, playing in all 37 competition matches in the 2009–10 season, while Wisła finished second in the league. In the following campaign, he won the Ekstraklasa championship with Wisła Kraków and was the club's top goalscorer with nine goals in the league.

Groningen

On 30 August 2012, Kirm was transferred to

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club

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until 2014.

Omonoia

In 2014, after his contract with Groningen ended, Kirm moved to

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club Omonoia. He scored eleven league goals in two seasons, and left the club in 2016 when his contract ended.

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 25 June 2016, he signed for Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana.

International career

Kirm made his debut for the Slovenia national team in August 2007 in a friendly against

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. In his second appearance for the national team, Kirm provided the assist for

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's goal in a 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying win over

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. Since then, he has become one of the most important players of the team led by

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. Kirm was the only player, besides Novaković, who played in all

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matches. He also appeared in the starting lineup in both play-off matches with

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, after which Slovenia qualified for the final tournament. At the

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, he played in all three group stage games.

Career statistics

Club

:''Updated 1 July 2014''

International

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kirm goal.''

Honours

Domžale * PrvaLiga: 2006–07, 2007–08 *

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Wisła Kraków *

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References

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