Fabijan Cipot (born 25 August 1976) is a retired Slovenian football defender.

Club career

Cipot started his career at his hometown club Bakovci. As a youngster he moved to a nearby Mura. He made his Mura debut on 7 May 1997 in a

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tie with

Rudar Velenje Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje ( en, Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje which competes in the Slovenian Second League. History The club was fo ...

. In the following season he established himself as a regular first team player. In January 2000 he left Mura and signed with

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

. After four seasons with Maribor, he moved to Qatar, where he played for

Al-Sadd SC Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd (Qatar), Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, whic ...

and Al-Arabi SC. After three seasons in Qatar, he returned to Europe. His trial in summer 2005 at Norwegian Brann ended with injury suffered in a friendly match against Birmingham City. He returned in spring 2006, playing for Nafta Lendava. In summer 2006 he signed with Maribor. After a year in Maribor, he moved to Swiss side

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. In February 2008 he left Lucerne and signed with Rudar Velenje. In June 2011 he left Rudar Velenje and signed a contract with

Mura 05 Nogometno društvo Mura 05, commonly referred to as ND Mura 05 or simply Mura 05, was a Slovenian football club from the town of Murska Sobota. The club was established on 16 June 2005. The club's home ground was Fazanerija City Stadium. During ...

International career

Cipot made his debut for Slovenia in a February 1999 friendly match against

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, and earned a total of 26 caps.

Personal life

Cipot's sons Kai and

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are also professional footballers.

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