Matjaz Sekelj (born December 9, 1960 in

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/ref> is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player. Sekelj participated with

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana. They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav ch ...

in the

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for his entire career. He used to play for KHK Crvena Zvezda together with Jože Kovač. He participated with the

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at the 1984

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. He coached HDD Olimpija Ljubljana from 1997-2000.

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