Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971) is a Slovenian former professional

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who played as

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. He featured for clubs such as Olimpija,

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, Olympiakos Nicosia,

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and Olimpija Ljubljana.

Club career

In 2009, Pavlin joined

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on a combined player-

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contract. In his first season with Koper, he won the

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. His second season there started poorly – after a resounding 5–1 defeat away to

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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.

International career

Pavlin made 63 appearances for the senior Slovenia national team between 1994 and 2004. He was a participant at the

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and

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. During the second leg of Slovenia's Euro 2000 play-off against

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, it was Pavlin's goal which secured a 1–1 draw and an aggregate victory to send Slovenia to their first major tournament.

Personal life

Luka Pavlin Luka Pavlin (born 16 October 1988) is a retired Slovenian football midfielder. His uncle is a well-known former Slovenian footballer Miran Pavlin Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as ...

, who is also a footballer, is his nephew.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Porto *

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: 2000–01 Koper *

: 2009–10

References

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