Rajko Tavčar (born 21 July 1974) is a Slovenian
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
He played for the
Slovenia national football team
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and was a participant at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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.
References
Living people
1974 births
Footballers from Kranj
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football fullbacks
Slovenian men's footballers
2002 FIFA World Cup players
Slovenia men's international footballers
FC Augsburg players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
1. FC Nürnberg players
SC Fortuna Köln players
SV Wacker Burghausen players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
SpVgg Unterhaching players
Bundesliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
German people of Slovenian descent
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