Saša Gajser (born 11 February 1974) is a Slovenian football

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and former

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who played as a

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. Gajser was internationally capped for

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

, earning 27 appearances between 1999 and 2003.

Club career

Gajser started his professional career with

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

in 1992. He stayed there for three seasons, making 22 appearances in all competitions. Later, he had spells with the second division sides

Drava Ptuj Nogometni klub Drava Ptuj ( en, Drava Ptuj Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Drava Ptuj or simply Drava, was a Slovenian football club, which played in the town of Ptuj. Named after the Drava river which flows through the town, Drava P ...

and

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. After a season at

Beltinci Beltinci (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Böltinci'', hu, Belatinc or ''Belatincz'', ger, (Alt)Fellsdorf) is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Beltinci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Leda ...

, he signed with Rudar Velenje. He stayed there for two seasons, appearing in 64 league matches and scoring 6 goals before leaving for KAA Gent. After three seasons in Belgium, he moved to

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the C ...

International career

Gajser played 27 matches and scored one goal for

between 1999 and 2003 and was a participant at the

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and the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea ...

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Maribor *

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: 1991–92, 1993–94 Rudar Velenje *Slovenian Cup: 1997–98

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at NZS {{DEFAULTSORT:Gajser, Sasa 1974 births Living people People from Ptuj Slovenian footballers Association football midfielders Slovenian expatriate footballers NK Maribor players NK Drava Ptuj players NK Ljubljana players NK Beltinci players NK Rudar Velenje players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Cyprus K.A.A. Gent players Olympiakos Nicosia players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players Belgian Pro League players Cypriot First Division players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Slovenia international footballers Slovenian football managers NK Maribor managers