Sebastjan Cimirotič (born 14 September 1974) is a retired Slovenian

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player who played as a

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. He earned a total of 33 caps for the

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and was a participant at the

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, scoring the nation's first ever World Cup goal.

International career

Cimirotič debuted for

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on 25 March 1998 against

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. He represented Slovenia at the

, scoring in their 3–1 defeat to

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Career statistics

International

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cimirotic, Sebastjan 1974 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Men's association football forwards Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players HNK Rijeka players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players US Lecce players NK Celje players Incheon United FC players HNK Hajduk Split players NK Domžale players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players FC St. Veit players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Israeli Premier League players Serie A players Serie B players K League 1 players Slovenian Second League players Austrian Landesliga players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria

International career

Career statistics

International

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