Matjaž Cvikl

Matjaž Cvikl
Personal information
Full name Matjaž Cvikl
Date of birth (1967-01-13)13 January 1967
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 27 July 1999(1999-07-27) (aged 32)
Place of death Ljubljana, Slovenia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Rudar Velenje
1991 → Maribor (loan) 14 (7)
1993–1995 Zeytinburnuspor 48 (17)
1995–1996 Rudar Velenje 32 (10)
1996–1997 Beltinci 22 (2)
1997–1998 Maribor Teatanic 7 (3)
International career
1992–1995 Slovenia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matjaž Cvikl (13 January 1967 – 27 July 1999)[1] was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Slovenj Gradec, Cvikl began playing professional football with local side Rudar Velenje before moving to Maribor.[2] Cvikl played for Rudar Velenje and Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[3] He had spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Super Lig from 1993 to 1995.[4] He had played in Rudar's first ever European matches in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup and scored his final goal in his final career game for Maribor on 30 November 1997.[5]

International career

Cvikl made his debut for Slovenia in a June 1992 friendly match away against Estonia, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Zoran Ubavič, and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals.[6] His final international was a November 1995 European Championship qualification match against Croatia.[7]

Personal life

After suffering from a long illness, Cvikl died in Ljubljana in July 1999.[1] He was survived by his wife Jasmina and son Luka.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Po daljši bolezni umrl Matjaž Cvikl" [Matjaž Cvikl died after a long illness] (in Slovenian). STA. 27 July 1999.
  2. ^ "Cvikl, Matjaž (vzdevek Ciko) športnik" [Cvikl, Matjaž (nicknamed Ciko) athlete] (in Slovenian). Šaleški Biographical Lexicon. 19 December 2012.
  3. ^ "CVIKL Matjaž". Strukljeva. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  4. ^ "MATYAZ CVIKL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  5. ^ Spominjamo se Matjaža Cvikla: Sanjal je ligo prvakov z Mariborom in Euro s Slovenijo - Nogomania (in Slovene)
  6. ^ "Matjaž Cvikl". NZS. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Matjaž Cvikl, international player". EU-football. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ^ #ZGODBERUDARJA: MATJAŽ CVIKL, LEGENDA! - NK Rudar Velenje