Andraž Kirm

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Andraž Kirm
Kirm with Wisła Kraków in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-09-06) 6 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–2002 Šmartno[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Slovan 17 (1)
2004–2005
Svoboda
 38 (4)
2005–2009 Domžale 127 (22)
2009–2012 Wisła Kraków 83 (16)
2012–2014 FC Groningen 56 (3)
2014–2016 Omonia 53 (11)
2016–2017 Olimpija Ljubljana 31 (2)
2017–2018 Domžale 25 (1)
2019–2022 Bravo 66 (2)
International career
2006 Slovenia U21 2 (0)
2007–2016 Slovenia 71 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andraž Kirm (born 6 September 1984) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus.[2]

Club career

Slovenia

Kirm started his career at

Svoboda, where he established himself as a first team player. His talent didn't go unnoticed and he subsequently joined the Slovenian first division club Domžale in the summer of 2005. In his first 2005–06 season, he made 29 league appearances for the eventual league runners-up. In the following campaigns (2006–07 and 2007–08), he won back-to-back championships with Domžale as well as winning the 2007 Slovenian Supercup.[3] In the 2008–09 season, Kirm led the league in assists.[4]

Wisła Kraków

On 2 July 2009, he moved to Ekstraklasa champions Wisła Kraków for an undisclosed fee from Domžale and signed for five years.[5] He immediately established himself as a regular in the team, playing in all 37 competition matches in the 2009–10 season, while Wisła finished second in the league. In the following campaign, he won the Ekstraklasa championship with Wisła Kraków and was the club's top goalscorer with nine goals in the league.

Groningen

On 30 August 2012, Kirm joined Eredivisie club Groningen on a contract until 2014.[6]

Omonoia

In 2014, after his contract with Groningen ended, Kirm moved to

Omonoia
. He scored eleven league goals in two seasons, and left the club in 2016 when his contract ended.

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 25 June 2016, he signed for Slovenian champions

Olimpija Ljubljana.[7]

International career

Kirm made his debut for the Slovenia national team in August 2007 in a friendly against Montenegro in Podgorica. In his second appearance for the national team, Kirm provided the assist for Milivoje Novaković's goal in a 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying win over Luxembourg.[8] Since then, he has become one of the most important players of the team led by Matjaž Kek.[9] Kirm was the only player, besides Novaković, who played in all 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[10] He also appeared in the starting lineup in both play-off matches with Russia, after which Slovenia qualified for the final tournament. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he played in all three group stage games.[9] Overall, he earned a total of 71 caps, scoring 6 goals.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2014
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slovan 2002–03 3. SNL 7 1 — — 7 1
2003–04 3. SNL 10 0 — — 10 0
Total 17 1 — — 17 1
Svoboda
 2003–04 2. SNL 8 0 — — 8 0
2004–05 2. SNL 30 4 1 0 — 31 4
Total 38 4 1 0 — 39 4
Domžale 2005–06 PrvaLiga 29 0 1 0 1 0 31 0
2006–07 PrvaLiga 31 6 1 0 2 0 34 6
2007–08 PrvaLiga 32 9 3 0 4 0 39 9
2008–09 PrvaLiga 35 7 2 0 4 0 41 7
Total 127 22 7 0 11 0 145 22
Wisła Kraków 2009–10 Ekstraklasa 30 3 4 0 2 0 36 3
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 25 9 3 0 2 0 30 9
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 27 4 4 0 12 2 43 6
2012–13 Ekstraklasa 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 83 16 11 0 16 2 110 18
Groningen 2012–13 Eredivisie 31 1 2 0 — 33 1
2013–14 Eredivisie 25 2 2 0 — 27 2
Total 56 3 4 0 0 0 60 3
Career total 321 46 23 0 27 2 371 48

International

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kirm goal.
List of international goals scored by Andraž Kirm
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 August 2009 Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia  San Marino 3–0 5–0 2010 World Cup qualification
2 3 March 2010 Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia  Qatar 3–0 4–1
Friendly
3 4 June 2010 Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia  New Zealand 3–1 3–1 Friendly
4 29 February 2012 Bonifika Stadium, Koper, Slovenia  Scotland 1–0 1–1 Friendly
5 15 August 2012 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Romania 4–2 4–3 Friendly
6 7 June 2013 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 1–0 4–2 2014 World Cup qualification

Honours

Domžale

Wisła Kraków

References

  1. ^ "Andraz Kirm". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ Viškovič, Rok (20 July 2019). "Tih, marljiv, pomemben, a ne dovolj spoštovan. Andraž Kirm" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "30 Andraž KIRM" (in Slovenian). NK Domžale. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Słoweńcy już wiedzą ile będzie zarabiał Kirm". wislaportal.pl (in Polish). 30 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Reprezentant Słowenii w Wiśle!" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Sloveens international Andraz Kirm definitief naar FC Groningen". FC Groningen (in Dutch). 30 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. RTV Slovenija
    . 8 September 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  9. ^ a b "17 Andraz KIRM". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  10. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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