Tomaž Kavčič

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Tomaž Kavčič
Personal information
Full name Tomaž Kavčič
Date of birth (1953-11-28) 28 November 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Novo Mesto, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Gorica 31 (1)
1992–1993 Svoboda 14 (1)
Managerial career
1997–1998
Črnuče Factor
1998–1999
Svoboda
2001–2002 Bela Krajina
2002–2003 Grosuplje
2003 Ljubljana
2003–2004 Brinje
2004–2005 Bela Krajina
2006
Factor
2007 Bela Krajina
2007–2008 Livar
2008–2014 Slovenia U21
2014–2015
Qingdao Jonoon
2016
Hunan Billows
2017–2018 Slovenia
2019–2020
Qingdao Red Lions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomaž Kavčič (born 28 November 1953) is a Slovenian

Slovenian national team between 2017 and 2018, and Slovenian under-21 team for eight years between 2008 and 2014; he was also an assistant manager of the national team manager Srečko Katanec between 2016 and 2017.[1] While playing for Gorica he scored his debut goal in the Slovenian PrvaLiga aged 38 years and 4 months, which is still a Slovenian record.[2]

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career he took his first coaching job as assistant manager to Milan Miklavič at

Svoboda and stayed for another year before leading the amateur MNZ Ljubljana team in Slovenia's first UEFA Regions' Cup
appearance in 1999.

The same year he returned to Gorica under Miklavič and took charge of the youth team and for a short spell he made his debut in the First Division as coach of the senior team. Kavčič started his first full season as coach in the 1. SNL at his hometown club Bela Krajina, but after the 2001–02 season he went back to the lower leagues with Grosuplje. After another brief spell, his career really took off with two promotions in three years. After spending the first part of the 2003–04 season in the First Division with Ljubljana, Kavčič returned to Bela Krajina where he gained promotion in 2004.

The team fought off relegation in 2004–05, but Kavčič took on a new challenge after two years in charge. Again he took over a second tier team, this time his old club Factor, and this time the small local team from the banks of the

Livar
for the 2007–08 season which ended in relegation in their first and only appearance in the top tier.

Slovenia under-21 team

In February 2008, Kavčič took over the

Sweden 2–1 at Ljudski vrt with Lazarević's penalty, but it wasn't enough for a play-off berth as the Swedes won their last game against Ukraine.[6]

Kavčič managed his last game as the manager of under-21 team in May 2014 in a 5–0 victory against Andorra.[7]

Qingdao Jonoon

In July 2014, Kavčič was confirmed as the new manager of

Harbin Yiteng. After the 4–1 loss they racked up a nine-game unbeaten run which started with winning the Qingdao derby against Qingdao Hainiu
by two goals without reply.

Kavčič signing autographs in Qingdao after winning the derby against Hainiu in July 2015.

Round 10 brought renewed hope to the fans as one of the founding members of the Chinese

Jiangxi Liansheng 2–0 reignited talks of a return to the top tier in their second attempt. On 12 July Jonoon won the derby against city rivals Hainiu courtesy of a Quan Lei strike in the 80th minute[9]
but despite the 1–0 win a good run of results with a depleted squad Kavčič was frozen out of the team since the middle of July - when Jonoon was still fighting for promotion.

On 5 October he confirmed that he and his assistant

Hunan Xiangtao on 30 November.[12]

Hunan Xiangtao

In

Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
beat Hunan 2–0 at home and Kavčič suffered his first official defeat at the Yiyang based club. More defeats followed and together with internal dissent which almost cost Hunan relegation in 2015 the team dropped down the table. Kavčič offered to resign and before leaving the club he was offered an adviser's role.

Slovenia national team

On 4 December 2017, Kavčič was appointed as the new manager of the Slovenian national team, replacing Katanec.[15] Kavčič was previously a part of Katanec's technical team between 2016 and 2017.[1] After five defeats in seven matches, he was sacked on 17 October 2018, becoming the shortest-serving Slovenian manager in history.[16][17]

Honours

Manager

Factor Ježica

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Slovenia 4 December 2017 17 October 2018 7 1 1 5 014.29 [18]

References

  1. ^
    RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ Ž. J. (4 December 2017). "Iz Katančevih ust v ušesa NZS, novi selektor je ..." zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ STA (15 April 2007). "Slavje Koprčanov". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. ^ Klemen Kos (19 January 2012). "V Sloveniji smo Copperfieldi" [We are "Copperfields" in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Nogomania.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ^ Š. Ro. (6 September 2012). "U-21: Slovenija po zmagi nad Švedsko še upa na EP" [Slovenia still hoping for European Championship after win over Sweden] (in Slovenian). Delo.si. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b Klemen Kos (22 July 2014). "Kavčič odhaja na Kitajsko" [Kavcic is going to China] (in Slovenian). Nogomania.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ^ "League One Round up: Promotion Race goes down to the wire as Chengdu bid farewell". 28 October 2014.
  9. ^ "League One Round 17 Wrap: Yanbian Ease Past Hebei, BG beat Dalian and Jonoon Win the Qingdao Derby". 14 July 2015.
  10. ^ Jernej Suhadolnik (5 October 2015). "Španski in angleški prvak na kolenih" [Spanish and English champions on their knees] (in Slovenian). Delo.si. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  11. ^ "League One Round 28 Wrap: Yanbian win promotion with difficult draw in Wuhan; Hebei and Dalian both win". 20 October 2015.
  12. ^ Jernej Suhadolnik (5 December 2015). "Kavčič našel nov izziv na Kitajskem" [Kavcic found a new challenge in China] (in Slovenian). Delo.si. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  13. ^ "League One Round 1 Wrap: Quanjian and Yifang win, Beijing teams held, Transcending in Shanghai". 14 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Wild East Football".
  15. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  16. RTV Slovenija
    . Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  17. ^ Uredništvo (17 October 2018). "Kavčič zapušča klop slovenske reprezentance" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Tomaž Kavčič – national football team manager". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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