Sebastjan Cimirotič

Sebastjan Cimirotič
Personal information
Date of birth	14 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Slovan
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Slovan
1994–1996	Olimpija
1997	Rijeka
1998–2000	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2000–2001	Olimpija
2001–2003	Lecce
2004	Olimpija
2005	Celje
2005–2007	Incheon United
2006	→ Hajduk Split (loan)
2006–2007	→ Domžale (loan)
2007–2010	Olimpija Ljubljana
2011	Ljubljana
2012–2014	FC Hermagor
2017	FC St. Veit
Total
International career
1993–1995	Slovenia U21
1998–2005	Slovenia
2003	Slovenia B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastjan Cimirotič (born 14 September 1974) is a retired Slovenian football player who played as a forward.^[1]

He earned a total of 33 caps for the Slovenia national football team^[2] and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring the nation's first ever World Cup goal.^[3]

International career

Cimirotič debuted for Slovenia on 25 March 1998 against Poland.^[4] He represented Slovenia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring in their 3–1 defeat to Spain in Gwangju.^[5]

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

List of international goals scored by Sebastjan Cimirotič
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2001	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	2 June 2002	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju, South Korea	Spain	1–2	1–3	2002 FIFA World Cup
3	21 August 2002	Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	7 September 2002	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Malta	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
5	20 August 2003	Fazanerija, Murska Sobota, Slovenia	Hungary	2–0	2–1	Friendly
6	3 September 2005	Arena Petrol, Celje, Slovenia	Norway	1–1	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

^ Plestenjak, Rok (19 September 2014). "Sebastjan Cimirotić: Bil sem tik pred podpisom za Juventus" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ "Legende" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Sebastjan Cimirotič (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Sebastjan Cimirotič, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 24 June 2022.