Zoran Ubavič (28 October 1965 – 21 November 2015) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 October 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Celje, Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 21 November 2015 (aged 50) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Slovan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1995 | Olimpija | ||
| 1995–1997 | Gorica | 45 | (11) |
| 1997–1998 | Vevče | 13 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Ljubljana | 28 | (11) |
| 2001 | Svoboda Ljubljana | 5 | (1) |
| 2002 | Livar | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Factor | ||
| 2005–2008 | Olimpija Bežigrad | ||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Slovenia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ubavič spent his entire career playing for Slovenian clubs and was also capped once for the Slovenia national team, on 3 June 1992 in a friendly against Estonia in Tallinn.[2][3]
He was the top scorer of the Slovenian PrvaLiga in its inaugural 1991–92 season,[4] and is Olimpija's all-time leading goalscorer with 167 goals in 283 games across all competitions.[5]
Personal life
editBorn in Celje to a military officer,[5] Ubavič suffered from severe dementia in his final years and died in 2015, aged 50.[6]
Honours
editOlimpija
- Slovenian Republic League: 1986–87
- Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
- Slovenian Republic Cup: 1986–87
- Slovenian Cup: 1992–93
Koper
- Slovenian Republic Cup: 1990–91
Gorica
- Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1995–96
- Slovenian Supercup: 1996
References
edit- ^ "Zoran Ubavič". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Zoran Ubavič, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Derbi v spomin na Ubavića". 24ur.com.
- ^ "Slovenia – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ a b "V časovnem stroju: Dan, ko je svojo zadnjo tekmo odigral nepozabni Zoran Ubavić". NK Olimpija (in Slovenian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Po hudi bolezni umrl Zoran Ubavić". Žurnal24 (in Slovenian). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
External links
edit- Zoran Ubavič at NZS (in Slovene)
- Zoran Ubavič at National-Football-Teams.com
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