Zoran Ubavič (28 October 1965 – 21 November 2015) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.

Zoran Ubavič
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-10-28)28 October 1965
Place of birth Celje, Yugoslavia
Date of death 21 November 2015(2015-11-21) (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

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Born in Celje to a military officer,[5] Ubavič suffered from severe dementia in his final years and died in 2015, aged 50.[6]

Honours

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Olimpija

Koper

Gorica

References

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  1. ^ "Zoran Ubavič". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Zoran Ubavič, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Derbi v spomin na Ubavića". 24ur.com.
  4. ^ "Slovenia – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Po hudi bolezni umrl Zoran Ubavić". Žurnal24 (in Slovenian). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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