Andraž Kirm

Andraž Kirm
	Kirm with Wisła Kraków in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	6 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–2002	Šmartno
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Slovan
2004–2005	Svoboda
2005–2009	Domžale
2009–2012	Wisła Kraków
2012–2014	FC Groningen
2014–2016	Omonia
2016–2017	Olimpija Ljubljana
2017–2018	Domžale
2019–2022	Bravo
Total
International career
2006	Slovenia U21
2007–2016	Slovenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andraž Kirm (born 6 September 1984) is a Slovenian former professional 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 Šmartno, and moved to Slovan in 2002. In 2004, he left for another club based in the Slovenian capital, 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]

Omonia

In 2014, after his contract with Groningen ended, Kirm moved to Cypriot First Division club Omonia. 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
Club	Season	Division	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

Ekstraklasa: 2010–11

References

^ "Andraz Kirm". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^ Viškovič, Rok (20 July 2019). "Tih, marljiv, pomemben, a ne dovolj spoštovan. Andraž Kirm" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "30 Andraž KIRM" (in Slovenian). NK Domžale. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Słoweńcy już wiedzą ile będzie zarabiał Kirm". wislaportal.pl (in Polish). 30 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ "Reprezentant Słowenii w Wiśle!" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^ "Sloveens international Andraz Kirm definitief naar FC Groningen". FC Groningen (in Dutch). 30 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
^ Ž. K. (25 June 2016). "Ugibanja potrjena, v Stožice prihaja Andraž Kirm" [Speculations are confirmed, Andraz Kirm is coming to Stozice] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Pričakovana zmaga, a bleda igra" [Expected win, but poor performance] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "17 Andraz KIRM". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Rijavec, Matej (12 November 2009). "Kirm: Ne smemo dopuščati preveč dvobojev ena na ena" [We should not allow too many one-on-one duels] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2023.