Matjaž Cvikl

Matjaž Cvikl
Personal information
Full name	Matjaž Cvikl
Date of birth	13 January 1967
Place of birth	Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	27 July 1999 (aged 32)
Place of death	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1993	Rudar Velenje
1991	→ Maribor (loan)
1993–1995	Zeytinburnuspor
1995–1996	Rudar Velenje
1996–1997	Beltinci
1997–1998	Maribor
National team
1992–1995	Slovenia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Matjaž Cvikl (13 January 1967 – 27 July 1999)^[1] was a Slovenian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career[]

Born in Slovenj Gradec, Cvikl began playing professional football with local side Rudar Velenje before moving to Maribor.^[2] Cvikl played for Rudar Velenje and Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[3] He had spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Super Lig from 1993 to 1995.^[4]

Cvikl made six appearances for the senior Slovenia national football team.^[5]

After suffering from a long illness, Cvikl died in Ljubljana in July 1999.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Po daljši bolezni umrl Matjaž Cvikl" [Matjaž Cvikl died after a long illness] (in Slovenian). STA. 27 July 1999.
^ "Cvikl, Matjaž (vzdevek Ciko) športnik" [Cvikl, Matjaž (nicknamed Ciko) athlete] (in Slovenian). Šaleški Biographical Lexicon. 19 December 2012.
^ "CVIKL Matjaž". Strukljeva. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
^ "MATYAZ CVIKL". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
^ "Matjaž Cvikl". NZS. Retrieved 5 December 2008.