An ever-present during qualifying for South Africa 2010, winger Andraz Kirm has become one of Slovenia’s most important players during Matjaz Kek’s three-year reign. It was Kek who handed the talented wide man his senior debut in August 2007, and Kirm has barely missed a minute of international action since. Though he has forged a reputation at club level as an old-fashioned winger, the 25-year-old has adapted his game to play in a less adventurous wide midfield role for his national team, and in doing so has made himself one of the first names on Kek’s teamsheet.<\/P>
It was with his hometown team NK Svoboda that Ljubljana-born Kirm first caught the eye in 2004, and a move to the top flight with NK Domzale followed just a year later. Success wasn’t long in arriving either, and Kirm became an increasingly influential player as NK Domzale clinched two successive league titles in 2006\/07 and 2007\/08.<\/P>
The winger, who was by now an established international, was already attracting admiring glances from overseas and, after a year of sustained speculation, he moved to Wisla Krakow for an undisclosed fee on 2 July 2009. Wisla, the most successful Polish club of the past decade, represented a new challenge for Kirm, but it was one that he relished, immediately establishing himself as a first team regular. With the young winger high on confidence and in the form of his career, big things are expected at South Africa 2010.<\/P>","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Andraz Kirm","57C2653B331A7DDA9BB5C336225EACEB":"0","57C2653B331A7DDA71EF0009D79DD15B8B218E4BC397458C":"1","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"70kg","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Andraz Kirm","4EFF01CD2A1AA8474DF07D17EF0164A9":"Slovenia","55115EEDFFE75225FD0E1787F70FC7CB":"2019-1-1","0DC344593C67F298":"39032","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1984-9-6","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"183cm","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"Domzale","53F6A06F211D096A":"NK Bravo","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"","EB70E23140D61D3403104435C4316058":"17","e_index":4};