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>","8025E7E497D77CF6":"NK Bravo","797F91F0051E8E7502912D1DDA7DF5C1":"Slovenia","BCB817AACBF8A2A6870B9B82788BC0CB":"1","EABD711929A60B526AB9CD802EC5F0A7":"17","411CCFA197052F93":"Andraz Kirm","46F0C72A3415188ABA1E996C06156FBC05C24372D6636D63":"1","FAF88D97B63B269A":"183cm","2134628892B06B90":"Andraz Kirm","BFA4903D06441BD5032C18CFE9B50683":"","e_index":9};