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>","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"17","0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Andraz Kirm","B30DC6D2B47145B087D8B1C6299DD194":"0","32F0494A6A8D9C00F8184D20C089D458":"1984-9-6","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"","809C0B5A31626463":"138792","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Andraz Kirm","72FFC7073AEDD99FBC6698239F961CC0":"2019-1-1","E630D11720E4B295":"1","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"1","2A56C1DBE121525F":"NK Bravo","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"Slovenia","A16C626949206183":"39032","249186B187931B83":"70kg","e_index":0};