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>","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","147403B66C8CB5C7":"138792","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Domzale,NK Olimpija Ljubljana,AC Omonia Nicosia,FC Groningen,Wisla Krakow","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Slovenia","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","8084EC95B881D770":"NK Bravo","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","A494ABC507986833":"Andraz Kirm","F52748F924D1E675":"70kg","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"183cm","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2019-1-1","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"17","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"Domzale","e_index":2};