Miran Pavlin
Miran Pavlin is a Slovenian football executive and former player who played as midfielder. He featured for clubs such as Olimpija, SC Freiburg, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL, Porto and Olimpija Ljubljana.
As of August 2024, Pavlin is the sporting director at Nottingham Forest.
Club career
In 2009, Pavlin joined Koper on a combined player-director of football contract. In his first season with Koper, he won the Slovenian PrvaLiga. His second season there started poorly – after a resounding 5–1 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb in UEFA Champions League qualifiers, he announced his immediate retirement, only to return to the Koper team a week later for a single league match against Rudar Velenje. Soon, after another dispute with club leadership regarding player signings and departures, he left the club altogether.International career
Pavlin made 63 appearances for the senior Slovenia national team between 1994 and 2004, scoring five goals. He was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. During the second leg of Slovenia's Euro 2000 play-off against Ukraine, it was Pavlin's goal which secured a 1–1 draw and an aggregate victory to send Slovenia to their first major tournament. His final international was an April 2004 friendly match away against Switzerland.Personal life
Luka Pavlin, who is also a footballer, is his nephew.Career statistics
International
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 17 November 1999 | Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying | |
| 2 | 23 February 2000 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 13 June 2000 | Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium | 2–0 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2000 | |
| 4 | 16 August 2000 | Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 17 April 2002 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
PortoKoper