Zoran Ubavič (28 October 1965 – 21 November 2015) was a Slovenian

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who played as a forward. Ubavič spent his entire career playing for Slovenian clubs and was also capped once for the Slovenia national team, on 3 June 1992 in a friendly against

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. He was the top scorer of the

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in its inaugural 1991–92 season, and is Olimpija's all-time leading goalscorer with 167 goals in 283 games across all competitions.

Personal life

Born in

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to a military officer, Ubavič suffered from severe dementia in his final years and died in 2015, aged 50.

Honours

Olimpija *

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: 1986–87 *

: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Slovenian Republic Cup: 1986–87 * Slovenian Cup: 1992–93 Koper *Slovenian Republic Cup: 1990–91 Gorica *Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1995–96 * Slovenian Supercup:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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Zoran Ubavič
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