Fabijan Cipot

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fabijan Cipot

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|25}}

| birth_place = Murska Sobota, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.92 m{{cite web |last1=Strack-Zimmermann |first1=Benjamin |title=Fabijan Cipot (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6049/Fabijan_Cipot.html |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=en}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Mura

| years1 = 1996–1999

| years2 = 2000–2002

| years3 = 2003

| years4 = 2003–2005

| years5 = 2006

| years6 = 2006–2007

| years7 = 2007–2008

| years8 = 2008–2011

| years9 = 2011–2013

| clubs1 = Mura

| clubs2 = Maribor

| clubs3 = Al Sadd SC

| clubs4 = Al-Arabi SC

| clubs5 = Nafta Lendava

| clubs6 = Maribor

| clubs7 = Luzern

| clubs8 = Rudar Velenje

| clubs9 = Mura 05

| caps1 = 84

| caps2 = 55

| caps3 =

| caps4 =

| caps5 = 12

| caps6 = 31

| caps7 = 12

| caps8 = 99

| caps9 = 46

| goals1 = 20

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 =

| goals4 =

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 11

| goals9 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2007

| nationalteam1 = Slovenia

| nationalcaps1 = 26

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Puconci

}}

Fabijan Cipot (born 25 August 1976) is a retired Slovenian football defender.

Club career

Cipot started his career at his hometown club Bakovci. As a youngster he moved to the nearby Mura. He made his Mura debut on 7 May 1997 in a 1. SNL tie with Rudar Velenje.{{Cite news|title=Rudar Velenje 1:1 Mura|url=https://www.prvaliga.si/tekmovanja/default.asp?action=tekma&id_tekme=6335|publisher=Slovenian PrvaLiga |date=7 May 1997 |access-date=18 September 2009 |language=sl}} In the following season he established himself as a regular first team player. In January 2000 he left Mura and signed with Maribor. After four seasons with Maribor, he moved to Qatar, where he played for Al-Sadd SC and Al-Arabi SC. After three seasons in Qatar, he returned to Europe. His trial in summer 2005 at Norwegian Brann ended with injury suffered in a friendly match against Birmingham City.{{Cite news | title = Painful exit as Blues battered |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0200sport/globalsport/2005/07/20/painful-exit-as-blues-battered-50002-15758223/ | publisher = icBirmingham | date = 20 July 2005 | access-date = 18 September 2009 }} He returned in spring 2006, playing for Nafta Lendava.{{Cite news | title = Cipot se vrača po težki poškodbi | url = https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/cipot-se-vraca-po-tezki-poskodbi/110093 | publisher = RTV Slovenija | date = 16 December 2005 | access-date = 18 September 2009 | language = sl}} In summer 2006 he signed with Maribor. After a year in Maribor, he moved to Swiss side Lucerne. In February 2008 he left Lucerne and signed with Rudar Velenje.{{Cite news | title = "Rudar" Fabijan Cipot | url = https://www.24ur.com/sport/rudar-fabijan-cipot.html | website = 24ur.com | language = sl| date = 5 February 2008 | access-date = 18 September 2009 }} In June 2011 he left Rudar Velenje and signed a contract with Mura 05.

International career

Cipot made his debut for Slovenia in a February 1999 friendly match against Switzerland, and earned a total of 26 caps.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/slov-recintlp.html|title=Appearances for Slovenia National Team|access-date=19 August 2023|website=RSSSF}}{{cite web |title=Fabijan Cipot, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3609 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=25 June 2022}}

Personal life

Cipot's sons Kai and Tio are also professional footballers.{{cite web |title=Mura v prihodnost z dvema novima pogodbama: Družina Cipot ima še enega aduta |url=https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/Mura-v-prihodnost-z-dvema-novima-pogodbama-Druzina-Cipot-ima-se-enega-aduta |publisher=Nogomania |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=sl |date=12 June 2020}}