Zlatko Zahovič
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zlatko Zahović | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maribor | |||
| Kovinar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Partizan | 37 | (6) |
| 1990–1991 | → Proleter Zrenjanin (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Vitória Guimarães | 79 | (13) |
| 1996–1999 | Porto | 84 | (27) |
| 1999–2000 | Olympiacos | 14 | (7) |
| 2000–2001 | Valencia | 20 | (3) |
| 2001–2005 | Benfica | 80 | (14) |
| 2008–2009 | Limbuš Pekre | 11 | (12) |
| Total | 350 | (82) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2004 | Slovenia | 80 | (35) |
| 2003 | Slovenia B | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Zlatko Zahovič (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈzlaːtkɔ ˈzaːxɔʋitʃ]; born 1 February 1971) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica where he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 246 games and 54 goals over the course of one full decade, he went on to have brief stints in Spain and Greece. He was known for dribbling and goal-scoring ability alike. Although primarily a midfielder, he scored 11 goals in 32 Champions League appearances and 35 in 80 for the Slovenian national team.
The all-time record holder in goals for Slovenia, Zahovič was an essential member of the squad as they qualified for the first time ever to a European Championship and a World Cup, in the early 2000s.
Zahovič was born in Maribor, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1989 the 18-year-old NK Kovinar Maribor player was noticed by FK Partizan's Milko Ǵurovski, at the time doing his mandatory military service in the town, who recommended the youngster to the club.
With the Belgrade club, he was retatively used over the course of three seasons – he also played one year on loan for FK Proleter Zrenjanin – contributing with 15 games and three goals as it won the 1992–93 national championship.
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