In Ljubljana on 13 November 1999 he took one touch inside Ukraine's half, saw Oleksandr Shovkovskiy stranded and lobbed him from fifty metres to put Slovenia 2-1 up in the play-off. That goal opened the way to Euro 2000 and then the 2002 World Cup, the country's first two major tournaments, and he added league and cup titles at Red Star Belgrade before spells at Lille and Tottenham. Career record: 74 caps and 13 goals for Slovenia; club career at FK Crvena zvezda, Lille OSC, FK Austria Wien.
| 1995–1996 | NK Ljubljana |
| 1996–1998 | NK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 1996–1996 | FC Ljubljana |
| 1998–2002 | FK Crvena zvezda |
| 2002–2003 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2003–2006 | Lille OSC |
| 2006–2007 | Al Ittihad |
| 2007–2010 | FK Austria Wien |
| Slovenia | 74 caps, 13 goals |
Slovenia legends whose careers overlapped Ačimovič's
One rank above: Marko Simeunovič at #19.
One rank below: Miso Brečko at #21.
Slovenia's editorial top five: Jan Oblak · Samir Handanović · Branko Oblak · Zlatko Zahovič · Josip Iličić.