Zlatko Zahovič (born 1 February 1971) is a Slovenian former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

He was one of the best Slovenian footballers. After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica, he went on to have unassuming spells in Spain and Greece. He was great known by dribble and goal-scoring ability alike.

The all-time record holder in caps and goals for the Slovenian national team, Zahovič was an essential member as it qualified for the first time ever to a European Championship and a World Cup, in the early 2000s.

His son, named Luka, is also a footballer and was called for the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Zahovič was born in Maribor, Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1989, the 18-year-old Kovinar player was noticed by FK Partizan's Milko Ǵurovski, at the time doing his mandatory military service in town, and recommended the youngster to the national giants.

With the Belgrade side, he was retatively used over the course of three seasons - he also played one year on loan for FK Proleter Zrenjanin - contributing with 15 matches and three goals as Partizan won the 1992–93 national championship.