Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic and Japan.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marek Špilár | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Stropkov, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 2013 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Prešov, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1994 | MŠK Tesla Stropkov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Petra Drnovice | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Tatran Prešov | 53 | (6) |
| 1997–2000 | 1. FC Košice | 75 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Sigma Olomouc | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Club Brugge | 32 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 24 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Slovakia U-21 | 10 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Slovakia | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2010 | |||
Špilár was capped 30 times for the Slovak national team from 1997 to 2002.[2]
Špilár died in September 2013 at the age of 38 when he committed suicide by jumping out of a fifth-floor flat window in the city of Prešov.[3]
Club statistics
edit| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Czech Republic | League | |||
| 1993/94 | Petra Drnovice | Gambrinus liga | 1 | 0 |
| 1994/95 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Slovakia | League | |||
| 1995/96 | Tatran Prešov | Superliga | 27 | 0 |
| 1996/97 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 1997/98 | Košice | Superliga | 25 | 0 |
| 1998/99 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1999/00 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Czech Republic | League | |||
| 2000/01 | Baník Ostrava | Gambrinus liga | 23 | 0 |
| 2001/02 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2001/02 | Sigma Olomouc | Gambrinus liga | 8 | 0 |
| Belgium | League | |||
| 2002/03 | Brugge | First Division | 6 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2004/05 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005/06 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Japan | League | |||
| 2006 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | J1 League | 21 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Country | Czech Republic | 40 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 128 | 9 | ||
| Belgium | 31 | 0 | ||
| Japan | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 223 | 10 | ||
Honours
editClub Brugge
References
edit- ^ "Slovak football mourning Marek Špilár". UEFA. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.=
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- ^ "Ex-Slovak international Marek Spilar commits suicide". AFP. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.[dead link]
- ^ Marek Špilár at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "SUPERCOUPE DE BELGIQUE. FIN". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
External links
edit- Marek Špilár at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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