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Marián Kello Personal information Full name Marián Kello Date of birth 5 September 1982 Place of birth Gelnica, Czechoslovakia Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Heart of Midlothian Number 25 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2002 1. FC Košice 1 (0) 2002–2006 FC Vítkovice 88 (0) 2007–2010 FBK Kaunas 28 (0) 2008–2010 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 27 (0) 2010– Heart of Midlothian 40 (0) National team‡ 2011– Slovakia 3 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:45, 5 June 2011 (UTC)Marián Kello (born 5 September 1982) is a professional football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League.
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Club career
He began his career at Slovakian side 1. FC Košice in 2001, where he spent a year of his career before moving to Czech side, FC Vítkovice at the age of 19.[1] After a four-year spell with Vítkovice, he moved to Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas. He became first choice goalkeeper for Kaunas with his impressive displays against Scottish side, Rangers and Danish champions AaB Aalborg which helped earn him a move to Hearts.
Hearts
On 14 August 2008 he joined Hearts on Loan from Kaunas. He made his debut in a 2–1 victory against St Mirren He did not play for Hearts for a long period of the season, but made a return towards the end of the 2008–09 season.[2]
On 3 August 2010, Hearts announced he had signed a two year with the club after his contract at FBK Kaunas was terminated. He went on to establish himself firmly as hearts number one goalkeeper in season 2010–11. Hearts manager Jim Jefferies has described him as a top Keeper who makes world class saves. [3] Kello was awarded the SPL Player of the Month award for February 2011, along with winning the SPL Save of the Season award for a stop against Rangers' Steven Davies in the 2010/2011 season.
International career
Kello made his international debut on 9 February 2011 as a substitute against Luxembourg.
Personal awards and achievements
- Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: February 2011 [4]
- Scottish Premier League Save of the season 2010-2011[5]
External links
- Marián Kello career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at Transfermarkt
- Kello football.co.uk
- Hearts Profile
References
- ^ FC Vitkovice Eufo.de
- ^ Slovakian keeper joins Hearts
- ^ "BBC News Jefferies on Draw". 26 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/9408478.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "Player of the month". http://www.cbfootball.co.uk/monthly.aspx. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ "Cydsedale Bank season Awards". http://www.cbfootball.co.uk/seasonAwards1011.aspx. Retrieved May 04, 2011.
Heart of Midlothian F.C. – current squad 1 Balogh · 2 Hamill · 3 Grainger · 4 Jónsson · 5 Barr · 6 Webster · 7 Suso · 8 Black · 9 Kyle · 10 Elliott · 11 Driver · 12 Templeton · 13 Obua · 15 Sutton · 16 Stevenson · 17 McGowan · 18 Novikovas · 19 Skácel · 21 Taouil · 22 Smith · 23 Glen · 25 Kello · 26 Žaliūkas · 27 Robinson · 30 MacDonald · 31 Mrowiec · 34 Stewart · 49 McHattie · 51 Holt · 52 Smith · C. Thomson · Manager: Sérgio
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Slovak footballers
- MFK Košice players
- FC Vítkovice players
- FBK Kaunas footballers
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Slovak Superliga players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Slovak expatriate footballers
- Slovak expatriates in Scotland
- Slovak expatriates in the United Kingdom
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