Erik Jendrišek

Football player infobox
playername = Erik Jendrišek


fullname = Erik Jendrišek
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|10|26
cityofbirth = Trstená
countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
height =
currentclub = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | clubnumber = 26
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003–2006
2006–2007
2007–
2008
clubs = Ružomberok
→ Hannover 96 "(loan)"
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern II
caps(goals) = 56 0(30)
09 0(0)
33 0(10)
04 0(4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Slovakia U-21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 5 October 2008
ntupdate =

Erik Jendrišek (born 26 October 1986 in Trstená) is a Slovak football striker who plays for German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Club career

Ružomberok

Jendrišek was the best junior in Slovakia during the 2002-03 season. Playing as a professional with MFK Ružomberok between 2003 and 2006, he scored 30 goals in 56 league games. In 2006, he won the Slovak league and cup double with the club, also being the country's top goalscorer for the 2005-06 season with 21 goals, alongside Róbert Rák.

Hannover

In the summer of 2006, Jendrišek was signed by German Bundesliga side Hannover 96 on a season-long loan deal with the option of a permanent deal at the end of the season. [cite news
title = Die Roten verpflichten Erik Jendrisek
url = http://www.presseportal.de/text/story.htx?nr=846559&firmaid=52371
publisher = Presseportal
language = German
date = 2006-07-10
accessdate = 2008-08-20] He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 September 2006 in the first round of the 2006-07 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a substitute in their 3-2 away win at Dynamo Dresden. He went on to make his Bundesliga debut on 23 September 2006 in a 1-1 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen, once again coming on as a substitute. However, he never managed to find his place as a first-team regular with Hannover, finishing the season with only 9 Bundesliga appearances on his tally, all of them as a substitute.

Kaiserslautern

On 30 May 2007, Jendrišek moved to 2nd Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a three-year contract. [cite news
title = Bernier und Jendrisek zum FCK
url = http://www.kicker.de/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/artikel/366374?view=print
publisher = Kicker
language = German
date = 2007-05-30
accessdate = 2008-08-19] He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 4 August 2007 in their 4-0 away win at SV Wilhelmshaven in the first round of the 2007-08 DFB-Pokal. His league debut for Kaiserslautern came on 13 August 2007 in the club's opening match of the season, a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He quickly established himself as a regular with the club, scoring 5 goals in 16 league appearances during the first half of the season. He also recorded three assists during that period of the season.

However, the second half of the season was not very successful for him as he failed to score any goals in 10 league appearances, only recording one assist. Additionally, he was temporary suspended from the club's first team by coach Milan Šašić over lack of discipline. Instead of accepting a fine and return to first-team action, he chose to be relegated to the club's reserve team, where played four fourth-division games during March and April 2008. [cite news
title = Jendrisek schockt Sasic
url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/artikel/376894?view=print
publisher = Kicker
language = German
date = 2008-04-01
accessdate = 2008-08-19] He later apologised and accepted the fine. [cite news
title = Jendrisek entschuldigt sich
url = http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2007/index.php?f=91580.php
publisher = Bundesliga official website
language = German
date = 2008-04-09
accessdate = 2008-08-20] In his last match for the reserves, he scored a hat-trick in the team's 5-2 away win at TuS Mechtersheim. Shortly thereafter, he permanently returned to first-team action.

In Kaiserslautern's opening match of the 2008-09 2nd Bundesliga season, a 3-3 away draw at 1. FSV Mainz 05, Jendrišek came on as a half-time substitute after the team went 3-0 down in the first half and went on to score two goals in two minutes midway through the second half to level the score.

International career

Jendrišek has been capped for the Slovak national under-21 football team.

References

External links

* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/erik-jendrisek/ Weltfussball.de profile] de icon
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/41369/jendrisekerik/profil.html Transfermarkt.de profile] de icon