- Marek Hamšík
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Marek Hamšík 
Personal information Date of birth 27 July 1987 Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Attacking Midfielder Club information Current club Napoli Number 17 Youth career 2001 Jupie Podlavice 2002–2004 Slovan Bratislava Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004 Slovan Bratislava 6 (1) 2004–2007 Brescia 65 (10) 2007– Napoli 148 (43) National team‡ Slovakia U-17 6 (3) 2005–2006 Slovakia U-19 6 (1) 2006–2007 Slovakia U-21 2 (0) 2007– Slovakia 51 (8) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011Marek Hamšík (born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli and captains the Slovakia national team.
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Club career
Early career
Despite the fact that Hamšík grew up in Banská Bystrica, he has never played for major local team Dukla Banská Bystrica. Instead he began playing for a small youth team Jupie Podlavice.[1] In 2002, he signed with a major Slovak team Slovan Bratislava. He played once for the Slovan A-team and scored a goal.
He moved from Slovan to Brescia in 2004 as a 17 year old young talent at a transfer fee of €500,000.[2] His first match in Serie A with Brescia was against Chievo Verona on 20 March 2005 when he was 17 years and 237 days old.[2] Later in that season, Brescia finished 19th in the Serie A league and were relegated to the Serie B. In 2005–06, he played 24 league matches for Brescia in Serie B, with Brescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive 2006–07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches.
Napoli
Hamšík playing for Napoli
On 28 June 2007 newly-promoted Serie A club Napoli announced that Hamšík had signed a five-year contract with them.[3] The transfer cost Napoli €5.5 million. The president of the club De Laurentiis described him as a player who should be closely watched in the future.[4]
He played his first major match with Napoli against Cesena in the first round of the Italian Cup. Napoli won 4–0, Hamšík made the opening goal and scored the second himself. He scored his first goal in the Serie A on 16 September 2007 in the match against Sampdoria.[5]
His football icon is Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd.[6] In 2007 he was voted the second best Slovak footballer of the year (after Martin Škrtel) and also he was voted the best young Slovak footballer (The Peter Dubovský Trophy).[7] Hamšík ended his first season with Napoli as the club's top scorer, with nine goals from 37 games. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Hamšík scored in both of Napoli's first two games and went on to score a further 9 goals in his second season with the club, finishing as Napoli's top scorer for the second year running.[8] In 2009 he was again runner-up as best Slovak footballer of the year[9] and repeated his success as the best young Slovak footballer.[10]
International career
Hamšík in national team jerseyHamšík represented Slovakia at junior level, playing in the UEFA Under-17 European Championships qualifiers [11] and the UEFA Under-19 European Championships.[12] He played also for the Slovak U-21 national team.
He is a regular member of the Slovak national team. He made his debut on 7 February 2007[13] in the friendly match against Poland which ended 2–2.[14] He played his second match against Germany in the Euro 2008 qualification, which Slovakia lost 2–1.[15] He has become the key member of the attack in the national team, usually playing as a left or central attacking midfielder. Hamsik captained his country in their first World Cup experience in South Africa 2010, where Slovakia was beaten by later finalist Netherlands in the first knockout stage match.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 October 2007 Štadión Zimný, Dubnica, Slovakia 
San Marino1 – 0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 2. 21 November 2007 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino3 – 0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 3. 6 September 2008 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 
Northern Ireland2 – 0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4. 19 November 2008 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia 
Liechtenstein1 – 0 4–0 Friendly match 5. 19 November 2008 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Liechtenstein2 – 0 4–0 Friendly match 6. 10 February 2009 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus 
Ukraine2 – 0 2–3 Friendly match 7. 5 September 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 
Czech Republic2 – 1 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 8. 14 November 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 
United States1 – 0 1–0 Friendly match Correct as of 25 February 2010 Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Slovan Bratislava 2003–04 6 1 - - - - 6 1 Total 6 1 - - - - 6 1 Brescia 2004–05 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0 2005–06 24 0 4 1 - - 28 1 2006–07 40 10 5 1 - - 45 11 Total 65 10 9 2 - - 74 12 Napoli 2007–08 37 9 3 1 - - 40 10 2008–09 32 9 2 1 6 2 40 12 2009–10 37 12 2 0 - - 39 12 2010–11 37 11 2 0 10 2 49 13 2011–12 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 Total 148 43 9 2 18 5 175 50 Career total 219 54 18 4 18 5 255 63 References
- ^ Harsányi, Ladislav (28 June 2007). "Prinesie Hamšík do Podlavíc milióny ?" (in Slovak). pravda.sk. http://futbal.pravda.sk/prinesie-hamsik-do-podlavic-miliony-db7-/sk_fligaz.asp?c=A070627_222712_sk_fligaz_p28. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b Rastislav Hribik (27 April 2007). "Hamšík home at Brescia". uefa.com. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=530764.html.[dead link]
- ^ "Napoli capture Hamsyk". Football Italia. 28 June 2007. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun28p.html.[dead link]
- ^ Nadia Carminati, Vasek Kadlec (1 July 2007). "Napoli bag Hamsik". Sky Sports. http://home.skysports.com/transferarticle.aspx?hlid=474670.[dead link]
- ^ Alessandro Ruta (16 September 2007). "E' un Napoli da applausi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Napoli/Primo_Piano/2007/09_Settembre/16/napolisamp_1609.shtml. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ SME.sk (14 June 2007). "Hamšík je európsky prestupový hit" (in Slovak). http://www.sme.sk/c/3346789/Hamsik-je-europsky-prestupovy-hit.html. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Martin Škrtel najlepším futbalistom SR za rok 2007" (in Slovak). profutbal.sk. 3 February 2008. http://www.profutbal.sk/clanok56380.htm. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Marek Hamsik tops Ronaldinho". ESPN. 27 August 2008. http://www.espnstar.com/football/serie-a/news/detail/item108437/Marek-Hamsik-tops-Ronaldinho/. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Liverpool defender Skrtel gets Slovak vote". Agence France-Presse. 28 March 2009. http://sports.sg.msn.com/football/bpl/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2957416.[dead link]
- ^ "Futbalista roka: Martin Škrtel" (in Slovak). Slovenský rozhlas. http://www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/2007/index.php?lang=1&stationID=0&page=showNews&id=65684.[dead link]
- ^ "UEFA U-17 European Championships; Lettland 1–4 Slowakei" (in German). uefa.com. 9 October 2003. http://de.uefa.com/competitions/under17/history/season=2004/round=1656/match=70994/report=ev.html.[dead link]
- ^ "UEFA U-19 European Championships; Litauen 1–3 Slowakei" (in German). uefa.com. 24 October 2004. http://de.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2005/round=1924/match=74138/report=ev.html.[dead link]
- ^ "Slovak football national team players". http://www.slovak-football.sk/index.php?menu=repre. Retrieved 8 November 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Polska zremisowała ze Słowacją" (in Polish). WirtualnaPolska. 7 February 2007. http://euro2008.wp.pl/kat,1728,wid,8722201,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=13f83.[dead link]
- ^ "Nemecko – Slovensko 2:1" (in Czech). iDnes.cz. 6 June 2007. http://fotbal.idnes.cz/db_fotbal.asp?online=7044044. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
External links
- Player profile on Napoli's official website
Awards • 2 Pekarík • 3 Škrtel • 4 Čech • 5 Zabavník • 6 Štrba • 7 Weiss • 8 Kozák • 9 Šesták • 10 Sapara • 11 Vittek • 12 Perniš • 13 Hološko • 14 Jakubko • 15 Stoch • 16 Ďurica • 17 Hamšík (c) • 18 Jendrišek • 19 Kucka • 20 Kopúnek • 21 Saláta • 22 Petráš • 23 Kuciak • Coach: Weiss
S.S.C. Napoli – current squad 1 De Sanctis · 2 Grava · 3 Fideleff · 4 Donadel · 6 Aronica · 7 Cavani · 8 Dossena · 9 Mascara · 11 Maggio · 14 Campagnaro · 15 Colombo · 17 Hamšík · 18 Zúñiga · 19 Santana · 20 Džemaili · 21 Fernández · 22 Lavezzi · 23 Gargano · 28 Cannavaro (c) · 29 Pandev · 31 Dezi · 32 Chávez · 33 Rinaudo · 83 Rosati · 85 Britos · 88 Inler · 99 C. Lucarelli · Head Coach: Mazzarri
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Banská Bystrica
- ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
- Brescia Calcio players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Association football midfielders
- Slovak expatriate footballers
- Slovak footballers
- Slovakia international footballers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
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