Ľubomír Moravčík

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Ľubomír Moravčík
Personal information
Full name	Ľubomír Moravčík
Date of birth	June 22, 1965
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height	173 cm
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1983-1990 1990-1996 1996-1998 1998 1998-2002 2002	Plastika Nitra AS Saint-Étienne Sporting Club de Bastia MSV Duisburg Celtic F.C. JEF United Ichihara Chiba	119 (30) 197 (31) 33 (8) 5 (0) 76 (29) 3 (0)
National team**
1985-1993 1993-??	Czechoslovakia Slovakia	42 (7) 37 (6)
Teams managed
2004-2005 2005 - present	MFK Ružomberok Slovakia U-16
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 1, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of December 1, 2006.

Ľubomír Moravčík (born June 22, 1965 in Nitra) is a former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia.

He played at Saint-Étienne, Bastia and MSV Duisburg, before moving to Glasgow to play with Celtic in 1998. Signed by fellow Slovakian Dr Jozef Vengloš for a fee of £300,000, he became a hero in the eyes of the Parkhead faithful, forming an outstanding partnership with Henrik Larsson.

Moravčík's first goal for Celtic came against their arch rivals Rangers. He then went on to score Celtic's second goal in what turned out to be a memorable 5-1 victory. Reportedly described by Zinedine Zidane as the best attacking midfielder he had ever seen, [1] Moravčík was unusual in that he was highly proficient at ball control both feet [2].

Following his successful spell with Celtic, he once again joined up with Venglos at Japanese J. League team Ichihara in the summer of 2002.

Moravčík is his country's most capped player, with a total of 79 appearances for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He is currently the coach of Slovak national U-17 team.

[edit] External links

• Unofficial fansite
• (German) Lubomir Moravcik at transfermarkt.de

	Czechoslovakia squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Stejskal | 2 Bielik | 3 Kadlec | 4 Hašek | 5 Kocian | 6 Straka | 7 Bílek | 8 Chovanec | 9 Kubík | 10 Skuhravý | 11 Moravčík | 12 Fieber | 13 Němec | 14 Weiss | 15 Kinier | 16 Hýravý | 17 Knoflíček | 18 Luhový | 19 Griga | 20 Němeček | 21 Mikloško | 22 Paluch | Coach Jozef Vengloš