Ľubomír Moravčík

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Ľubomír Moravčík
Full name	Ľubomír Moravčík
Date of birth	June 22, 1965 (1965-06-22) (age 42)
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72m (5ft 8in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983–1990 1990–1996 1996–1998 1998 1998–2002 2002	Plastika Nitra AS Saint-Étienne Sporting Club de Bastia MSV Duisburg Celtic JEF United Ichihara Chiba	119 (30) 197 (31) 033 0(8) 005 0(0) 076 (29) 003 0(0)
National team
1985–1993 1993–	Czechoslovakia Slovakia	042 0(7) 037 0(6)
Teams managed
2004–2005 2005–	MFK Ružomberok Slovakia U-16
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ľubomír Moravčík (born June 22, 1965 in Nitra) is a former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (42 caps, seven goals) and Slovakia (37 caps, six goals). He was a member of the Czechoslovakian team at Italia 90, where he was sent off against Germany in the quarter-final in Milan.

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

Moravčík's first two goals for Celtic came against their arch-rivals Rangers on November 21, 1998, in what turned out to be a memorable 5–1 victory in the midst of a very poor season. He stayed at Celtic Park for a total of four seasons, winning two SPL championships, one Scottish Cup and two CIS Insurance Cups.

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 with both feet, often taking free kicks and corners with either foot. [2].

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.

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Unofficial fansite
(German) Lubomir Moravcik at transfermarkt.de

v • d • e 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 Palúch • Coach: Vengloš