Marek Hamšík

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Marek Hamšík
Personal information
Full name Marek Hamšík
Date of birth July 27, 1987 (1987-07-27) (age 20)
Place of birth    Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 17
Youth clubs
2001
2002-2004		 Jupie Podlavice
Slovan Bratislava[1]
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004
2004-2007
2007-		 Slovan Bratislava
Brescia
Napoli		 1 (1)
65 (10)
37 (9)   
National team2
2007-present Slovakia 13 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 26, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Marek Hamšík [2] (born July 27, 1987 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak football midfielder, who currently plays for Napoli in Serie A. He represents Slovakia at international level.

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[edit] Club career

Although Hamšík grew up in Banská Bystrica, he never played for the major team Dukla Banská Bystrica. He started playing for a small youth team called Jupie Podlavice in Banská Bystrica.[1] In 2002 he signed with a major Slovak team Slovan Bratislava. He played for the Slovan A-team in one match, in which he scored a goal.

He moved to Brescia in 2004 as a 17 year old young talent from Slovan. The transfer cost Brescia €500,000.[3] His first match in Brescia was against Chievo Verona in March 2005.[3] Later that season Brescia finished 19th and was relegated to the Serie B. In 2005-06 he played 24 league matches for Brescia in Serie B, Brescia finished 10th. He had an impressive 2006-07 season, he scored 10 goals in 40 matches.This season he has scored 6 goals and has played 20 games.

[edit] Transfer to Napoli

On June 28, 2007 newly-promoted Serie A club Napoli announced Hamšík signed a five-year contract with them.[4] The transfer cost Napoli €5.5million, the president of the club De Laurentiis said Hamsik is a player to look for in the future. [5]

He played his first major match for Napoli against Cesena in the first round of the Italian Cup. Napoli won 4-0, Hamsik passed to the opening goal and scored the second goal himself.[6] Scored his first goal in the Serie A on September 16, 2007, in the match against U.C. Sampdoria.[7]

His favorite player is Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd.[8] In 2007 he was voted second best Slovak footballer of the year (behind Martin Škrtel) and also voted best young slovak footballer (The Peter Dubovský Trophy).[9]

[edit] International career

Hamšík has represented Slovakia in the junior caregories. He played for Slovakia at qualification fot the UEFA Under-17 European Championships[10] and for the UEFA Under-19 European Championships.[11] He is a member of the Slovak U-21 national team.

He appeared 4 times for the Slovak national team. He made his debut on February 7, 2007[12] in the friendly match against Poland which ended 2-2.[13] Played his second match against Germany in the Euro 2008 qualification, Slovakia lost 2-1, Hamsik played the whole match.[14] According to him, Slovakia lost this important match just by its own errors.[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Harsányi , Ladislav. (2007-06-28). Prinesie Hamšík do Podlavíc milióny? (Slovak). pravda.sk.
  2. ^ sometimes incorrectly spelled: Marek Hamsyk
  3. ^ a b Rastislav Hribik (2007-04-27). Hamšík home at Brescia. uefa.com.
  4. ^ Football Italia (2007-06-28). Napoli capture Hamsyk.
  5. ^ Nadia Carminati & Vasek Kadlec (2007-07-01). Napoli bag Hamsik. Sky Sports.
  6. ^ Coppa: Genoa and Napoli celebrate. Channel 4 (2007-08-15).
  7. ^ Alessandro Ruta (2007-09-16). E' un Napoli da applausi (italian). Gazetta dello Sport.
  8. ^ SME.sk. Hamšík je európsky prestupový hit (Slovak).
  9. ^ Martin Škrtel najlepším futbalistom SR za rok 2007 (slovak). profutbal.sk (2008-02-03).
  10. ^ UEFA U-17 European Championships; Lettland 1-4 Slowakei (German). uefa.com (2003-10-09).
  11. ^ UEFA U-19 European Championships; Lituaen 1-3 Slowakei (German). uefa.com (2004-10-24).
  12. ^ Slovak football national team players
  13. ^ WirtualnaPolska (2007-02-07). Polska zremisowała ze Słowacją (Polish).
  14. ^ iDnes.cz (2007-06-06). Nemecko - Slovensko 2:1 (Czech).
  15. ^ Cho, Tomáš. (2007-06-06). Hamšík: Zdolali sme sa sami (Slovak). futbal.zoznam.sk.

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