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| Full name | Filip Šebo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | 1. FC Köln II | 50 | (25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Artmedia Bratislava | 33 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Austria Vienna | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Rangers | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Valenciennes | 62 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Slovan Bratislava | 37 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006– | Slovakia | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Filip Šebo (born 24 February 1984) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava.
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Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released from Köln. Eight goals in twenty-five appearances earned him a transfer to Artmedia Bratislava – known for their run in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
In the summer of 2005, after 22 goals in 29 games and the award for the league's top-scorer, he was bought by Austrian side Austria Vienna who paid approximately £400,000 for him. Šebo played 32 times, scoring 5 goals for the Austrian side, helping them to achieve an Austrian Bundesliga and Cup double.
Rangers manager Paul Le Guen made Šebo his ninth signing on 3 August 2006 after Austria Vienna and Rangers agreed a fee of £1.85m.[1] Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on September 17, against Hibernian in an SPL match and he scored.[2] His first home goal came on 1 October scoring a late winner in a 1–0 victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox.[3] Šebo played his first European match for Rangers on 28 September, playing the last 15 minutes of a UEFA Cup first-round second-leg tie against Molde FK. Rangers won 2–0 to qualify for the group stage.[4] Despite his lack of goals, he became something of a cult figure for Rangers, due to both his tremendous workrate and his distinctive broad, stocky build and shaven head.
In a friendly against Airdrie United on 31 January 2007, Šebo scored in a 3–0 win, his first goal in 3 months for the club. In another friendly, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 defeat of Gretna. In July 2007, Šebo scored Rangers second goal in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win over Chelsea, it was his first goal at Ibrox in almost 10 months.
On 22 August 2007, Šebo joined French Ligue 1 side Valenciennes on a year long loan deal.[5] He scored his first goal for Valenciennes in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Sochaux on 27 September 2007. He netted his first and second league goals on 11 November against Caen.
He completed a permanent switch to France on 29 May 2008, with Valenciennes paying a fee of around one million pounds.[6]
On 15 September 2010 Šebo joined Slovan Bratislava. The striker become free agent from the French club of Valenciennes and signed a deal until June 2012 with the Slovak side.[7] From the 10th round onwards he scored 22 league goals and, subsequently, became the top scorer of the league once again, beating the nearest opponent by 4 goals, while playing only in approximately 22 competitive matches, leaving former employers mystified.
On 15 August 2006, Šebo made his debut for the Slovakia national team in a friendly against Malta. He marked the occasion by scoring a hat-trick.[8] He scored another two goals in his second international match against Cyprus.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| ? | November 17, 2010 | Bratislava | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2-3 | Loss | Friendly |
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