Karim Guédé

Karim Guédé
Personal information
Full name Karim Guédé
Date of birth 7 January 1985 (1985-01-07) (age 27)
Place of birth Hamburg, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Slovan Bratislava
Number 19
Youth career
SC Hamm 02
St. Pauli
Concordia Hamburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Concordia Hamburg 24 (0)
2005–2006 Hamburger SV II 24 (0)
2006–2009 Artmedia Petržalka 88 (9)
2010– Slovan Bratislava 60 (10)
National team
2011– Slovakia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2011

Karim Guédé (born 7 January 1985) is a naturalized Slovak football defensive midfielder who currently plays for the Slovak Corgoň Liga club ŠK Slovan Bratislava and the Slovakia national football team.

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Club career

Guédé, native of Hamburg, is a son of Togolese mother and French father. After playing for the Oberliga Hamburg club SC Concordia and Hamburger SV reserve he came to Artmedia Petržalka in July 2006. He made his the Corgoň Liga debut in a 4–0 defeat against Trenčín on 9 September 2006. He began playing as a defensive midfielder in Artmedia, previously he played as a defender. In the next season he won the Double. He moved to Slovan Bratislava in January 2010. In his first season in a new club he won the Slovak Cup. He won his second the Slovak Double in 2010–11. After 5 years in Slovakia he obtained Slovak citizenship and became a possible choice for the national team manager Vladimír Weiss.[1]

International career

Guédé made his the national team debut in the 2–1 away win against Austria on 10 August 2011.

Honours

Artmedia

Slovan

References

  1. ^ "Guédé dostal slovenské občianstvo" (in Slovak). profutbal. 2011-07-21. http://www.profutbal.sk/spravy/?id=122932. Retrieved 2011-07-31. 

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