Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1964)

Vladimír Weiss
Personal information
Date of birth 22 September 1964 (1964-09-22) (age 47)
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Slovakia (head coach)
Slovan Bratislava (head coach)
Youth career
1976–1983 Rapid Bratislava
1983–1984 ČH Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Agro Hurbanovo
1986–1993 Inter Bratislava 126 (28)
1993 Sparta Praha 4 (1)
1993 Petra Drnovice 14 (2)
1994 DAC Dunajská Streda 31 (4)
1995–1996 1. FC Košice 24 (1)
1996–2000 Artmedia Petržalka 59 (7)
National team
1988–1990 Czechoslovakia 19 (1)
1993–1995 Slovakia 12 (1)
Teams managed
1998–1999 Artmedia Petržalka (assistant)
1999–2000 Artmedia Petržalka
2002–2004 Artmedia Petržalka
2004–2006 Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007 Saturn Moscow Oblast
2007–2008 Artmedia Petržalka
2008– Slovakia
2011– Slovan Bratislava
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vladimír Weiss (born 22 September 1964) is a Slovak football coach and former player. He is currently manager of the Slovakia national football team and club ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

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Playing career

Weiss played internationally for the national teams of Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. He played at club level for Inter Bratislava.[1]

International career

Weiss played in the 1990 World Cup for Czechoslovakia. He has 19 caps for Czechoslovakia and also 12 caps for Slovakia.[2]

Coaching career

As the coach of Artmedia Bratislava Weiss won the Slovak Corgoň Liga and reached the group stage in the 2005-06 season of UEFA Champions League. He coached FC Saturn Moscow Oblast from February 2006 to June 2007. He brought several Slovak footballers from his former club. In June 2007 he returned to FC Artmedia Bratislava like an "old-new coach".

Since 2008, he has been the head coach of the Slovakia national team.[3] On 14 October 2009, he led the team to the historic success of Slovakia's first-ever qualification of a major tournament, with Slovakia winning the qualifying group thanks to beating Poland 1-0 in an away match in the final qualifying game. On 24 June 2010, he led his Slovakia side to the World Cup last 16 after a 3-2 win over Italy.

Personal

His son, also named Vladimír Weiss, plays for Manchester City, while his father, also named Vladimír Weiss, was a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia.

Honours

Artmedia

References

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