Filip Hološko

Filip Hološko

Hološko with Beşiktaş in 2010
Personal information
Full nameFilip Hološko
Date of birth17 January 1984
Place of birthPiešťany, Slovakia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Çaykur Rizespor
(on loan from Beşiktaş)
Number13
Youth career
1990–1998MFK Piešťany
1998–2001AS Trenčín
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2001AS Trenčín1(0)
2002–2005Slovan Liberec54(17)
2006–2008Manisaspor65(21)
2008–Beşiktaş144(42)
2011→ İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (loan)10(5)
2014–→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)20(2)
National team‡
2005–Slovakia64(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014

Filip Hološko (born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor on loan from Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Slovakia national football team.[1][2]

Career

International career

He came to international attention playing for the Slovakia Under-20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. On 3 September 2010, Hološko scored a last-minute goal against Macedonia after a Marek Hamšík assist to help provide a winning start to Slovakia's Euro 2012 qualification campaign.

Emerged from doubt, reaching for the stars

At the mid of 2007/08 season, he was transferred to Beşiktaş in exchange of the forward Burak Yılmaz (a promising youngster at the time) along with the veteran defender Koray Avcı plus a considerable sum of 5 million €. Regarding the huge amount paid, and two first team regulars given to an exchange deal, both Yıldırım Demirören and Beşiktaş J.K. board have severely been criticized by media pundits. However, Hološko managed to blend in after a brief period of time and embarrassed many, with his miraculous performance for the season of 2008/09. Holosko is also well known for his goal against Fenerbahce in the second half of the season. He took the ball from his own half and later he ran through five Fenerbahce players and scored. He also scored a goal in Turkish Cup Final in İzmir Atatürk Stadium vs Fenerbahce, final score was 4–2 to Beşiktaş. After a prominently successful season, Holosko had to struggle with a heavy injury on his splint bone, which occurred in the CSKA Moscow-Besiktas J.K. Champion's League game with the outcome of 2–1 loss for Besiktas. At the end of the first half of 2009/10 season, he only made 5 league apps, scoring just a single goal. On 2 December 2010 he scored Beşiktaş JK's 100th goal in UEFA Cup Competitions vs CSKA Sofia.[3]

Season Turkish Super League Türkiye Kupası Turkish Super Cup European Cups Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2007–2008 16 7 5 2 - - - - 21 9
2008–2009 30 10 9 4 - - 4 1 43 15
2009–2010 18 6 0 0 - - 2 0 20 6
2010–2011 14 2 2 0 - - 7 4 23 6
2011–2012 23 5 2 0 - - 9 0 34 5
2012–2013 31 10 2 2 - - 0 0 33 12
2013–2014 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
All Seasons 144 42 21 8 0 0 22 5 187 55

Personal life

Hološko is married with Adelka, who gave birth to a girl, named Sophie, in May 2009.[4]

In August 2010, they had another daughter named Claudia.[5]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 November 2005 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Spain 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup play-offs
2. 20 May 2006 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Belgium 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3. 13 October 2007 Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia  San Marino 5–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4. 21 November 2007 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 0–2 0–5 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[6][7]
5. 9 September 2009 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 0–2 0–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 3 September 2010 Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Macedonia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
7. 29 March 2011 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Denmark 1–1 1–2 Friendly
8. 18 November 2014 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Finland 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Beşiktaş

Slovakia

Slovakia U20
Slovakia U19

References

  1. ↑ Slovakia – Record International Players
  2. ↑ "Holosko loaned to İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). BJK. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Holosko Makes History". BJK. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Filip´s first day with daughter
  5. ↑ (Turkish) Filip Holosko ikinci kez baba oldu
  6. ↑ Footballdatabase.eu: San Marino – Slovakia 0:5 (English)
  7. ↑ San Marino – Slovensko 0:5, Eurofotbal.cz, retrieved 5 March 2013 (Czech)

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