Juraj Halenár
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juraj Halenár | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Trnava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokomotíva Trnava | |||
| Inter Bratislava | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | Inter Bratislava | 105 | (35) |
| 2005–2008 | Petržalka | 86 | (33) |
| 2008–2014 | Slovan Bratislava | 150 | (55) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Slovakia | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Juraj Halenár (born 28 June 1983) is a Slovak football forward.
Club career
Halenár, a native of Trnava, moved to Bratislava at the age of 18, when he joined Slovakia's reigning champions, Inter Bratislava. He impressed in the 2004-05 campaign, in which he scored 12 goals for the club in the Corgoň Liga. Following the first game of the new season, in which he bagged two goals against MFK Ružomberok, Halenár transferred to Artmedia for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of 20 million Slovak crowns.[1] In only his second game for Artmedia on 27 July 2005, he scored a hat-trick against Celtic in the 2005 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie.[2]
In summer 2008, Halenár was sold to Slovan Bratislava.[3] The striker scored two goals on his debut for Slovan in a 4–1 victory against 1. FC Tatran Prešov.[4] He became the top all time scorer in the Slovak top flight on 10 August 2014, when he scored a brace against MFK Košice, surpassing Róbert Semeník's record of 120 goals.[5]
International career
Halenár played at two youth tournaments for his country, the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2002 and the Under-20 FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003. On 13 November 2007, he made his debut for Slovakia's senior team in a qualifying game for the 2008 European Championship against the Czech Republic. Halenár also played in next two matches of the national team, when he came on as a substitute both against San Marino and Hungary.
External links
- Juraj Halenár at National-Football-Teams.com
- Slovan Bratislava profile
- UEFA news
Honours
Slovakia
- Slovakia U20
- 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Participation
- Slovakia U19
- 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship - Third place
References
- ↑ "Kanonierom v lige vládne Juraj Halenár" (in Slovak). HN. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "Artmedia 5-0 Celtic". BBC. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Slovan Bratislava sa posilnil o trojicu hráčov" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Slovan zdolal Prešov, dva góly vsietil aj Halenár" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Halenár sa so 122 gólmi stal najlepším strelcom histórie slovenskej ligy" (in Slovak). SME. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.