Marek Hamšík

Marek Hamšík

Hamšík at Napoli in March 2015
Personal information
Full nameMarek Hamšík
Date of birth27 July 1987
Place of birthBanská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Napoli
Number17
Youth career
2001–2002Jupie Podlavice
2002–2004Slovan Bratislava
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004Slovan Bratislava6(1)
2004–2007Brescia65(10)
2007–Napoli275(74)
National team‡
2003–2004Slovakia U176(3)
2005–2006Slovakia U196(1)
2006–2007Slovakia U212(0)
2007–Slovakia76(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:23, 30 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2015

Marek Hamšík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˑɦamʃiːk]; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and serves as the captain for Serie A club Napoli and the Slovakia national team.

In 2013, Hamšík was ranked as the eighth best footballer in Europe by Bloomberg.[1]

Club career

Early career

Despite the fact that Hamšík grew up in Banská Bystrica, he never played for major local team Dukla Banská Bystrica. Instead he began playing for a small youth team Jupie Podlavice.[2] In 2002, he signed with a major Slovak team Slovan Bratislava. He played six-times for the Slovan A-team and scored one goal.

He moved from Slovan to Brescia in 2004 as a 17-year old young talent at a transfer fee of €500,000.[3] His first match in Serie A with Brescia was against Chievo Verona on 20 March 2005 when he was 17 years and 237 days old.[3] Later in that season, Brescia finished 19th in the Serie A league and were relegated to the Serie B. In 2005–06, he played 24 league matches for Brescia in Serie B, with Brescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive 2006–07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches.

Napoli

Hamšík playing for Napoli in 2009

On 28 June 2007 newly promoted Serie A club Napoli announced that Hamšík had signed a five-year contract with them.[4] The transfer cost Napoli €5.5 million. The president of the club Aurelio De Laurentiis described him as a player who should be closely watched in the future.[5]

He played his first major match with Napoli against Cesena in the first round of the Italian Cup. Napoli won 4–0, Hamšík made the opening goal and scored the second himself. He scored his first goal in the Serie A on 16 September 2007 in the match against Sampdoria.[6]

His football icon is Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd.[7] In 2007 he was voted the second best Slovak footballer of the year (after Martin Škrtel) and also he was voted the best young Slovak footballer (The Peter Dubovský Trophy).[8] Hamšík ended his first season with Napoli as the club's top scorer, with nine goals from 37 games. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Hamšík scored in both of Napoli's first two games and went on to score a further 9 goals in his second season with the club, finishing as Napoli's top scorer for the second year running.[9] In 2009 he was again runner-up as best Slovak footballer of the year[10] and repeated his success as the best young Slovak footballer.[11]

2010–11 season

Hamšík playing in the Europa League against FC Utrecht

On 19 September 2010, Hamšík scored Napoli's first goal as they came back from a goal down to defeat Sampdoria 2–1 in Genoa.[12] Following this on 23 September, Hamšík signed a three-year contract extension on his contract that ties him with the club until June 2015.[13] Three days later Hamšík scored his second goal of the new season with an 81st minute penalty to earn Napoli a 4–1 comeback win away to newly promoted Cesena.[14] On 30 January 2011, Hamšík scored a well taken effort as Napoli hammered Sampdoria 4–0.[15]

The 2010–11 season was very productive for Hamšík as he helped lead Napoli to a very successful season and earn automatic qualification into the Champions League by finishing third in Serie A.[16] Hamšík played in 36 of the 38 Serie A games that season, netting 11 goals and contributing with a further six assists.[17]

2011–12 season

Hamšík scored the winning goal in their 2–0 home victory over Villarreal on 27 September, earning Napoli their first ever victory in the UEFA Champions League.[18] On 29 November Napoli welcomed league leaders Juventus to the Stadio San Paolo,[19] Hamšík missed a 15th minute penalty before heading in a goal to give the hosts the lead seven minutes later.[20] The match was enthralling and ended in a 3–3 draw, after Napoli conceded two late goals to preserve Juventus' unbeaten start to the season.[21]

Hamšík provided an assist for Gökhan Inler's opening goal against Villarreal on 7 December and then scored the decisive goal, helping Napoli to a 2–0 victory in Spain.[22] The win secured qualification to the Round of 16 in a very difficult group, that also included Bayern Munich and Manchester City.[23] Hamšík helped Napoli finish the first half of the 2011–12 campaign on a high, netting a superb goal in their 6–1 hammering of Genoa on 21 December.[24] Hamšík also provided assists for strikes by Goran Pandev and Walter Gargano during the game.[25] Through the first half of the 2011–12 campaign, Hamšík had appeared in 16 Serie A games, contributing with both five goals and five assists. In their European campaign, Hamšík appeared in all six group stage matches and contributed with two goals and an assist.[26]

Following the winter break, Hamšík provided an assist for Edinson Cavani's goal and netted Napoli's third goal in their 3–1 defeat of US Palermo on 8 January 2012.[27]

On 9 March, Hamšík signed a one-year contract extension with Napoli, keeping him at the Italian club until June 2016.[28] The announcement was made following Hamšík netting an incredible angled shot against Cagliari Calcio earlier that day, as Napoli ran out 6–3 winners.[29] Hamšík's final goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory Palermo on 1 May, as he doubled their lead in the 35th minute following a penalty from Cavani.[30] Napoli finished the season in fifth place in Serie A and the Slovakian forward contributed with nine league goals and nine assists.[31]

Hamšík was also very influential as Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final against Scudetto winners Juventus on 20 May.[32] After being slipped in by Goran Pandev, Hamšík was one on one with Marco Storari and made no mistake as he touched it past the onrushing Juventus goalkeeper, securing a 2–0 win that delivered The Partenopei their first trophy in over twenty years.[33]

2012–13 season

In Napoli's first league fixture of the 2012–13 Serie A season, Hamšík scored the club's first goal and assisted Christian Maggio's strike in an eventual 3–0 defeat of Palermo.[34] Missing leading goal-scorer Edinson Cavani for the club's match against Chievo Verona on 28 October 2012, Hamšík connected on a Juan Camilo Zúñiga cross, giving Napoli a well-earned 1–0 victory.[35] On the penultimate matchday of the Serie A season, Hamšík collected a pass from Goran Pandev and nudged the ball home in the 93rd minute, rescuing a 2–1 win over A.C. Siena, confirming the club's place in the group stages of the Champions League while condemning Siena to relegation.[36] The Slovakian featured in every Serie A game for Napoli during the 2012–13 season, providing 11 goals and 14 assists as the Partenopei finished second behind reigning champions Juventus, a season which proved to be manager Walter Mazzarri's last at the club as he became coach of Inter later that summer.[37]

2013–14 season

On 10 August 2013, Hamšík signed a contract extension with Napoli, tying him to the club until the summer of 2018.[38] In the first game of the new Serie A season on 26 August 2013, the Slovakian netted Napoli's second and third goals in the club's 3–0 home defeat of Bologna.[39] Hamšík continued his scoring form in Napoli's following game, netting another brace in their 4–2 away victory over Chievo Verona on 31 August.[40]

On 3 May 2014, Hamšík played 63 minutes in Napoli's 3–1 win over Fiorentina in the 2014 Coppa Italia Final.[41]

International career

Hamšík in national team jersey

Hamšík represented Slovakia at junior level, playing in the UEFA European Under-17 Championships qualifiers[42] and the UEFA European Under-19 Championships.[43] He played also for the Slovakia national under-21s.

He is a regular member of the Slovak national team. He made his debut on 7 February 2007[44] in the friendly match against Poland which ended 2–2.[45] He played his second match against Germany in the Euro 2008 qualification, which Slovakia lost 2–1.[46] He became the key member of the attack for the national team, usually playing as a left or central attacking midfielder. Hamšík captained his country in their first World Cup experience in South Africa in 2010, where the team made it to the first knockout stage after defeating then world champions Italy 3–2. Slovakia was defeated by later finalist Netherlands in the first knockout stage.[47]

International goals

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 October 2007 Štadión Zimný, Dubnica nad Váhom  San Marino 1–0 7–0 Euro 2008 qualifier
2 21 November 2007 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle  San Marino 3–0 5–0 Euro 2008 qualifier
3 6 September 2008 Tehelné pole, Bratislava  Northern Ireland 2–0 2–1 2010 World Cup qualifier
4 19 November 2008 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina  Liechtenstein 1–0 4–0 Friendly
5 2–0
6 10 February 2009 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol  Ukraine 2–2 2–3 Friendly
7 5 September 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava  Czech Republic 2–1 2–2 2010 World Cup qualifier
8 14 November 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava  United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
9 15 August 2012 TRE-FOR Park, Odense  Denmark 2–1 3–1 Friendly
10 12 October 2012 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava  Latvia 1–0 2–1 2014 World Cup qualifier
11 10 September 2013 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–2 2014 World Cup qualifier
12 12 October 2014 Borisov Arena, Barysaw  Belarus 1–0 3–1 Euro 2016 qualifier
13 2–1
14 18 November 2014 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina  Finland 2–0 2–1 Friendly

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 April 2015.[48]
Season Club League Cup Continental Other Total
Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Apps Goals
2004 Slovan Bratislava 2. Liga 6 1 CS 0 0 – – – – – – 6 1
2004–05 Brescia A 1 0 CI 0 0 – – – – – – 1 0
2005–06 B 24 0 CI 4 1 – – – – – – 28 1
2006–07 B 40 10 CI 5 1 – – – – – – 45 11
Total Brescia 65 10 9 2 – – – – 74 12
2007–08 Napoli A 37 9 CI 3 1 – – – – – – 40 10
2008–09 A 32 9 CI 2 1 I+CU 6 2 – – – 40 12
2009–10 A 37 12 CI 2 0 – – – – – – 39 12
2010–11 A 37 11 CI 2 0 UEL 10 2 – – – 49 13
2011–12 A 37 9 CI 5 1 UCL 8 2 – – – 50 12
2012–13 A 38 11 CI 1 0 UEL 4 0 SI 1 0 44 11
2013–14 A 28 7 CI 5 0 UCL+UEL 8 0 – – – 41 7
2014–15 A 29 6 CI 5 1 UCL+UEL 11 5 SI 1 0 46 12
Total Napoli 275 74 25 4 48 11 2 0 350 89
Career Total 346 85 34 6 48 11 2 0 431 102

International

As of 18 November 2014.[49]
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Slovakia 200792
200893
2009113
2010130
201190
201292
201381
201473
Total7514

Honours

Club

S.S.C. Napoli

Individual

Best Young Footballer: 2008
Serie A Team of the Year: 2010–11

Personal life

Hamšík married in July 2014 Martina Fraňová.[50] The couple have two sons: Christian and Lucas.

His sister, Miska, is married to Napoli midfielder Walter Gargano.[51] Together, the couple have two children: Matias (born 7 May 2010)[52] and Thiago (born 7 April 2012).[53]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Róbert Vittek		 Slovakia captain
2010-2012 		Succeeded by
Martin Škrtel
Preceded by
Paolo Cannavaro		 Napoli captain
2014-present 		Incumbent