Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964)

Vladimír Weiss
Personal information
Full nameVladimír Weiss
Date of birth22 September 1964
Place of birthBratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Kairat (manager)
Youth career
1976–1983Rapid Bratislava
1983–1984ČH Bratislava
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986Agro Hurbanovo
1986–1993Inter Bratislava126(28)
1993Sparta Praha4(1)
1993Petra Drnovice14(2)
1994DAC Dunajská Streda31(4)
1995–19961. FC Košice24(1)
1996–2000Artmedia Petržalka59(7)
National team
1988–1990Czechoslovakia19(1)
1993–1995Slovakia12(1)
Teams managed
1998–1999Artmedia Petržalka (assistant)
1999–2006Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007Saturn Moscow Oblast
2007–2008Artmedia Petržalka
2008–2012Slovakia
2011–2012Slovan Bratislava
2012–FC Kairat
* 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.

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 for 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. In late January 2012, he parted ways with Slovakia on his own accord following the team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2012 tournament. Nowadays Weiss works in Kazakhstan, in the football club of Almaty, FC Kairat, which is very famous on the all territory of CIS.[4]

Personal

His son, also named Vladimír Weiss, plays for Qatari side Lekhwiya, while his father, also named Vladimír Weiss, was a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia.

Honours

Artmedia

References

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