Michal Hipp

Michal Hipp (born 13 March 1963) is a former Slovak footballer and manager.

Michal Hipp

Personal information
Full name	Michal Hipp
Date of birth	(1963-03-13) 13 March 1963
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current team	Kazakhstan (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983	Duslo Šaľa
1983–1984	Agro Hurbanovo
1984–1991	Nitra	138	(17)
1991	→ First Vienna (loan)
1992	Nitra	15	(1)
1993–1994	Slavia Praha	39	(0)
1994–1995	Košice
1995	Nitra
1995–1996	MFK Piešťany
1999–2000	USC Fels am Wagram
National team
1990–1991	Czechoslovakia	5	(0)
1994	Slovakia	5	(1)
Teams managed
1997	ŠM Gabčíkovo (playing coach)
2000	Plastika Nitra (assistant)
2000–2006	Artmedia Petržalka (assistant)
2003–2006	Slovakia (assistant)
2006	Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007	Saturn Moscow Region (assistant)
2007–2008	Artmedia Petržalka (assistant)
2008–2009	Artmedia Petržalka
2008–2012	Slovakia (assistant)
2009	Slovan Bratislava
2012–2013	Slovakia
2014–2015	FC Nitra
2016	Jihlava
2016	Jihlava (assistant)
2017–2018	Haladás
2019–	Kazakhstan (assistant)
2020–	FC Astana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hipp began his football career in his native village Horná Kráľová. When he was twelve years old, he started playing in the youth team and then progressed to the first team when he was sixteen. In 1983 Hipp got an offer to transfer to Duslo Šaľa by coach Jozef Adamec. There he played as a right midfielder. Then he left for Hurbanovo because was called up to serve in the Army.

In October 1984 he went to Plastika Nitra. Hipp debuted in the Czechoslovak First League in the 1986–87 season in a match against FC Bohemians Praha. In 1989–90 season FC Nitra qualified for the UEFA Cup. They lost both matches against 1. FC Köln with an aggregate score of 5–1.

Also he played for Czech side Slavia Prague and 1. FC Košice.