Miroslav König
Miroslav König (born 1 June 1972) is a retired Slovak football goalkeeper of German descent, who played during the 1990s and 2000s. He played for a number of clubs in Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Greece.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 June 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1991 | FC Nitra | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1993 | FC Nitra | 0 | (0) |
1993–1995 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | (0) |
1995–2000 | Slovan Bratislava | 105 | (0) |
2000 | Grasshopper | 8 | (0) |
2000–2002 | FC Basel | 32 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Concordia (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2002–2003 | FC Zürich | 28 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Elazığspor | 26 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Baník Ostrava | 6 | (0) |
2005–2006 | MŠK Žilina | 27 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Panionios | 31 | (0) |
Total | 291 | (0) | |
National team‡ | |||
1997–2004 | Slovakia | 43 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2008 |
Career
König began his career with FC Nitra in 1991 but never played any games at the club and moved to FC Spartak Trnava in 1993. He impressed during his two season at Spartak and was noticed by ŠK Slovan Bratislava whom he signed for in 1995. He went on to play over 100 matches for Slovan over five seasons and earned his place in the Slovak national team. In 2000, he signed for Swiss giants Grasshopper Club Zürich but failed to make his mark in the first-team and left to join rivals FC Basel he played just one season and went on to play for FC Concordia Basel on loan[1] and FC Zürich before leaving Switzerland for Turkey's Elazığspor in 2003. The Czech Republic was König's next destination as he signed for FC Baník Ostrava in 2004 before returning to Slovakia with MŠK Žilina in 2005. Greek side Panionios F.C. signed him in 2006 and he retired in the Summer of 2008 after making 31 appearances for the club, at the age of 36.
König was capped 43 times by the Slovak national team between 1997 and 2004.
Honours
- Slovan Bratislava
- Slovak League Winner: 3
- 1995, 1996, 1999
- Slovak Cup Winner: 2
- 1997, 1999
- Slovak Super Cup Winner: 2
- 1995, 1996
- Ciudad de Cartagena Trophy Winner: 1
- 1996
- MŠK Žilina
- Slovak League Runner-Up: 1
- 2005
References
- FC Basel 1893 (2001). "König leihweise zu Congeli" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2001-09-05.
External links
- Miroslav König at National-Football-Teams.com
- Miroslav König – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)