Ondrej Šmelko

Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international football defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Ondrej Šmelko
Personal information
Full name Ondrej Šmelko
Date of birth (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967
Place of birth Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Inter Bratislava 38 (0)
1994–1996 Svit Zlín 22 (2)
1997–2003 Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 137 (7)
2003 Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 41 (0)
2004–2006 Laugarico Trenčín 29 (2)
2006–2008 Slovan Nemšová
National team
1999–2001 Slovakia 7 (1)
Teams managed
2008–? Trenčín youth
?–2015 Nemšová
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Bardejov, Šmelko began playing football for FK Inter Bratislava. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with FC Svit Zlín. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk for the 2003 Russian First Division season.

Šmelko made several appearances for the Slovakia national football team.

After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.[1]

References
  1. "Šmelko opäť v Trenčíne, ale už na trénerskej lavičke" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 19 March 2008.
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