Filip Šebo
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| Filip Šebo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Filip Šebo | |
| Date of birth | February 24, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Valenciennes | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007- |
1. FC Köln II Inter Bratislava Artmedia Bratislava Austria Vienna Rangers Valenciennes |
50 (25) 30 (8) 33 (22) 32 (6) 24 (2) 51 (5) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006- | Slovakia | 8 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Filip Šebo (born February 24, 1984 in Bratislava, then Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak footballer currently playing for French Ligue 1 club Valenciennes. Sebo started his career with FC Köln in 2001 and since then has had spells at Inter Bratislava, Austria Vienna, Rangers and Valenciennes. His best season was with Artmedia Bratislava where he scored 22 goals in 33 games. Sebo has so far received 8 international caps scoring 5 goals.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln. He did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for the reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released from FC Köln. Eight goals in twenty-five appearances earned him a transfer to Artmedia Bratislava - known for their run in the UEFA Champions League 2005-06|2005-06 UEFA Champions League, having hammered Glasgow Celtic 5-0 in a qualifier.
In summer 2005, after 22 goals in 29 games and the award for the league's top-scorer, he was bought by Austrian side Austria Vienna who paid around £400,000 for him. Šebo played 32 times scoring 5 goals for the Austrian side helping them to achieve an Austrian Bundesliga and Cup double.
[edit] Rangers
Rangers manager Paul Le Guen made Šebo his 9th signing on August 3, 2006 after Austria Vienna and Rangers agreed a fee of £1.85 million.[1] On August 15, under two weeks after signing for Rangers, he made his debut for the Slovakia national team, in a friendly against Malta. He marked the occasion by scoring a hat trick.[2] He later put his successful start for the national team down to eating chocolate and wearing a sports bra before the match.[3] He then scored another two goals in his second international match, against Cyprus. Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on September 17, against Hibernian in an SPL match and he scored.[4] His first home goal came on October 1, scoring a late winner in a 1-0 victory over Aberdeen F.C. at Ibrox.[5] He played his first European match for Rangers on September 28, playing the last 15 minutes in a UEFA Cup first-round second-leg tie against Molde FK. Rangers won 2-0 to qualify for the group stage.
In a friendly against Airdrie United on January 31, 2007, Šebo scored a goal in a 3-0 win for Rangers, his first in 3 months for the club. In another friendly he scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 defeat of Gretna. In July 2007, Šebo scored Rangers second goal in a 2-0 pre-season friendly win over Chelsea, it was his first goal at Ibrox in almost 10 months.
[edit] Valenciennes
On August 22 Šebo joined French Ligue 1 side Valenciennes on a year long loan deal.[6] He scored his first goal for Valenciennes in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Sochaux in September 27, 2007. He netted his first and second league goals on November 11 whilst playing against Caen.
He completed a permanent switch to France on May 29, 2008, with Valenciennes paying a fee of around a million pounds.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ 'Sebo Clinches Gers Deal', Sporting Life, 3 August 2006
- ^ "Sebo nets Slovakia debut hat-trick", CNN, 15 August 2006
- ^ "Treble so sweet for Gers star", Daily Record, 17 August 2006
- ^ "Hibernian 2-1 Rangers". BBC. 17 September 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/5345670.stm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 1 October 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/5388326.stm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Sebo offloaded to Valenciennes". BBC Sport. August 22, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6959064.stm.
- ^ Striker Sebo completes Ibrox exit BBC Sport website, 29 May 2008
[edit] External links
- Filip Šebo career stats at Soccerbase
- Official site
- Filip Šebo French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
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