Marek Hamšík

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Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík - SSC Neapel (3).jpg
Hamšík playing for Napoli in 2009
Personal information
Full name Marek Hamšík
Date of birth (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 25)
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 17
Youth career
2001–2002 Jupie Podlavice
2002–2004 Slovan Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004 Slovan Bratislava 6 (1)
2004–2007 Brescia 65 (10)
2007– Napoli 217 (61)
National team‡
2003–2004 Slovakia U-17 6 (3)
2005–2006 Slovakia U-19 6 (1)
2006–2007 Slovakia U-21 2 (0)
2007– Slovakia 63 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2013

Marek Hamšík (born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli and the Slovakia national team.

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Club career [edit]

Early career [edit]

Despite the fact that Hamšík grew up in Banská Bystrica, he never played for major local team Dukla Banská Bystrica. Instead he began playing for a small youth team Jupie Podlavice.[1] In 2002, he signed with a major Slovak team Slovan Bratislava. He played once for the Slovan A-team and scored a goal.

He moved from Slovan to Brescia in 2004 as a 17-year old young talent at a transfer fee of €500,000.[2] His first match in Serie A with Brescia was against Chievo Verona on 20 March 2005 when he was 17 years and 237 days old.[2] Later in that season, Brescia finished 19th in the Serie A league and were relegated to the Serie B. In 2005–06, he played 24 league matches for Brescia in Serie B, with Brescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive 2006–07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches.

Napoli [edit]

Hamšík playing for Napoli

On 28 June 2007 newly-promoted Serie A club Napoli announced that Hamšík had signed a five-year contract with them.[3] The transfer cost Napoli €5.5 million. The president of the club Aurelio De Laurentiis described him as a player who should be closely watched in the future.[4]

He played his first major match with Napoli against Cesena in the first round of the Italian Cup. Napoli won 4–0, Hamšík made the opening goal and scored the second himself. He scored his first goal in the Serie A on 16 September 2007 in the match against Sampdoria.[5]

His football icon is Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd.[6] In 2007 he was voted the second best Slovak footballer of the year (after Martin Škrtel) and also he was voted the best young Slovak footballer (The Peter Dubovský Trophy).[7] Hamšík ended his first season with Napoli as the club's top scorer, with nine goals from 37 games. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Hamšík scored in both of Napoli's first two games and went on to score a further 9 goals in his second season with the club, finishing as Napoli's top scorer for the second year running.[8] In 2009 he was again runner-up as best Slovak footballer of the year[9] and repeated his success as the best young Slovak footballer.[10]

2010–11 [edit]

Hamšík playing in the Europa League against FC Utrecht

On 19 September 2010, Hamšík scored Napoli's first goal as they came back from a goal down to defeat Sampdoria 2–1 in Genoa.[11] Following this on 23 September, Hamšík signed a three-year contract extension on his contract that ties him with the club until June 2015.[12] Three days later Hamšík scored his second goal of the new season with an 81st minute penalty to earn Napoli a 4–1 comeback win away to newly promoted Cesena.[13] On 30 January 2011, Hamšík scored a well taken effort as Napoli hammered Sampdoria 4–0.[14]

The 2010–11 season was very productive for Hamšík as he helped lead Napoli to a very successful season and earn automatic qualification into the Champions League by finishing third in Serie A.[15] Hamšík played in 36 of the 38 Serie A games that season, netting 11 goals and contributing with a further six assists.[16]

2011–12 [edit]

Hamšík scored the winning goal in their 2–0 home victory over Villarreal on 27 September, earning Napoli their first ever victory in the UEFA Champions League.[17] On 29 November Napoli welcomed league leaders Juventus to the Stadio San Paolo,[18] Hamšík missed a 15th minute penalty before heading in a goal to give the hosts the lead seven minutes later.[19] The match was enthralling and ended in a 3–3 draw, after Napoli conceded two late goals to preserve Juventus' unbeaten start to the season.[20]

Hamšík provided an assist for Gökhan Inler's opening goal against Villarreal on 7 December and then scored the decisive goal, helping Napoli to a 2–0 victory in Spain.[21] The win secured qualification to the Round of 16 in a very difficult group, that also included Bayern Munich and Manchester City.[22] Hamšík helped Napoli finish the first half of the 2011–12 campaign on a high, netting a superb goal in their 6–1 hammering of Genoa on 21 December.[23] Hamšík also provided assists for strikes by Goran Pandev and Walter Gargano during the game.[24] Through the first half of the 2011–12 campaign, Hamšík had appeared in 16 Serie A games, contributing with both five goals and five assists. In their European campaign, Hamšík appeared in all six group stage matches and contributed with two goals and an assist.[25]

Following the winter break, Hamšík provided an assist for Edinson Cavani's goal and netted Napoli's third goal in their 3–1 defeat of US Palermo on 8 January 2012.[26]

On 9 March, Hamšík signed a one-year contract extension with Napoli, keeping him at the Italian club until June 2016.[27] The announcement was made following Hamšík netting an incredible angled shot against Cagliari Calcio earlier that day, as Napoli ran out 6–3 winners.[28] Hamšík's final goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory Palermo on 1 May, as he doubled their lead in the 35th minute following a penalty from Cavani.[29] Napoli finished the season in fifth place in Serie A and the Slovakian forward contributed with nine league goals and nine assists.[30]

Hamšík was also very influential as Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final against Scudetto winners Juventus on 20 May.[31] After being slipped in by Goran Pandev, Hamšík was one on one with Marco Storari and made no mistake as he touched it past the onrushing Juventus goalkeeper, securing a 2–0 win that delivered The Partenopei their first trophy in over twenty years.[32] Following the triumph, Hamšík shaved his famous Mohawk hair as he had pledged to chop off his "crest" if Napoli won the trophy.[33]

International career [edit]

Hamšík in national team jersey

Hamšík represented Slovakia at junior level, playing in the UEFA Under-17 European Championships qualifiers[34] and the UEFA Under-19 European Championships.[35] He played also for the Slovak U-21 national team.

He is a regular member of the Slovak national team. He made his debut on 7 February 2007[36] in the friendly match against Poland which ended 2–2.[37] He played his second match against Germany in the Euro 2008 qualification, which Slovakia lost 2–1.[38] He has become the key member of the attack in the national team, usually playing as a left or central attacking midfielder. Hamšík captained his country in their first World Cup experience in South Africa 2010, where Slovakia was beaten by later finalist Netherlands in the first knockout stage match.

International goals [edit]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 October 2007 Štadión Zimný, Dubnica, Slovakia  San Marino 1 – 0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2. 21 November 2007 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 3 – 0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3. 6 September 2008 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Northern Ireland 2 – 0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 19 November 2008 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Liechtenstein 1 – 0 4–0 Friendly match
5. 19 November 2008 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Liechtenstein 2 – 0 4–0 Friendly match
6. 10 February 2009 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Ukraine 2 – 0 2–3 Friendly match
7. 5 September 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Czech Republic 2 – 1 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 14 November 2009 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  United States 1 – 0 1–0 Friendly match
9. 15 August 2012 TRE-FOR Park, Odense, Denmark  Denmark 2 – 1 3–1 Friendly match
10. 12 October 2012 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Latvia 1 – 0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 12 October 2012

Club statistics [edit]

Correct as of 27 January 2013
Club Season League Cup1 Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Slovan Bratislava 2003–04 6 1 – – – 6 1 –
Total 6 1 – – – 6 1 –
Brescia 2004–05 1 0 – 0 0 0 – 1 0 0
2005–06 24 0 – 4 1 – – 28 1 –
2006–07 40 10 – 5 1 – – 45 11 –
Total 65 10 – 9 2 – – 74 12 –
Napoli 2007–08 37 9 4 3 1 0 – 40 10 4
2008–09 32 9 6 2 1 0 6 2 1 40 12 7
2009–10 37 12 4 2 0 2 – 39 12 6
2010–11 37 10 8 2 0 0 10 2 1 49 12 9
2011–12 37 9 9 5 1 1 8 2 1 50 12 11
2012–13 35 10 19 2 0 0 4 0 3 42 10 22
Total 214 58 49 16 3 3 28 6 6 259 67 58
Career total 285 69 49 25 5 3 28 6 6 338 80 58

1 Includes Supercoppa Italiana.

National team [edit]

Slovakia national team
Year Apps Goals
2007 9 2
2008 9 3
2009 11 3
2010 13 0
2011 9 0
2012 9 2
2013 3 0
Total 63 10

Honours [edit]

Club [edit]

Napoli

Individual [edit]

Personal life [edit]

In December 2008, Hamsik was the victim of an armed robbery while he was driving his Mini to go Christmas shopping.[39] On 22 November 2011, Hamšík's pregnant wife, Martina Franova, was stopped while driving her BMW by armed men.[40] Franova was forced out of the car and police later found it in Ceselle, near Naples and returned the car to Hamšík.[40] Following Napoli's 0–0 draw with Sampdoria on 17 February 2013, Hamšík was stopped by three masked individuals on a scooter as he was driving on the Via Cinthia[39] heading for the Naples International Airport.[41] One of the individuals smashed one of his car window's and then pointed a gun at him, demanding the Slovakian hand over his Rolex Daytona, worth upwards of €10,000;[39] Hamšík obliged and called the police after the three individuals fled.[41]

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