Róbert Vittek
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 1 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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| Current club | Lille | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2003 | Slovan Bratislava | 101 | (47) |
| 2003–2008 | Nuremberg[1] | 109 | (35) |
| 2008– | Lille | 37 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001– | Slovakia | 68 | (18) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Róbert Vittek, (born 1 April 1982 in Bratislava) is a Slovak football player, who currently plays striker for Lille OSC.
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[edit] Club career
Vittek began his career with hometown club Slovan Bratislava in 1999. He came to Nuremberg in 2003, while the club was still in the 2. Bundesliga, helping the team earn a promotion for the 2004–05 campaign.
Vittek scored five goals in the 2004–05 campaign and seemed to be slumping toward mediocrity in the first half of the 2005–06 season, as he failed to score in the first 17 matches before the winter break. Then without warning, he became one of the most thrilling players in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season, scoring 16 goals in the final 16 games. He made league history in Spieltag 24 and 25, becoming the first Bundesliga player to score a combined six goals in two consecutive games. In all, Vittek had five multi-goal games on the season, and his 16 goals were good for fifth place on the Bundesliga scoring charts. Vittek's rise was mirrored by his team as 1. FC Nuremberg rose from near-relegation to eighth place.
His sparkling 2005–06 performance has made Vittek a sought after commodity in European football. Hamburger SV was the main Bundesliga club rumored to be courting Vittek. Dynamo Kiev offered a €10 million transfer fee for Vittek in June 2006, but Nuremberg rejected the offer. Lokomotiv Moscow was also reported to have interest in Vittek's services.
Vittek eventually joined Lille OSC
[edit] International career
Vittek has also been part of the Slovak national team since 2001. With 63 national team caps under his belt, only fellow Bundesliga player Miroslav Karhan has seen more national team action than Vittek on the current roster.
[edit] References
- ^ "Fußballdaten" (in German). http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/vittekrobert/. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
[edit] External links
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