Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1989)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimír Weiss | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Inter Bratislava | |||
| 2006–2009 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009– | Manchester City | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2010-2011 | → Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008– | Slovakia U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009– | Slovakia | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 9 May 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2010 | |||
Vladimír Weiss (born 30 November 1989 in Bratislava) is a Slovak footballer, currently playing for Manchester City.
Club career
Manchester City
On 16 April 2008, Weiss scored in the second leg of the 2007–08 FA Youth Cup final against Chelsea, in a 3–1 (4–2 on aggregate) win.[2]
He made his debut on 24 May 2009, replacing Stephen Ireland from the substitutes bench after seventy minutes in the final game of the 2008–09 season, a 1–0 win against Bolton Wanderers.[3]
On 28 October 2009, he came on as a substitute against Scunthorpe United in the [[Carling Cup. He scored his first senior Manchester City goal, coming on as a substitute, on 2 December in the Carling Cup against Arsenal – a match City won 3–0.[4]. He signed a new contract on 17 December 2009, to tie him to the club until the end of 2012.
Bolton Wanderers
On 25 January 2010 Weiss joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season,[5] and made his debut as a last minute substitute a day later in the home game against Burnley[6]. For the most part of his time at the Reebok Stadium, Weiss was a substitute.
International career
Weiss made his debut for Slovakia on 12 August 2009 in a 1–1 friendly draw with Iceland.[7] [8] He has been included in Slovakia's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Weiss played three games in South Africa starting all three, playing a total of 270 minutes.[9] The 2010 Fifa World Cup was Vladimir's first taste at a major tournament. He impressed in the first match against New Zealand where he was voted man-of-the-match in a 1-1 draw. Weiss featured in the second group game against Paraguay where they lost 2-0. Finally Weiss played a full 90 minutes in the 2-1 defeat to Netherlands in the last 16.
Career statistics
- As of 9 May 2010
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Personal life
His father, also called Vladimír Weiss, was a professional football player as well and won 12 caps for the national side. He is also the head coach of the Slovakian national football team.[10] His grandfather, named Vladimír Weiss too, was also a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia. Weiss currently lives in Manchester with his reported long term girlfriend.
References
- ^ Vladimir Weiss profile ESPN Soccernet
- ^ "Man City triumph in FA Youth Cup". BBC Sport. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ Oscroft, Tim (24 May 2009). "City 1–0 Bolton". Manchester City. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Man City 3 – 0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ "Wanderers Sign Weiss". bwfc.co.uk. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Bolton 1–0 Burnley". BBC Sport. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Oscroft, Tim (9 August 2009). "International call-up news". Manchester City. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ Gaunt, Ken (10 September 2009). "Worthington's dreams suffer major blow on 'inept' night" (online). The Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/slovakia/squad.html
- ^ Ogden, Mark (23 March 2009). "Manchester City starlet Vladimir Weiss to be upstaged by his famous father" (online). The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
External links
- Vladimír Weiss at Soccerbase
