Jump to content

Miroslav Stoch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 78.22.93.111 (talk) at 14:55, 4 March 2012 (→‎Club). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Miroslav Stoch
Personal information
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left Winger
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 9
Youth career
1995–2006 Nitra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Chelsea 4 (0)
2009–2010 → Twente (loan) 32 (10)
2010– Fenerbahçe 47 (12)
International career‡
2007–2008 Slovakia U-19 12 (11)
2008–2009 Slovakia U-21 7 (2)
2009– Slovakia 28 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012

Miroslav Stoch (born 19 October 1989) is a Slovak international footballer who currently plays as a Winger for the Turkish football club Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig.[1] As a child he was rarely seen without a football. His father realized his talent at an early age and placed him with his local club's academy Nitra. Miňo, as his family calls him, developed his goal-scoring abilities by arriving on the training pitch earlier than his teammates and practicing his shooting.

His hard work paid off as he was drafted into Nitra's first team after scoring a hat-trick in an under-17 match, though he was only 15 at the time, and, due to age restrictions in the Slovak First League, he could not play until his 16th birthday. He made his first-team debut at the age of 16 and by this time he was already being watched by European scouts.[2]

Career

Chelsea

Chelsea had scouts in one of the international competitions he played in and offered him a trial around the same time that OGC Nice was about to sign him. He duly impressed and was signed by Chelsea's youth academy in 2006.[3] He was a regular for the Under-18s in the 2006–07 season and scored 11 goals. He ended the season as top scorer for the under-18s even though he had always played on the wing. He started the 2007–08 season well and quickly progressed to the reserve team. Stoch bases his game on his two footballing idols Ronaldinho and Ronaldo and tries to emulate them on the pitch.[4]

Stoch himself stated that he was close to making his first-team debut and hoped to do so during the course of the 2007–08 season[5] although he did not. Stoch finally made his first appearance as a substitute on 30 November 2008 against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. He replaced Deco after 80 minutes. Chelsea lost the game 1–2. Stoch made his second appearance for the first-team, replacing Jon Obi Mikel in the 82nd minute, in Chelsea's 2–1 comeback win over Stoke City, playing a major part in the lead up to Chelsea's second goal. Stoch came on for Jon Obi Mikel against Watford in the FA Cup fifth round with Chelsea 1–0 down with 20 minutes. The game finished 3–1 to Chelsea.

Twente

On 16 July 2009 Twente signed Stoch on loan from Chelsea[6] Stoch made his first Eredivisie appearance against Sparta Rotterdam.[7] He scored both goals in the 2–0 win over Heerenveen on 20 September.[8] Stoch then scored an impressive opening goal from long-distance, in the 4–0 win against Groningen on 25 October. Stoch continued his impressive scoring record for Twente by scoring and getting an assist in the 2–1 win over Roda on the 31 October.[9] In Twente's home league game against NAC Breda (Which Twente won 3–1), Stoch scored two goals to propel the team to victory, after Twente fell behind by a goal.[citation needed] On 2 May 2010, he made the winning goal against NAC Breda (Twente won 0–2) in an away game which made Twente the champion of the Eredivisie for the first time.[10] Stoch ended the season with 10 league goals (12 in all competitions), having started almost every competitive match for Twente.

Fenerbahçe

Stoch joined Turkish team Fenerbahçe in June 2010 on a four-year deal for a fee of €5.5 million.[11] He scored his debut goal for the club in a Champions League match against Young Boys.[12] Fenerbahçe won the Süper Lig title in 2010–11, for a record 18th time, with Stoch contributing two goals.[13]

International career

Stoch made his senior début for Slovakia on 10 February 2009 against Ukraine, where he came on in the 70th minute.[14] His second appearance came just 24 hours later against Cyprus. He scored his first international goal for Slovakia against San Marino in a 2010 World Cup Qualification match on 6 June 2009. Stoch was selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.[15] On 7 September 2010, he scored the only goal of a Euro 2012 qualifying victory against Russia in Moscow.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 February 2012 [16] [16]
Club Season League [17] [18] [19] [20] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 2008–09 4 0 1 0 - - 5 0
Total 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Twente
2009–10 32 10 2 0 11 2 45 12
Total 32 10 2 0 11 2 45 12
Fenerbahçe
2010–11 23 2 4 0 2 1 29 3
2011–12 19 10 1 0 - - 20 8
Total 42 10 5 0 2 1 49 11
Career total 78 20 8 0 13 3 99 23

International career

[21]

Honours

Club

References

  1. ^ "MIROSLAV STOCH". tff.org. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Poles enjoying home comforts". Uefa.com. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Stoch podpísal zmluvu s Chelsea Londýn". fcnitra.sk. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Profile". miroslavstoch.sk. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Starlet patient at Blues". SkySports.com. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  6. ^ "FC Twente huurt talenten" (in Dutch). fctwente.nl. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "Twente move to Second". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Heerenveen niet opgewassen tegen Stoch" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Twente verslaat onmachtig Groningen" (in Dutch). voetbalfan.nl. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  10. ^ "Chelsea – Stoch Stars in FC Twente title Triumph!". Chelsea.vitalfootball.co.uk. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  11. ^ "Stoch Hakkinda" (in Turkish). fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ "Fenerbahce claim Turkish title for 18th time". The Times of India. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Slovakia 2–3 Ukraine". ukrainiansoccer.net. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  15. ^ "Team preview: Slovakia". ESPN Soccernet. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  16. ^ a b "Miroslav Stoch Stats". www.mackolik.com. Retrieved 2011-10-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Cite error: The named reference "TFFstats" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  17. ^ Includes the League Cup
  18. ^ Includes the FA Cup
  19. ^ Includes the KNVB Cup
  20. ^ Includes the Türkiye Kupası
  21. ^ Stoch, Miroslav Stats

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miroslav_Stoch&oldid=480154678"