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Peter Pekarík
Pekarík with Hertha BSC in 2012
Personal information
Full name Peter Pekarík[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 2
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Žilina 111 (5)
2004–2005 → Dubnica (loan) 27 (0)
2009–2012 VfL Wolfsburg 55 (0)
2011–2012 → Kayserispor (loan) 27 (0)
2012– Hertha BSC 152 (2)
International career‡
2006– Slovakia 91 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Peter Pekarík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɛtɛɾ ˈpɛkaɾiːk]; born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak football defender who plays for Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Žilina

Pekarík, born in Žilina, began playing football at the youth section of his local club.[2] His Corgoň Liga debut came for ZŤS Dubnica.[2] In his first season, he played 27 matches and came back to MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2005.[3][2] He won the Corgoň Liga in the 2006–07 season, playing 35 matches.[3][4]

Wolfsburg

He impressed with great performances in the first half of the 2008–09 season and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for German side VfL Wolfsburg in January 2009.[5]

On 31 January 2009, matchday 18, he debuted in the Bundesliga in a 1–1 draw against the 1. FC Köln. At half time, coach Felix Magath substituted him for Cristian Zaccardo.[6] Except for one game, he played in the second half of the season in all games and won with Wolfsburg for the first time in club history the German championship.[7][8] However, at the end of the season he was substituted more often and lost his place in the starting eleven.[citation needed]

Kayserispor

In August 2011, Pekarík joined Turkish first division side Kayserispor for the 2011–12 season on loan.[9]

Hertha BSC

After a year in Turkey, Pekarík returned to Germany, signing for Hertha BSC.[10]

On 31 March 2017, in his eighth season in Germany, Pekarík scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1–3 loss against Hoffenheim. At the moment it was his 151st Bundesliga match.[11]

International career

Pekarík made his national team debut against United Arab Emirates on 10 December 2006.[2] He scored his first international goal in a 7–0 home victory over San Marino.[12][13] He was a part of the Slovakia national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.[14]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 15 October 2017
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MFK Dubnica (loan) 2004–05 Corgoň Liga 27 0 – – – – 27 0
MŠK Žilina 2005–06 27 2 – – 4 0 31 2
2006–07 35 0 – – – – 35 0
2007–08 31 1 – – 4 0 35 1
2008–09 18 3 – – 10 0 28 3
Total 138 6 – – 18 0 156 6
VfL Wolfsburg 2008–09 Bundesliga 16 0 2 0 – – 18 0
2009–10 16 0 – – 7 0 23 0
2010–11 23 0 1 0 – – 24 0
Total 55 0 3 0 7 0 65 0
Kayserispor (loan) 2011–12 Süper Lig 27 0 2 0 – – 29 0
Total 27 0 2 0 – – 29 0
Hertha BSC 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 19 0 – – – – 19 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 31 0 2 0 – – 33 0
2014–15 30 0 1 0 – – 31 0
2015–16 12 0 1 0 – – 13 0
2016–17 31 1 3 0 2 0 36 1
2017–18 2 0 – – 2 0 4 0
Total 125 1 7 0 4 0 136 1
Career total 345 7 12 0 29 0 386 7

International

As of match played 19 November 2019[15]
National team Season Apps Goals
Slovakia 2006 1 0
2008 5 0
2009 12 1
2010 10 0
2011 8 0
2012 8 0
2013 6 0
2014 8 0
2015 5 1
2016 10 0
2017 7 0
2018 5 0
2019 6 0
Total 91 2

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 June 2009[12] Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  San Marino
2–0
7–0
 World Cup 2010 Qualifying
2. 27 March 2015[12] Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Luxembourg
3–0
3–0
 Euro 2016 qualifier

Honours

MŠK Žilina

VfL Wolfsburg

Hertha BSC

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 26. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Slovakia's Pekarik raring to go". FIFA.com. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Pekarík". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "P. Pekarík". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Pekarík vo Wolfsburgu s číslom 19" (in Slovak). profutbal. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Pekarík si odkrútil debut v bundeslige, Wolfsburgu pomohol k remíze" (in Slovak). pravda.sk. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Peter Pekarik" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Wolfsburg ist zum ersten Mal Meister" (in German). Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. ^ "PETER PEKARİK KAYSERİSPOR'DA" (in Turkish). sporbul.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Hertha verpflichtet Pekarik" [Hertha signs Pekarik] (in German). DFL. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Pekarík prelomil nekonečné čakanie, strelil premiérový gól v Bundeslige" (in Slovak). sport.sk. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Hribik, Rastislav (27 March 2015). "Pekarík happy to end wait for Slovakia goal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Fußball-WM-Qualifikation - Miroslav Stoch (links) und die - Fußball-WM" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Peter PEKARÍK". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Peter Pekarík". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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