Miroslav König

Miroslav König
Personal information
Date of birth	1 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988–1991	FC Nitra
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	FC Nitra
1993–1995	Spartak Trnava
1995–2000	Slovan Bratislava
2000	Grasshopper
2000–2002	FC Basel
2001–2002	→ Concordia (loan)
2002–2003	FC Zürich
2003–2004	Elazığspor
2004–2005	Baník Ostrava
2005–2006	MŠK Žilina
2006–2008	Panionios
Total
International career‡
1997–2004	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2008

Miroslav König (born 1 June 1972) is a retired Slovak football goalkeeper of German descent, who played during the 1990s and 2000s. He played for a number of clubs in Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Greece.

Career

König began his career with FC Nitra in 1991 but never played any games at the club and moved to FC Spartak Trnava in 1993. He impressed during his two season at Spartak and was noticed by ŠK Slovan Bratislava whom he signed for in 1995. He went on to play over 100 matches for Slovan over five seasons and earned his place in the Slovak national team. In 2000, he signed for Swiss giants Grasshopper Club Zürich but failed to make his mark in the first-team and left to join rivals FC Basel he played just one season and went on to play for FC Concordia Basel on loan^[1] and FC Zürich before leaving Switzerland for Turkey's Elazığspor in 2003. The Czech Republic was König's next destination as he signed for FC Baník Ostrava in 2004 before returning to Slovakia with MŠK Žilina in 2005. Greek side Panionios F.C. signed him in 2006 and he retired in the Summer of 2008 after making 31 appearances for the club, at the age of 36.

König was capped 43 times by the Slovak national team between 1997 and 2004.

Honours

Slovan Bratislava

Slovak League Winner: 3

1995, 1996, 1999

Slovak Cup Winner: 2

1997, 1999

Slovak Super Cup Winner: 2

1995, 1996

Ciudad de Cartagena Trophy Winner: 1

1996

MŠK Žilina

Slovak League Runner-Up: 1

2005

References

^ FC Basel 1893 (2001). "König leihweise zu Congeli" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2001-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Miroslav König at National-Football-Teams.com
Miroslav König – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)

[fcb1-1] FC Basel 1893 (2001). "König leihweise zu Congeli" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2001-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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