Peter Pekarík

Peter Pekarík
Personal information
Full name	Peter Pekarík
Date of birth	30 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Hertha BSC
Number	2
Youth career
	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2009	Žilina
2004–2005	→ Dubnica (loan)
2009–2012	VfL Wolfsburg
2011–2012	→ Kayserispor (loan)
2012–	Hertha BSC
International career‡
2006–	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2012

Peter Pekarík (born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national football team.

Club career

Žilina

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

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.^[1]

On 31 January 2009, matchday 18, he debuted in the German Bundesliga in a 1–1 draw against the 1. FC Köln. At half time, coach Felix Magath substituted him for Cristian Zaccardo. 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. However, at the end of the season he was substituted more often and lost his place in the starting eleven.

Kayserispor

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

Hertha BSC

After a year in Turkey, Pekarík returned to Germany, signing for Hertha BSC.^[2]

International career

Pekarík made his national team debut against United Arab Emirates on 10 December 2006. He scored his first, and so far only, international goal in a 7–0 home victory over San Marino. He was a part of the Slovakia national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 June 2009	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	San Marino	2 – 0	7–0	World Cup 2010 Qualifying

Honours

MŠK Žilina

Corgoň Liga: 1

2006–07

Super Cup: 1

2007

VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga: 1

2008–09

References

^ "Pekarík vo Wolfsburgu s číslom 19" (in Slovak). profutbal. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ "Hertha verpflichtet Pekarik" (in German). DFL. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Peter Pekarík – FIFA competition record (archived)
Peter Pekarík at National-Football-Teams.com
Peter Pekarík at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[1] "Pekarík vo Wolfsburgu s číslom 19" (in Slovak). profutbal. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

[2] "Hertha verpflichtet Pekarik" (in German). DFL. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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