Szilárd Németh
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Komárno, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1992 | KFC Komárno | ||
1992–1994 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Slovan Bratislava | 61 | (25) |
1997 |
1. FC Košice | ||
1997–1998 | Sparta Prague | 8 | (0) |
1998–1999 |
1. FC Košice | 37 | (20) |
1999–2001 | Inter Bratislava | 58 | (40) |
2001–2006 | Middlesbrough | 117 | (23) |
2006 |
Strasbourg | 9 | (0) |
2006–2010 | Alemannia Aachen | 77 | (17) |
Total | 357 | (130) | |
International career | |||
1996–2006 | Slovakia[1] | 58 | (22) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2020 | Slovan Bratislava (juniors) | ||
2020–2021 | Komárno | ||
2021–2022 | Rohožník | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Szilárd Németh (Slovak pronunciation:
After playing for clubs in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, he spent four-and-a-half seasons at
Németh was at that time the highest scorer in the history of the Slovakia national team, with 22 goals in 58 matches from 1997 to 2006.
Club career
Early career
Németh started his career with
From here he moved back to Slovakia with one of the top teams in the country,
Middlesbrough
Amid rumoured interest from Inter Milan, he eventually signed for English side Middlesbrough on 12 April 2001 for £2.1 million on a five-year contract. Earlier that season, he had a trial at their local rivals Sunderland.[3]
Németh scored 23 goals in 117 Premier League appearances for the club.
The 2005–06 season saw Németh turn down numerous transfer offers, including
Later career
On 25 January 2006, Németh was sold to French club
, and he was released.On 28 August 2006, he agreed to join the German Bundesliga club Alemannia Aachen in a two-year deal.[8] Németh spent most of his first season on the sidelines because of a pulmonary embolism.[9] On 19 May 2008, he signed a contract extension with Aachen until the end of the 2009–10 season. In the winter of 2010–11, he opted to retire from football due to health problems.[10]
International career
Németh scored 22 times in 58 matches for
Personal life
Németh belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.[11][12]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Németh goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 February 1997 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
2 | 7 February 1998 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol , Cyprus |
Iceland | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1998 Cyprus International Football Tournament |
3 | 8 September 1999 | Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
4 | 16 August 2000 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Croatia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
5 | 7 October 2000 | Chişinău , Moldova |
Moldova | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 15 November 2000 | Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes, Greece | Greece | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
7 | 27 February 2001 | Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers , Algeria |
Algeria | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
8 | 28 March 2001 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava , Slovakia |
Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 2–1 | |||||
10 | 5 September 2001 | Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín , Slovakia |
Moldova | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11 | 21 August 2002 | Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 1–4 | Friendly |
12 | 12 October 2002 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | England | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
13 | 2 April 2003 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava , Slovakia |
Liechtenstein | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
14 | 3–0 | |||||
15 | 30 April 2003 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | Greece | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
16 | 2–2 | |||||
17 | 10 September 2003 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
18 | 8 September 2004 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Liechtenstein | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
19 | 9 October 2004 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Latvia | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
20 | 8 June 2005 | Luxembourg City , Luxembourg |
Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
21 | 12 November 2005 | Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain | Spain | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2006 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Playoffs
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22 | 1 March 2006 | Stade de France, Paris, France | France | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Slovan Bratislava
Inter Bratislava
Middlesbrough
- Football League Cup: 2003–04
Individual
- Slovak Footballer of the Year: 2000
- Slovak Super Liga top scorer: 1999–2000, 2000–01
References
- ^ a b c "Szilárd Németh". European Football.
- ^ "Pán futbalista, ktorý pôsobil aj v Anglicku, vo Francúzsku a v Nemecku | Madari.sk".
- ^ "Boro net Nemeth". BBC News. 12 April 2001.
- ^ "Szilard Nemeth Profile, News & Stats | Premier League".
- ^ ""No Stopping the Slovakian Express against Cottagers; He Didn't Score as Many Goals as He Should've Done but Nemeth Was a Thorn in Fulham's Side" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 14, 2015". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Boro lift Carling Cup". BBC Sport. 29 February 2004.
- ^ "Striker Nemeth leaves Middlesbrough for Strasbourg". ESPN. 25 January 2006.
- ^ "Nemeth to join Alemannia Aachen". Soccerway. 28 August 2006.
- ^ "Nemeth out of hospital". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Szilárd Németh: Zdravie mi už profesionálny futbal nedovolí" (in Slovak). SME. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Népszámlálás 2011 – Németh Szilárd" (in Hungarian). nepszamlalas2011.sk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
For example about me, many knew both in England and Germany that I came from Slovakia, but I'm ethnic Hungarian. (Rólam például Angliában és Németországban is nagyon sokan tudták, hogy Szlovákiából jöttem, de magyar nemzetiségű vagyok.)
- ISBN 978-80-89249-57-2.
External links
- Szilárd Németh at Soccerbase