Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 June 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nové Mesto nad Váhom (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1993 | Spartak Trnava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1999 | Spartak Trnava | 152 | (21) |
1999–2000 | Betis | 33 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Beşiktaş | 26 | (2) |
2001–2007 | VfL Wolfsburg | 173 | (9) |
2007–2011 | Mainz 05 | 109 | (10) |
2011–2013 | Spartak Trnava | 64 | (6) |
2013–2014 | Komárno | 22 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Dynamo Malženice | 57 | (6) |
2019 | Báhoň | 16 | (1) |
Total | 652 | (52) | |
International career | |||
1995–2011 | Slovakia | 107 | (14) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Spartak Trnava | ||
2019 | Báhoň | ||
2020 | Komárno | ||
2022– | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. [1]
Karhan started and finished his career at Spartak Trnava; in between, he played in Spain, Turkey and Germany, where he spent ten seasons. Karhan was a regular member of the Slovakia national team and with 107 appearances, played the second most matches of any player to represent them.
Karhan began his career with local club Spartak Trnava. In 1999 he signed a four-year contract with La Liga club Real Betis, becoming the third Slovak player to join a Spanish league club in the 1990s after Peter Dubovský and Samuel Slovák. [2] After a season he moved to Turkish side Beşiktaş, before joining German side VfL Wolfsburg in 2001. In 2002 he was named Slovak Footballer of the Year. [3] Karhan joined Mainz 05 of the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer from Wolfsburg in July 2007, signing a two-year contract. [4]
He returned to Spartak Trnava in June 2011 having spent four seasons with Mainz. [5] Karhan played for Trnava for two more seasons, taking on the role of club captain. [6] In August 2013, he announced his retirement from playing, and that he would move to a role of sports director of Spartak Trnava. [6]
Karhan made 107 appearances for Slovakia over a period of 16 years and was the most capped Slovak footballer of all time, [3] until his record was surpassed by Marek Hamšík in October 2018. [7] He captained the national team. [4] He was an ever-present part of the side during the country's qualification for the 2010 World Cup for the first time in its history, but sustained an injury and was unable to feature during the actual tournament.
Karhan is the father of two boys: Patrick, who currently plays for Spartak Trnava and represented Slovakia at youth international level, and Alex Thomas. [8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Slovakia | 1995 | 3 | 0 |
1996 | 6 | 0 | |
1997 | 9 | 0 | |
1998 | 5 | 0 | |
1999 | 9 | 1 | |
2000 | 6 | 0 | |
2001 | 11 | 0 | |
2002 | 5 | 1 | |
2003 | 5 | 0 | |
2004 | 8 | 3 | |
2005 | 10 | 4 | |
2006 | 7 | 3 | |
2008 | 4 | 1 | |
2009 | 7 | 0 | |
2010 | 6 | 0 | |
2011 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 107 | 14 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 September 1999 | Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia | Liechtenstein | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
2 | 20 November 2002 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia | Ukraine | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
3 | 8 September 2004 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Liechtenstein | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 9 October 2004 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Latvia | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 4–1 | |||||
6 | 9 February 2005 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Romania | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
7 | 30 March 2005 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Portugal | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 3 September 2005 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Germany | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
9 | 2–0 | |||||
10 | 2 September 2006 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | Cyprus | 5–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
11 | 7 October 2006 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | Wales | 4–1 | 5–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
12 | 15 November 2006 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | Bulgaria | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
13 | 11 October 2008 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14 | 4 June 2011 | Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia | Andorra | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
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