Miroslav Karhan
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-21) 21 June 1976 (age 47)
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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karhan goal.
List of international goals scored by Miroslav Karhan[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Honours

Mainz 05

Spartak Trnava

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "Miroslav Karhan". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. ^ "M. Karhan mal od Trnavy súhlas na prestup do Betisu Sevilla". sme.sk (in Slovak). 23 January 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
  4. ^ a b "Karhan - der neue Chef im Mittelfeld". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 25 July 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Miro Karhan o Trnave: "Všade dobre, doma najlepšie"". sport.sk (in Slovak). 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Po trápení prišiel koniec: Miroslav Karhan už na trávnik nevybehne". zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Kapitánův dres pomůže Čišovskému". idnes.cz (in Czech). 13 October 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  8. ^ Šurin, Peter (4 March 2021). "U18 – Meno Karhan opäť v reprezentácii". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Football PLAYER: Miroslav Karhan". Retrieved 13 March 2017.

External links

Slovak Footballer of the Year - Ján Popluhár Award
Slovak Footballer of the Year - Fan Award
FC Spartak Trnava – managers
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