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He played for Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, scoring four goals.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsClub career[edit]Slovan Bratislava[edit]1. FC N\u00fcrnberg[edit]Lille[edit]M.K.E. Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc[edit]Trabzonspor[edit]\u0130stanbul BB[edit]Return to Slovan Bratislava[edit]Debrecen[edit]International career[edit]Career statistics[edit]Honours[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Club career[edit]Slovan Bratislava[edit]Vittek began his career in the youth team of hometown club Slovan Bratislava in 1999. He was then promoted to the first team for the 1999\u20132000 campaign. While still a youth player, he signed a preliminary agreement with Real Madrid, but the move to Spain fell through due to injury. He was 19 at the time and scored 19 goals for Slovan. The next season, he played only three games, scoring twice. Before moving to Germany, Vittek had a trial at Birmingham City[1] and impressed the club enough that they made a move for him.[2] However, the move never materialized.1. FC N\u00fcrnberg[edit]He came to N\u00fcrnberg in 2003, while the club was still in the 2. Bundesliga, helping the team earn promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2004\u201305 campaign. During the first half of the 2004\u201305 season, Vittek signed a long-term contract.[3][4]Vittek scored only five goals in the 2004\u201305 campaign, and the following year he failed to score in the first 17 matches before the winter break.  With the arrival of new coach Hans Meyer, however, he scored 16 goals in the final 16 games of the 2005\u201306 season. He made league history in Spieltag 24 and 25, becoming the first Bundesliga player to score a combined six goals in two consecutive games. In all, Vittek had five multi-goal games on the season, and his 16 goals were good for fifth place on the Bundesliga scoring charts. Vittek’s rise was mirrored by his team as 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg rose from near-relegation to eighth place. He established a new record by scoring six goals in a row without an intervening goal from another player in the last two games against MSV Duisburg and 1. FC K\u00f6ln respectively. In the next game, he scored two more goals against Werder Bremen, and just missed the league record of Lothar Emmerich and Tomislav Mari\u0107 with four braces. His 2005\u201306 performance made Vittek a sought-after player in European football. Hamburger SV was the main Bundesliga club rumored to be courting Vittek.[5]Dynamo Kyiv offered a \u20ac10 million transfer fee for Vittek in June 2006, but N\u00fcrnberg rejected the offer. Lokomotiv Moscow was also reported to have interest in Vittek’s services.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The 2006\u201307 season was again a mixed season for Vittek as he just scored four goals in 24 games due to Markus Schroth and Ivan Saenko making the score sheet. He played only three game of the cup until the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal and returned only in the final, but stayed only on the bench which on 26 May 2007, N\u00fcrnberg won the DFB-Pokal beating VfB Stuttgart 3\u20131. In December 2006, Vittek won the Slovak Footballer of the Year award. During the season in October, Vittek signed a contract extension, keeping him until 2010[6] and this season began the decline for Vittek at N\u00fcrnberg.The 2007\u201308 season was a negative season for Vittek as he scored once in 17 games due to injury and lack of fitness. On 24 July 2007, he scored two goals for N\u00fcrnberg in the DFB-Ligapokal, but his team lost 4\u20132 to Schalke 04. On 5 August 2007, Vittek scored his first hat-trick since two seasons ago in the first round of DFB-Pokal in a 6\u20130 thrashing against Victoria Hamburg. On 1 September 2007, Vittek received a red card for the first time in his Bundesliga career after a second bookable offense in a 1\u20131 draw against Energie Cottbus.[7] Despite his sending off, a few days later, Vittek was injured after suffering pain on his knee, resulting in him being out of action throughout the rest of 2007 and was expected not to be available until January despite the operation being a success.[8] After the injury time, his return was delayed due to the flu.[9] The long forced break was also responsible for the fact that he was never used in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. On 1 March 2008, Vittek began to make his first appearance for the club since his injury, coming on as a substitute in a 2\u20131 loss against Hannover 96 and 33 days later on 5 April, Vittek scored his first goal (and only goal) of the season in a 3\u20131 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.The 2008\u201309 season was short-lived for Vittek before his move to Lille as he made two appearances and in his last match with a 2\u20131 loss against 1. FC Kaiserslautern provided an assist for Isaac Boakye to score the only goal in the game.Lille[edit]Struggling to get to previous form, he went to play to French club Lille for a reported \u20ac5.5 million in 2008, where he was awarded a contract until 2012. On 31 August 2008, Vittek made his debut for the club in a 2\u20131 win over Bordeaux and scored his first goal in a 3\u20130 win over Saint-\u00c9tienne three months later since making his debut. He went on to help the club finally with a total of five goals in 26 games for the fifth place, and thus to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.On 30 July 2009, he first played in the qualifying round of the 2009\u201310 UEFA Champions League against FK Sevojno and scored a goal. In the league start on 9 August he was in the starting lineup in a 2\u20131 loss against Lorient and two weeks later on 23 August 2009, Vittek scored his first goal in a 1\u20131 draw against Toulouse. After 17 games without scoring, Vittek scored in a 2\u20131 loss against Sochaux.M.K.E. Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc[edit]On 1 February 2010, Vittek left the French club and signed a half year loan deal with MKE Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc.[10] On 7 February 2010, Vittek made his debut for the club in a 0\u20130 draw against Bursaspor and scored his first goal in the next game with a 1\u20131 draw against \u0130stanbul BB. Vittek scored a brace in a 3\u20130 win over Kayserispor on 21 March 2010.After the World Cup campaign, Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc bought him from Lille permanently[11][12] despite interest from his former club N\u00fcrnberg.[13] Since signing permanently for Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc, Vittek never produced his form like last time when he was on loan as he just made 12 appearances and scored once against Bucaspor in a 5\u20133 win and also set up a goal for Murat Duruer on 21 April 2010.In the winter transfer break of 2010\u201311, FC Red Bull Salzburg were interested in signing Vittek. After the transfer arrangements with MKE Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc were cleared, the club officials of the Turkish side claimed to have sent a confirmation fax on 31 January 2011, shortly before midnight to Salzburg. The fax was received in Salzburg one minute past midnight and the clock of the Transfer Matching System (TMS) of FIFA registered it at 00:03 and therefore invalid. Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc made a faulty fax machine responsible for the incident. On 23 February 2011, it was ruled by the FIFA that Vittek was not joining the reigning Austrian champion.[14]Trabzonspor[edit]On 1 September 2011, Vittek signed a two-year contract for Turkish club Trabzonspor for a reported fee of \u20ac600,000.[15]On 14 September 2011, Vittek made his Champions League debut, coming on as a substitute in a 1\u20130 win over Inter Milan. On 17 September 2011, Vittek made his debut for the club but soon in the game, he suffered an injury on a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee to which sidelined him for about six months.[16] In April 2012, Vittek was again training with the squad and planned to return at the very end of the season.[17] By August, Vittek made his first appearance for the club since suffering an injury in a 1\u20131 draw against Kardemir Karab\u00fckspor.\u0130stanbul BB[edit]In February 2013, he signed one and half year contract with \u0130stanbul BB.[18][19] He didn’t make any league appearances for the club, mainly due to injury problems.Return to Slovan Bratislava[edit]On 3 September 2013, he signed a one-year deal with his hometown club \u0160K Slovan Bratislava. Vittek was assigned the number 33 shirt. He made his official debut on 14 September, scoring a goal in the 4\u20132 away win over FK Dukla Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica in a league match. In the s2013\u201314 season, Slovan won the league title with Vittek scoring 12 league goals. However, Vittek has been troubled with injuries in recent years. He missed last five games of the 2013\u201314 season due to an injury. Similarly, he spent two months on the sidelines due to problems with his knee in the 2014\u201315 season.[20]On 23 July 2015, he netted a hat-trick in a 5\u20131 win away to University College Dublin as Slovan advanced 6\u20131 on aggregate into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[21] He repeated the feat in the next round’s second leg, a 3\u20133 home draw against FC Krasnodar which saw his team eliminated nonetheless.[22]On 6 July 2016, it was announced that Vittek will not play for Slovan anymore after he was offered the manager’s job at the end of his player contract.[23]Debrecen[edit]On 5 October 2016, Vittek joined Hungarian first division side Debreceni VSC for the remainder of the 2016\u201317 season.[24]International career[edit]  Vittek in the jersey of the Slovakia national team in 2010.Vittek was part of the Slovak national team since 2001. His tally of 81 caps makes him their third most-capped player after Miroslav Karhan and Marek Ham\u0161\u00edk. Vittek scored Slovakia’s first ever goal at a World Cup, netting in the 1\u20131 draw with New Zealand on 15 June 2010.[25] Vittek also scored two goals against defending World Cup holders Italy on 24 June 2010 to knock them out of the competition and subsequently ensured that Slovakia progressed to the 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage.[26] On 28 June 2010, Slovakia lost 2\u20131 to the Netherlands in their first knockout stage match, in which Vittek converted a last-minute penalty to become Slovakia’s top international scorer. With four goals in the competition, he also became the joint top scorer at the stage that Slovakia were knocked out.[27] He scored only one goal fewer than Germany’s Thomas M\u00fcller, who won the Golden Boot.After the World Cup, Vittek was not a regular on the team in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, playing in only three matches as Slovakia failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012 by ending fourth in their group. Vittek also didn’t feature in Slovakia’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers. After a period of national wilderness of almost two years, Vittek was chosen in the squad for Slovakia’s Euro 2016 qualifiers against Spain and Ukraine. He was an unused substitute in the 2\u20130 defeat to Spain but started in the 0\u20130 draw against Ukraine.Career statistics[edit]Appearances and goals by national team and year[28]National teamYearAppsGoalsSlovakia20016120025020038520048520051022006612007512008912009112201075201140201310201510201610Total8223Scores and results list Slovakia’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vittek goal.List of international goals scored by R\u00f3bert Vittek[29]No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition115 August 2001Teheln\u00e9 pole, Bratislava, Slovakia\u00a0Iran3\u201323\u20134Friendly212 February 2003Larnaca, Cyprus\u00a0Romania1\u201301\u20132Cyprus 2003 Cyprus International Football Tournament313 February 2003Larnaca, Cyprus\u00a0Cyprus2\u201313\u201312003 Cyprus International Football Tournament43\u20131511 October 2003Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein\u00a0Liechtenstein1\u201302\u20130UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying62\u20130718 August 2004Teheln\u00e9 pole, Bratislava, Slovakia\u00a0Luxembourg1\u201313\u201312006 FIFA World Cup qualification84 September 2004Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia\u00a0Russia1\u201311\u201312006 FIFA World Cup qualification98 September 2004Teheln\u00e9 pole, Bratislava, Slovakia\u00a0Liechtenstein1\u201307\u201302006 FIFA World Cup qualification103\u20130114\u20130129 February 2005GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus\u00a0Romania1\u201302\u201322005 Cyprus International Football Tournament137 September 2005Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia\u00a0Latvia1\u201301\u201312006 FIFA World Cup qualification147 October 2006Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom\u00a0Wales5\u201315\u20131UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying1524 March 2007GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus\u00a0Cyprus1\u201313\u20131UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying1619 November 2008\u0160tadi\u00f3n pod Dub\u0148om, \u017dilina, Slovakia\u00a0Liechtenstein3\u201304\u20130Friendly1710 February 2009Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus\u00a0Ukraine1\u201312\u201332009 Cyprus International Football Tournament1812 August 2009Laugardalsv\u00f6llur, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland\u00a0Iceland1\u201301\u20131Friendly195 June 2010\u0160tadi\u00f3n Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia\u00a0Costa Rica2\u201303\u20130Friendly2015 June 2010Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa\u00a0New Zealand1\u201301\u201312010 FIFA World Cup2124 June 2010Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa\u00a0Italy1\u201303\u201322010 FIFA World222\u201302328 June 2010Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa\u00a0Netherlands1\u201321\u201322010 FIFA WorldHonours[edit]1. 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