Miroslav Karhan

Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder.[1] Karhan played club football at the beginning and end of his career for Spartak Trnava; between times 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, has played the second most matches of any player to represent them.

Miroslav Karhan
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Karhan
Date of birth (1976-06-21) 21 June 1976
Place of birth Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2014–2016 Dynamo Malženice (6)
Total 557 (50)
National team
1995–2011 Slovakia 107 (14)
Teams managed
2016–2017 Spartak Trnava
2019 Báhoň
2020 Komárno
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Career statistics

International appearances
Team Year Apps Goals
Slovakia 199530
199660
199790
199850
199991
200060
2001110
200251
200350
200483
2005104
200673
200841
200970
201060
201161
Total10714

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 1999Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia Liechtenstein2 – 02–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2.20 November 2002Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Ukraine1 – 01–1Friendly match
3.8 September 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Liechtenstein3 – 07–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.9 October 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Latvia3 – 14–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.9 October 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Latvia4 – 14–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.9 February 2005GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Romania1 – 22–2Friendly match
7.30 March 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Portugal1 – 01–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.3 September 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Germany1 – 02–0Friendly match
9.3 September 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Germany2 – 02–0Friendly match
10.2 September 2006Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Cyprus5 – 06–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
11.7 October 2006Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales1 – 41–5UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
12.15 November 2006Štadión Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Bulgaria3 – 03–1Friendly match
13.11 October 2008Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1 – 31–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.4 June 2011Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia Andorra1 – 01–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Correct as of 13 March 2017[8]

Honours

Club
Mainz
Spartak Trnava

Individual

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. Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
  4. "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. "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. "Football PLAYER: Miroslav Karhan". Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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