Andrej Rendla (born 13 October 1990) is a retired
Slovak footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
forward.
Career
Early career
Rendla debuted in professional football one day after his 16th birthday for
Dukla Banská Bystrica. Because of the low age he had, he was the youngest player to debut in the
Slovak Superliga
The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, he ...
ever. In 21 league matches, he scored 1 goal, and he soon attracted attention by
FC Twente
Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...
. In the summer of 2007, Rendla signed a youth contract with Twente.
FC Twente
Rendla's year in FC Twente's youth was very successful with many wins, including a Youth Super Cup victory, where Rendla scored 2 goals in the final against
De Graafschap's youth team. On 25 November 2007, Rendla made his debut in the
Dutch league, being a substitute for
Stein Huysegems in the away match against
Sparta Rotterdam. He came into the pitch in the 68th minute.
In January 2008, he suffered a knee ligament injury, which will sidelined him until the end of the year. In the
2009–10 pre-season, he was back in FC Twente's squad.
Honours
Club
FC Twente
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Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
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2009–10
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Johan Cruijff Schaal
The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...
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2011
References
External links
Voetbal International profile
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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Banská Bystrica
Slovak footballers
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players
FC Twente players
Heracles Almelo players
FK Železiarne Podbrezová players
Slovak Super Liga players
Eredivisie players
Slovak expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Men's association football forwards
Jong FC Twente players