Filip Šebo (born 24 February 1984) is a Slovak former professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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. Šebo is best known for playing with Rangers.
Club career
Early career
Šebo started his professional career with German team
1. FC Köln
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but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He returned to Slovakia joining
Inter Bratislava
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History
Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of World Wa ...
in 2003 after being released by Köln. Eight goals in 25 appearances earned him a transfer to
Artmedia Bratislava
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– known for their run in the
2005–06 UEFA Champions League
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In the summer of 2005, after 22 goals in 29 games and the award for the league's top-scorer, he was bought by Austrian side
Austria Vienna
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who paid approximately £400,000 for him. Šebo played 32 times, scoring 5 goals for the Austrian side, helping them to achieve an
Austrian Bundesliga
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and Cup double.
Rangers
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manager
Paul Le Guen
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made Šebo his ninth signing on 3 August 2006 after Austria Vienna and Rangers agreed a fee of £1.85 million. Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on 17 September, against Hibernian in an
SPL
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match, and he scored. His first home goal came on 1 October, a late winner in a 1–0 victory over
Aberdeen
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at Ibrox. Šebo played his first European match for Rangers on 28 September, playing the last 15 minutes of a
UEFA Cup
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first-round second-leg tie against
Molde FK
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. Rangers won, 2–0, to qualify for the group stage. Despite his lack of goals, he became something of a cult figure for Rangers, due to both his high workrate and his distinctive broad, stocky build.
In a friendly against
Airdrie United
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on 31 January 2007, Šebo scored in a 3–0 win, his first goal in three months for the club. In another friendly, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 defeat of Gretna. In July 2007, Šebo scored Rangers' second goal in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win over
Chelsea
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; it was his first goal at Ibrox in almost 10 months.
Valenciennes
On 22 August 2007, Šebo joined French
Ligue 1
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side
Valenciennes
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on a year-long loan deal. He scored his first goal for Valenciennes in a
Coupe de la Ligue
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match against
Sochaux
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on 27 September 2007. He netted his first and second league goals on 11 November against
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Slovan Bratislava on 15 September 2010. The striker, who came as a free agent after his spell at
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, signed a contract with the Slovak side until December 2012. Šebo impressed in his first season at Slovan, becoming the
Corgoň liga
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's top scorer with 22 goals. Following the successful campaign, the
Bundesliga
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club
Hannover 96
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tried to sign Šebo, but failed, as Slovan decided against selling the striker. Although Šebo was less prolific in his remaining time at the club, Slovan offered him a new contract, which the striker, however, turned down and left the club in the winter of 2012.
On 15 August 2006, Šebo made his debut for the Slovakia national team in a friendly against
Malta
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. He marked the occasion by scoring a
hat-trick
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. He scored another two goals in his second international match against
Cyprus
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.
International goals
:Source:
:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.''
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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