Igor Bobček (born 6 October 1983 in

Myjava Myjava (; historically also Miava, german: Miawa, hu, Miava) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flow ...

) is a Slovak

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who currently plays for

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in the Erste Liga and the

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. Prior to turning professional, Bobček played the 2002–03 season with the

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of the

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. After playing with several clubs outside Slovakia, including

GKS Tychy GKS Tychy is a Polish professional football club, based in Tychy, Poland, that plays in the Polish I Liga. The club was founded on 20 April 1971. It played in the Ekstraklasa between 1974–1977. The biggest success of GKS Tychy was the 2nd plac ...

of the

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, he returned to

HK 36 Skalica Hockey Club Skalica is a professional ice hockey team based in Skalica, Slovakia. It has been a member of the Slovak Extraliga since 1997–98 Slovak Extraliga, 1997–98 season, when the squad was promoted from the Slovak 1.Liga. Team is currentl ...

in December 2012.Miroslav Lipovský a Igor Bobček v Skalici
19 December 2012 "Obranca Igor Bobček prichádza do Skalice na mesačnú skúšku s opciou do konca sezóny. Posledným Igorovým pôsobiskom bol maďarský Miskolc. Vo svojej kariére už pôsobil v slovenských kluboch Trenčín, Nitra Martin či Žilina a v zahraničí strávil niekoľko sezón v nižších súťažiach v Poľsku, Česku, Nemecku, Rakúsku či USA."

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* 1983 births Living people Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne players Coventry Blaze players DVTK Jegesmedvék players ETC Crimmitschau players GKS Tychy (ice hockey) players HC Astana players HC Berounští Medvědi players HC Kobra Praha players HK 36 Skalica players HK Dubnica players HK Dukla Trenčín players HK Nitra players HC Nové Zámky players LHK Jestřábi Prostějov players Manchester Storm (2015–) players MHC Martin players MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players MsHK Žilina players Podhale Nowy Targ players People from Myjava SG Cortina players Slovak ice hockey defencemen VHK Vsetín players Waterloo Black Hawks players {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub