Igor Klejch (born 28 March 1964) is a retired
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Greece.
Club career
Klejch began playing football in the Czechoslovakian first division, making 149 appearances before the league split in 1992, including 28 appearances for
FC Nitra
FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia.
History
Czechoslovak era
Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslov ...
during the 1990–91 season. He would become the leading goal-scorer in the Slovak second division the following season. Klejch played for
Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''.
...
and
Svit Zlín in the
Gambrinus liga
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, scoring a total of 17 goals in 58 appearances over two league seasons.
In July 1995, Klejch joined
Greek Superleague
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side
Panachaiki F.C.
Panachaiki F.C. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή ΓΕ ΠΑΕ ) is a Greek professional football club based in Patras, Greece and they play in Super League Greece 2, the second tier of greek football. Founded in 1891, they have reached the Greek Cup s ...
for the three seasons and would appear in 94 league matches and score 25 goals for the club.
References
External links
ΞΕΝΟΙ ΠΑΙΚΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΠΟΝΗΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΧΑΪΚΗΣ
1964 births
Living people
Slovak men's footballers
Slovak expatriate men's footballers
FC Spartak Trnava players
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players
FC Nitra players
Czech First League players
FC Baník Ostrava players
FC Zlín players
Panachaiki F.C. players
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
Super League Greece players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
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Men's association football forwards
FK Senica players