Marián Had (born 16 September 1982) is a Slovak former professional

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who played mainly as a

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but also as a

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Football career

Born in

Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín (; also known by other names) is a town in northern Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is the historical capital and the largest settlement of the Orava region. Names The name is derived from the archaic Slovak word meaning a "gla ...

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, Had started his professional career in

MFK Ružomberok MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok. History Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor ...

, where he became an emergent fixture in the Slovak Super Liga. In the 2004 summer, he was sold to 1. FC Brno in the neighbouring

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for

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20.000. After two seasons, Had's first foreign adventure arrived, with a transfer to

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

for €2 million. There, he found himself more than often injured (

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, broken

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and

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). For the 2007–08 campaign, Had joined

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on loan, to replace departed

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and

Marco Caneira Marco António Simões Caneira (born 9 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Preferably a central defender, he was equally at ease on the right or left flank. A youth graduate at Sporting CP, he started his career at t ...

. He was initially the second-choice left-back behind

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and, with

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's arrival in January 2008 on loan from A.C. Milan, he was deemed surplus to requirements by manager Paulo Bento, subsequently returning to Lokomotiv in February.Marian Had regressa ao Lokomotiv Moscovo (Marian Had returns to Lokomotiv Moscow)

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, 15 February 2008 (in Portuguese) Had was again loaned in 2008–09, now to AC Sparta Prague. In January 2010, he was definitely released and signed with ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

Honours

;Győr *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Had, Marian 1982 births Living people People from Dolný Kubín Footballers from the Žilina Region Slovak men's footballers Men's association football defenders Slovak First Football League players MFK Ružomberok players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players FC Petržalka players Czech First League players FC Zbrojovka Brno players AC Sparta Prague players Russian Premier League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Győri ETO FC players Slovakia men's international footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Russia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary