Maroš Klimpl (born 4 July 1980) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a midfielder for FK Kolín.

Club career

Born in

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, Slovakia, back then still part of

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, Klimpl played with Dukla Banská Bystrica and

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 ...

for 6 seasons in the Slovak top tier before moving to the Czech Republic during the winter break of the 2001–02 season to join

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. The first two seasons with Viktoria were successful as they finished third in the Czech championship, however in the 2003–04 season they finished 15th and Klimpl moved to

FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. Founded in 1922 as ''SK Slezská Ostrava'', Baník has won numerous national and international trophies. History Formation and history to 1 ...

who had just been Czech champions in that season. He stayed in Ostrava three years and, although Baník failed to conquer the Czech championship in those years, they did win the

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in the first season Klimpl was with them. In summer 2007, as an already established Slovak international, he left Czech Republic after six consecutive seasons in the

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, and joined Danish side FC Midtjylland. At the end of the 2007–08 season they finished runners-up in the

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however Klimpl was loaned to Scottish Premier League side

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for the next season. He adapted well in Scotland and in July 2009, he joined Football League Championship side Cardiff City on trial. On 31 August 2009, he agreed a deal to join

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side Dundee. On 4 May 2010, he was informed along with 3 other players that he was no longer wanted and was free to look for another club. On 28 June 2010, it was announced that he has been released from his contract. He subsequently rejoined

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for the 2010/2011 season. In February 2011 after a successful trial Klimpl signed with Serbian club Sloboda Užice. In summer 2011 he moved to Cyprus joining

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadiu ...

. Next summer he returned to the Czech Republic and for a season and a half played with third level side FC Chomutov.Maroš Klimpl
at FC CHomutov official website During the 2013–14 season winter break he moved to

side

FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in the city of Teplice. The club currently plays in the Czech First League. The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First League in just three years after ...

. In summer 2014 he joined FK Kolín.Maros Klimpl
at Soccerway

International

He was member of the

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between 2002 and 2007 and holds nineteen games and one goal.Maroš Klimpl
at National-Football-Teams.com

Honours

;Banik Ostrava *

: 2005 ;Dundee FC * Scottish Challenge Cup: 2009–10

References

External links

Motherwell stats
at SkySports. *

at RSSSF. *
Landsholdsspiller til FC Midtjylland
*
Maroš Klimpl Stats
at Utakmica.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Klimpl, Maros 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Martin, Slovakia Footballers from the Žilina Region Slovak men's footballers Men's association football defenders Slovakia men's international footballers MFK Ružomberok players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Slovak First Football League players Slovak expatriate men's footballers FK Viktoria Žižkov players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Teplice players Czech First League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FC Midtjylland players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Motherwell F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Scotland FK Sloboda Užice players Aris Limassol FC players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Scottish Football League players Cypriot First Division players