Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional
footballer
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who plays 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
Süper Lig
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club
Trabzonspor
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. He formerly captained the
Slovakia national team.
After beginning his club career with
Slovan Bratislava in 2004, Hamšík moved to Italian club
Brescia
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later that year. In 2007, he was purchased by newly promoted Serie A club
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, where he became a mainstay in the squad's starting line-up. His energy, leadership, creativity, skill and eye for goal from midfield saw him play a key role in helping the team to two
Coppa Italia
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History
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titles, a
Supercoppa Italiana
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,
UEFA Champions League
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qualification and the
2014–15 UEFA Europa League
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The 2015 UEFA Europa League Final was ...
semi-finals. He scored 121 goals for the club and collected 521 appearances in all competitions during his 12 seasons with the team, and also served as the club's captain between 2014 and 2019; he became the
club's all-time top goalscorer in 2017 (surpassed by
Dries Mertens in 2020), and the
club's all-time appearance holder in 2018. In February 2019, he joined Chinese club
Dalian Professional.
At international level, Hamšík helped Slovakia qualify for the country' first ever
FIFA World Cup
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, captaining the side at the
2010 tournament as they reached the round of 16 following a victory over defending champions
Italy
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. He would go on to lead his nation to
European Championship qualification for the first time in
2016
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, as they once again reached the second round of a major tournament; a second consecutive European Championship appearance would follow for Hamšík in
2020
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. From 2007 to 2022, Hamšík collected 136 international caps at senior level, scoring 26 goals, and in 2018 became
Slovakia's most capped player ever. In 2019, he scored his 25th international goal, overtaking
Róbert Vittek
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With 23 goals in 82 matches since 2001, Vittek is the second top scorer in the history of the Slovakia national football team. He played f ...
as the nation's all-time top scorer.
For his performances, Hamšík has also won several individual awards: he is an eight-time winner of the
Slovak Footballer of the Year Award, and he was named
Serie A Young Footballer of the Year
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in 2008. In 2011, 2016 and 2017, he was named to the
Serie A Team of the Year, and in 2015, he was included in the
UEFA Europa League Squad of the season. In 2013, Hamšík was ranked as the eighth best footballer in Europe by
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.
Club career
Early career
Despite the fact Hamšík grew up in
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica ...
, he never played for major local team
Dukla Banská Bystrica. Instead, he began playing for a small youth team, Jupie Podlavice. In 2002, he signed with top Slovak club
Slovan Bratislava. He played six times for the Slovan Bratislava first team and scored one goal.
In 2004, at age 17, Hamšík joined Italian
Serie A
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club
Brescia
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for a
€
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500,000 transfer fee.
He made his Brescia debut in a 3–1 away defeat against
Chievo
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on 20 March 2005, when he was 17 years and 237 days old.
Later that season, Brescia finished 19th in
Serie A
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and was therefore relegated to the
Serie B
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. In
2005–06, he played 24 league matches for Brescia, with Brescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive
2006–07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches.
Napoli
On 28 June 2007, newly promoted Serie A club
Napoli
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announced Hamšík had signed a five-year contract with the club after Napoli paid Brescia a €5.5 million transfer fee. Napoli club chairman
Aurelio De Laurentiis
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described Hamšík as a player who should be closely watched in the future.
Hamšík played his first competitive match with Napoli on 15 August 2007, against
Cesena
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History
Cesena was ...
in the first round of the
Coppa Italia
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; Napoli won the match 4–0, as Hamšík set up the opening goal and scored the second himself. He scored his first goal in Serie A on 16 September 2007 in the match against
Sampdoria.
His football icon is Czech midfielder
Pavel Nedvěd
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, to whom Hamšík has often been compared due to his playing style.
In 2007, he was voted the second-best Slovak footballer of the year, after
Martin Škrtel
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, and also he was voted the best young Slovak footballer (the
Peter Dubovský Trophy). Hamšík ended his first season with Napoli as the club's top scorer, with nine goals from 37 matches. At the start of the
2008–09 season, Hamšík scored in both of Napoli's first two matches and went on to score a further nine goals in his second season with the club, finishing as Napoli's top scorer for the second-straight year.
In 2009, he was again runner-up as best Slovak footballer of the year and repeated his success as the best young Slovak footballer.
2010–11 season
On 19 September 2010, Hamšík scored Napoli's first goal as they came back from a goal down to defeat Sampdoria 2–1 in
Genoa
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. On 23 September, Hamšík signed a three-year contract extension set to last until June 2015. Three days later, Hamšík scored his second goal of the new season with an 81st-minute penalty to earn Napoli a 4–1 comeback win away to newly promoted
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
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. On 30 January 2011, Hamšík scored a well taken effort as Napoli hammered Sampdoria 4–0.
The
2010–11 season was very productive for Hamšík, as he helped lead Napoli to a very successful season and earn automatic qualification into the
UEFA Champions League
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by finishing third in
Serie A
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. Hamšík played in 36 of Napoli's 38 Serie A matches that season, scoring 11 goals and contributing 6 assists.
2011–12 season
Hamšík scored the winning goal in Napoli's 2–0 home victory over
Villarreal
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on 27 September, earning Napoli its first ever victory in the Champions League. On 29 November, Napoli welcomed Serie A table leaders
Juventus
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to the
Stadio San Paolo
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; Hamšík missed a 15th-minute penalty before heading in a goal to give the hosts the lead seven minutes later. The match was enthralling, however it ended in a 3–3 draw after Napoli conceded two late goals to preserve Juventus' unbeaten start to the season.
Hamšík provided an assist for
Gökhan Inler
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İnler began his professional career with FC Basel and later joined FC Aarau and FC Zürich, winning the Swiss Sup ...
's opening goal against Villarreal on 7 December and then scored the decisive goal, helping Napoli to a 2–0 victory in Spain. The win secured qualification to the round of 16 in a very difficult group, which included
Bayern Munich
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and
Manchester City
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. Hamšík helped Napoli finish the first half of the 2011–12 campaign on a high, scoring a superb goal in Napoli's 6–1 hammering of
Genoa
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on 21 December. Hamšík also provided assists for strikes by
Goran Pandev and
Walter Gargano
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Club career
Youth career
Gargano started playing football aged three and joined the now defunct youth clu ...
in the match. Through the first half of the 2011–12 campaign, Hamšík had appeared in 16
Serie A
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matches, contributing five goals and five assists. In Napoli's European campaign, Hamšík appeared in all six group stage matches and contributed two goals and one assist.
Following the winter break, Hamšík provided an assist for
Edinson Cavani
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's goal and scored Napoli's third goal in its 3–1 defeat of
Palermo
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on 8 January 2012. On 13 February 2012, he made his 200th appearance for Napoli in a 2–0 home win over
Chievo
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It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...
.
On 9 March, Hamšík signed a one-year contract extension with Napoli, keeping him at the club until June 2016. The announcement was made following Hamšík scoring an incredible angled shot against
Cagliari
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earlier that day, as Napoli ran out 6–3 winners. Hamšík's final goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory over Palermo on 1 May, as he doubled Napoli's lead in the 35th minute following a penalty from Edinson Cavani. Napoli finished the season in fifth place in Serie A, with Hamšík contributing nine league goals and nine assists.
Hamšík was also very influential as Napoli reached the
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
final against ''
Scudetto
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'' winners Juventus on 20 May. After being slipped in by Goran Pandev, Hamšík was one-on-one with Juve goalkeeper
Marco Storari
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After a lengthy spell in Italy's lower leagues, he arrived in Serie A aged 27. Steady performances for Messina prompted his signing by A.C. Milan ...
and made no mistake as he touched it past the onrushing Storari, securing a 2–0 win which delivered ''The Partenopei'' its first trophy in over 20 years.
2012–13 season
Hamšík started in the
2012 Supercoppa Italiana
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, held in Beijing, on 11 August; however, Napoli were defeated by Juventus 4–2 in extra time. Later that month, in Napoli's first league fixture of the
2012–13 Serie A
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season, Hamšík scored the club's first goal and assisted
Christian Maggio
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A dynamic and hard-working offensive full-back, prior to joining Napoli in 2008, Maggio played for I ...
's strike in an eventual 3–0 defeat of Palermo. Missing leading goal-scorer Edinson Cavani for the club's match against Chievo on 28 October 2012, Hamšík connected on a
Juan Camilo Zúñiga
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cross to give Napoli a 1–0 victory. On 6 January 2013, he made his 200th Serie A appearance in a 4–1 home win over
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. On the penultimate matchday of the Serie A season, Hamšík collected a pass from Goran Pandev and nudged the ball home in the 93rd minute, rescuing a 2–1 win over
Siena
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, confirming the club's place in the group stages of the
Champions League while condemning Siena to relegation. The Slovak featured in every Serie A match for Napoli during the 2012–13 season, providing 11 goals and 14 assists as the ''Partenopei'' finished second behind reigning champions Juventus, a season which proved to be manager
Walter Mazzarri's last at the club, as he became coach of
Internazionale
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later that summer.
2013–14 season
On 10 August 2013, Hamšík signed a contract extension with Napoli, tying him to the club until the summer of 2018. In the first match of the
2013–14 Serie A
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season on 26 August 2013, Hamšík scored Napoli's second and third goals in the club's 3–0 home defeat of
Bologna
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. Hamšík continued his scoring form in Napoli's following match, netting another brace in their 4–2 away victory over Chievo on 31 August.
Following
Paolo Cannavaro
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's departure to
Sassuolo in the 2014 January transfer window, Hamšík was named Napoli's new
captain
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. On 27 April 2014, he made his 300th appearance for Napoli in a 0–0 draw against Internazionale. On 3 May 2014, Hamšík played 63 minutes in Napoli's 3–1 win over
Fiorentina
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in the
2014 Coppa Italia Final
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.
2014–15 season
On 27 August 2014, Hamšík scored the opening goal, his first of the
2014–15 season, in the second leg of Napoli's
Champions League play-off against
Athletic Bilbao
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, as Bilbao came from behind to win the match 3–1 at home and eliminate Napoli from the competition. On 20 October, Hamšík scored the opening goal in a 2–0 away win over his former club Slovan Bratislava in Napoli's second group match of that season's
UEFA Europa League
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, making his 40th appearance for the club in
UEFA club competitions in the process and overtaking
Antonio Juliano
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as the club's record appearance holder in European club competitions.
On 22 December, Hamšík lifted the
2014 Supercoppa Italiana
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as Napoli's captain, defeating Juventus 6–5 on penalties after a 2–2 draw following extra time. On 22 January 2015, he scored his first
Coppa Italia
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goal of the season in the round of 16 against
Udinese
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, as Napoli went on to win the match on penalties. On 3 May, he scored his 90th goal for Napoli in a 3–0 victory over
Milan
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in Serie A.
2015–16 season
Under new Napoli manager
Maurizio Sarri, Hamšík returned to playing as a
central 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 ...
on the left in Napoli's three-man midfield for the
2015–16 season, which he described as being his preferred role. On 23 August 2015, Hamšík scored the opening goal in a 2–1 away defeat to Sassuolo on the opening match of the
Serie A season. On 17 September, he scored in a 5–0 win over
Club Brugge
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group stage
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of the
Europa League. He made his 300th Serie A appearance on 6 January 2016, scoring in a 2–1 home win over
Torino
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. In the following league match, on 10 January, he made his 300th Serie A appearance for Napoli in a 5–1 away win over
Frosinone
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, as Napoli finished the first half of the season as unofficial "winter champions". He marked the occasion by scoring a goal, his 80th in Serie A, all of which were scored with Napoli.
2016–17 season
On 6 August 2016, Napoli announced Hamšík had signed a new four-year deal, keeping him at the club until 2020. On 24 September, he scored his 100th goal for the club in a 2–0 home win over Chievo in Serie A.
2017–18 season
On 16 December 2017, Hamšík scored his 115th goal for Napoli in a 3–1 away victory over Torino, equalling
Diego Maradona
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as the club's all-time top scorer. He surpassed Maradona's record one week later, becoming Napoli's outright all-time top goalscorer with his 116th goal for the club, which came in a 3–2 victory against Sampdoria in
Naples
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.
On 6 May 2018, he scored his 100th goal in Serie A (all of which came with Napoli) in a 2–2 home draw against Torino after coming off the bench.
2018–19 season
On 23 September 2018, Hamšík made his 400th appearance in Serie A in a 3–1 away win over Torino. On 28 October, he made his 511th appearance for Napoli in a 1–1 home draw against Roma, equaling
Giuseppe Bruscolotti as the
club's record all-time appearance holder.
On 6 November, he overtook Bruscolotti with his 512th appearance in all competitions for Napoli in a 1–1 home draw against
Paris Saint-Germain
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in the
Champions League.
Dalian Professional
On 14 February 2019, he agreed a contract with Chinese club
Dalian Professional (then Dalian Yifang) for a reported fee of €13 million, bringing to an end an eleven-and-a-half year spell with Napoli. On 3 March, in the opening match of the
2019 Chinese Super League
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season, Hamšík made his club debut in a 1–1 away draw against
Henan Jianye
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. In 2020, it was reported he earned a weekly wage of about
€
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200 thousand. Earlier reports suggested an annual salary of about 9 million Euros.
IFK Göteborg
On 8 March 2021, he signed as a free agent with Swedish club
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...
. After breaking the contract with his then club
Dalian Professional, he sought his way back to Europe to get playtime before
UEFA Euro 2020
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. He then turned to
Allsvenskan
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, where the transfer window still was open, and signed for Göteborg until 30 August 2021. He made his debut for Göteborg on 19 April in a league game against
AIK, replacing
Simon Thern in the 73rd minute of a 2–0 win. He scored his first and only goal for the club on 17 May in a 2–2 draw with
IK Sirius
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History
IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in ...
from a spectacular half-volley shot, which also won goal of the season in Allsvenskan.
Trabzonspor
On 8 June 2021, it was announced he will join Turkish club
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...
on a 2-year contract, effective from 1 July. Hamšík scored on his
Süper Lig
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debut for the club, a 5–1 win over
Yeni Malatyaspor
Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country.
History
Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prim ...
on 16 August.
International career
Hamšík represented Slovakia at junior level, playing in the
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual Association football, football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain national under ...
qualifiers and the
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain and England ...
. He played also for the
Slovakia national under-21 team.
Hamšík was a regular member of the
Slovakia national team. He made his debut on 7 February 2007
in a friendly against
Poland
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, which ended in a 2–2 draw. He played his second match against
Germany
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in the
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification, which Slovakia lost 2–1. He became the key member of the attack for the national team, usually playing as a left or central attacking midfielder. Hamšík captained his country in its first
FIFA World Cup
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experience
in South Africa in 2010, where the nation made it to the first knockout stage after defeating then-world champions
Italy
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3–2. Slovakia was defeated by later
finalists The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.
In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played betwee ...
Netherlands
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in the first knockout stage.
Hamšík also played a key role in helping his nation
qualify for
Euro 2016
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for the first time in the nation's history, finishing as Slovakia's top scorer as Slovakia placed second in its qualifying group behind defending champions
Spain
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.
Slovakia suffered a closely contested 2–1 defeat to
Wales
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in its opening match of the competition on 11 June. Hamšík came close to opening the scoring in the third minute of play after dribbling past several Welsh defenders, but his strike was denied by
Ben Davies' goal-line clearance.
In Slovakia's second group B match of the tournament, against
Russia
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on 15 June 2016, Hamšík set up a goal and later scored another himself in a 2–1 win, his nation's first in the competition.
Following a 0–0 draw against
England
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on 20 June, Slovakia advanced to the second round as the best third-placed team of the tournament. However, Slovakia was eliminated in the round of 16 on 26 June after a 3–0 defeat to
reigning world champions Germany.
On 5 October 2017, Hamšík made his 100th appearance for the Slovak national team in a 0–1 loss to
Scotland
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in a
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match.
On 13 October 2018, Hamšík made his 108th international appearance in a 2–1 home defeat to
Czech Republic
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in the
UEFA Nations League
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The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
; with this cap, he overtook
Miroslav Karhan to become
Slovakia's most capped player ever. He marked the occasion with a goal, his 22nd for his country, putting him equal with
Szilárd Németh
Szilárd Németh (; ; born 8 August 1977) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a striker.
After playing for clubs in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, he spent four-and-a-half seasons at Middlesbrough of the Premier League f ...
as his nation's second-highest goalscorer of all time, only behind
Róbert Vittek
Róbert Vittek (; born 1 April 1982) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward.
With 23 goals in 82 matches since 2001, Vittek is the second top scorer in the history of the Slovakia national football team. He played f ...
with 23 goals.
In March 2019, after a surprise retirement of
Martin Škrtel
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at the end of February, Hamšík regained the position of the captain of the national team, despite captaining the team some 20 times since 2010, most notably during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the previous years, Hamšík served as the vice-captain to Škrtel.
Retirement
Announcement
In May 2022, Hamšík announced his international retirement, capping a total of 135 matches and scoring 26 goals in them. He stated that his retirement is caused by increasing number of injuries he went through in preceding months and to spend more time with his family. Nonetheless, he stated he would wish to play in a final retirement match at home during the autumn of the year.
Farewell match
Hamšík was afforded this recognition on 20 November 2022 at
Tehelné pole
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during an
international friendly
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versus
Chile
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. Earlier in the month, on 17 November, the national team also featured in another friendly at
Podgorica City Stadium
Podgorica City Stadium ( cnr, Stadion pod Goricom) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Podgorica, Montenegro. Although its seating capacity changed over the years due to several renovations, as of 2019 it has 11,050 seats. The stadium is th ...
versus
Montenegro
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. While Hamšík was a part of the squad for both fixtures, he did not appear in Podgorica, remaining out of the match nomination. The match against Montenegro concluded with a 2–2 tie.
For his retirement match versus
Chile
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, on 17 November, Hamšík expressed that he hoped to fill up the
Tehelné pole
Tehelné pole or National football stadium ( sk, Národný futbalový štadión) is a multi-use stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was completed in 2019 and is used for football matches, including the home matches of ŠK Slovan Bratislava and t ...
stadium. Prior to the match, he was praised by
Francesco Calzona as being a "silent leader", recalling their period of coopeartion in
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. For the match, Hamšík had provided admission and transportation for the majority of youth players from his
RSC Hamsik Academy
RSC Hamsik Academy is a Slovak association football club located in Rakytovce. It currently plays in 3. liga (3rd tier in Slovak football system). The club was founded in 1993.
Former names
* 1986 – TJ STS Rakytovce
* 1992 – ŠK Kvasna ...
. The caravan of 7 coaches and dozens of cars from Hamšík's native
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica ...
to
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...
numbered over 500 people.
During the match, Hamšík, captained the team. Although it was expected that he was going to be subbed off earlier during the second half, Hamšík remained on the de facto for the entirety of the match only being replaced in the 89th minute of the match by
Martin Regáli. Hamšík was exited by a
standing ovation
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of almost 20 thousand spectators of an essentially sold out stadium. During the substitution he was reduced to tears reducing Calzona to tears in turn. In play, Hamšík continued to be a key player of Slovakia completing about 90 passes, with almost 90% accuracy with the media noting especially his cooperation with
László Bénes. Repeatedly, fans have chanted his name and he was walked off through the walk of fame by his team-mates after the match. The match was also filled with numerous banner commemorations, social media interactions and 17th minute standing ovation as well as farewell messages from his relatives and previous managers including
Ján Kocian,
Ján Kozák and
Vladimír Weiss.
After the match in press conferences and media appearances, Hamšík did not rule out the option to re-join the national team in a managerial or coaching positions in the future.
Style of play
Hamšík has been described as "quick, energetic, hard-working, and tactically versatile midfielder, who is capable of playing in several
offensive positions on either side of the pitch, or even through the centre". Throughout his career, he has been deployed as a
central midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 ...
, as an
attacking 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 ...
, as a
mezzala
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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 ...
, as a
winger, or even as a
supporting striker
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or
inside forward
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on occasion. Although naturally right footed, he is capable of striking the ball well with either foot, and is known for his ability to both score and create goals, often dropping deep to participate in the build-up of his team's plays, courtesy of his vision, passing, and
crossing ability. A talented, elegant, and technically gifted
advanced playmaker, in addition to his footballing skills, he is also known for his leadership and stamina, as well as his play, movement, creativity, and intelligence off the ball, in particular his ability to find spaces and make attacking runs to get into good positions in the opposition's half, and his tireless running. He is also capable of playing as a
deep-lying playmaker
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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 boundari ...
or in a
box-to-box
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 ...
role, due to his passing and tactical intelligence, and is an effective
free kick
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Association football
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and
penalty
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* Penalty (gridiron football)
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* Penalty (rugby)
* Penalty (rugby union)
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* Penal ...
taker, although his record from the penalty spot has been inconsistent at times throughout his career.
Francesco Calzona, who crossed paths with Hamšík on club and international level, described him as an elegant and silent leader.
Other activities
Footballing activities
As early as 2013, Hamšík invested in FK Jupie Banská Bystrica - Podlavice, his youth club, renaming the club to Jupie Futbalová škola Mareka Hamšíka. In May 2022, while announcing his international retirement, Hamšík also announced the fusion of Jupie FŠMH and
FK Rakytovce to form
Rakytovce Sporting Club Hamsik Academy Banska Bystrica, with Rakytovce providing a
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...
senior side and Jupie FŠMH providing youth teams.
Business activities
Even during Hamšík's career in
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Hamšík, in cooperation with his father Richard, began to develop his brand of wine assortments under the name Hamšík Winery. In 2021, Hamšík Winery broadened their business ventures into the beer industry, cooperating with Urpiner brewery from Hamšík's native
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica ...
.
Marketing and representative activities
Ahead of the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, then 22-year-old Hamšík was featured in popular
Slovak T-com ads featuring a South African child-fan name 'Dédé', played by Sithembele Jinghosa. The gimmick ad series was continued ahead of
Christmas
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in 2010.
In 2015, Hamšík represented Slovakia and co-starred in events at the country's pavillion at
Expo 2015
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The Bureau International des Expositi ...
in
Milan
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along with Slovak President
Andrej Kiska
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.
Personal life
Hamšík is the son of Richard Hamšík and Renáta Hamšíková. In July 2014, Hamšík married Martina née Fraňová. The couple have three children - two sons named Christian (born 2010) and Lucas (born 2012), and a daughter named Melissa (born 2017). His sister Michaela is married to Uruguayan footballer
Walter Gargano
Walter Alejandro Gargano Guevara (; born 23 July 1984) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for River Plate.
Club career
Youth career
Gargano started playing football aged three and joined the now defunct youth clu ...
, Hamšík's former teammate at Napoli.
Career statistics
Club
[
]
International
:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hamšík goal.''
Honours
Napoli
*Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
: 2011–12, 2013–14
*Supercoppa Italiana
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: 2014
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Trabzonspor
* Süper Lig
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: 2021–22
* Turkish Super Cup
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: 2022
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Individual
* Serie A Young Footballer of the Year
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: 2008
* Serie A Team of the Year: 2010–11
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, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Most assists in Serie A
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: 2012–13
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, 2014–15
* Peter Dubovský Trophy: 2007
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, 2008
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* Slovak Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
* UEFA Europa League
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Squad of the Season: 2014–15
*Süper Lig
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Foreign Player the Year: 2021–22
Records
* Napoli all-time appearance holder: 520 appearances
* Slovakia all-time appearance holder: 126 appearances
* Slovakia all-time top scorer: 26 goals
See also
* List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
* List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
In men's association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official match appearance for their national team. In total, over 600 players have played in 100 or more international matches. The r ...
Notes
References
External links
*
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*
Player profile
on Napoli's official website
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1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Banská Bystrica
Slovak footballers
Association football midfielders
ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
Brescia Calcio players
S.S.C. Napoli players
Dalian Professional F.C. players
IFK Göteborg players
Trabzonspor footballers
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Chinese Super League players
Allsvenskan players
Süper Lig players
Slovakia youth international footballers
Slovakia under-21 international footballers
Slovakia international footballers
2010 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
UEFA Euro 2020 players
FIFA Century Club
Slovak expatriate footballers
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in China
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in China
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Turkey