Blažej Vaščák (born 21 November 1983) is a Slovak former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Vaščák started his professional career with Slovakian side

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. With the club he made 16 appearances in two season. In 2003, he moved to

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, and in just six months scored one goal in a total of 14 appearances. Following an impressive spell, he moved to

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and would score nine goals in 57 appearances over the course of two seasons. He then moved to Italy with

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side

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. In his first season with the club, they were relegated to

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. He would maintain a starting spot and score 5 goals in just over 30 appearances. In 2007, he moved to fellow Serie B side

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for €600,000 in co-ownership deal, making 12 appearances and scoring once. In June 2007 Lecce bought him outright for undisclosed fee. He was loaned out to

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the following season and made 29 starts. Following a less than perfect spell in Italy, the 24-year-old moved to the

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to play for

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. Vaščák made his

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debut on 29 March 2009, against

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and he overall played 7 matches for Teplice and came back to Lecce. Vaščák terminated the contract with Lecce in mutual consent in July 2009. In September 2009, he returned to

as a free agent. After a season at Košice, Vaščák joined the Polish side

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in the summer of 2011. He left the club a year later. In March 2012, Vaščák became a player of the

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team

Partizán Bardejov Partizán Bardejov is a Slovak professional football team, based in the town of Bardejov. The club was founded in 1922. The club currently plays in the 2. liga, the second tier of the Slovak league system, hosting games at the 3,040-capacity M ...

. He scored two goals on his debut in a 5–0 win at home to Sokol Dolná Ždaňa. Vaščák spent the following season on loan at ŽP Šport Podbrezová, signing permanently for the club in the summer of 2013.

Honours

Artmedia Petržalka *

Slovak First Football League The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...

: 2004–05 *

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: 2003–04 * Slovak Super Cup: 2005 Teplice *

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: 2008–09

References

External links

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Player profile
at official club website * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vascak, Blazej 1983 births Living people People from Krompachy Footballers from the Košice Region Men's association football midfielders Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FC VSS Košice players FC Steel Trans Ličartovce players FC Petržalka players Treviso FBC 1993 players US Lecce players AC Cesena players FK Teplice players Polonia Bytom players Partizán Bardejov players FK Železiarne Podbrezová players FC Lokomotíva Košice players MFK Skalica players FK Senica players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Serie A players Serie B players Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic 21st-century Slovak sportsmen