Dušan Galis (born 24 November 1949) is a Slovak politician and a former

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player and manager. In the Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches, scoring 89 goals. He was capped eight times for

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national team, scoring one goal. He was a participant at the

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where he became European Champion with his national team.

Playing career

Galis played for the youth team of Dolný Kubín. At age 20 he played for a 3rd Division team. His team was promoted in 1971 to Czechoslovak 2nd Division. Galis went, in 1972, to

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which was playing in the First League of Czechoslovakia and became top scorer in the season 1975–76 with 21 goals. In that season, he was called to the

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. In the third of his eight national team games, he scored the only goal that he scored with them. He headed the winning goal in Czechoslovakia's 2–1 victory against

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for the

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and helped his team to qualify to the 1976 European Football Championship where he participated and Czechoslovakia became Champions of Europe. Galis was transferred to Slovan Bratislava in 1977 where he remained until 1981. Then he went to Spain and played for

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, but he went back to his country a year later and joined

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. In 1982–83 he played for club

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, and returned to Czechoslovakia for a year to play for ZŤS Petržalka before retiring.

Coaching career

Galis began his coaching career in 1990 as a trainer for Slovan Bratislava as a successor of Jozef Jankech, remaining until 1997. In 1992 his team broke the

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dominance in Czechoslovak football and won the Czechoslovak Championship. Also in the

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, Slovan won the championship in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In 1994 and 1997 the team won the

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. Galis became coach of

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in 1997, winning the Slovak Cup his first season. At the beginning of 1999, he became coach of Slovakia national team, without however coaching them in a game. He resigned after

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was elected president of

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. In the summer of 1999, he became coach of the Cypriot team

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, however in October 1999, he resigned after the team's poor performance. He managed

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from 2000 until 2002. On 23 November 2003, he became coach of the Slovakia national team. Under his management, Slovakia placed second in the group for qualifications of World Cup 2006, eliminating

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, but did not qualify to the

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for first time after their elimination in the

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with 5–1 and 1–1. After mutual agreement with the head of

, František Laurinec, he resigned his position on 12 October 2006.

Career in politics

Since

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, Galis has been a Member of

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with the governing-coalition SMER-Social Democracy, a member of the

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al VUC government and Government Commissioner for Youth and Sport.

Honours

Player

VSS Košice *

: 1973 Czechoslovakia *

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Manager

Slovan Bratislava *

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: 1991–92 *

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: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 *

: 1993–94 *

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: 1994 Spartak Trnava *

: 1997–98 *

: 1998 Slovakia *

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: Play-off

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galis, Dusan 1949 births Living people Footballers from Ružomberok Direction – Social Democracy politicians FC Petržalka players FC VSS Košice players ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers Cádiz CF players Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovak football managers AC Omonia managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Slovak men's footballers Slovak football managers FC Spartak Trnava managers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA European Championship–winning players La Liga players Slovakia national football team managers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers FC Petržalka managers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Men's association football forwards Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012–2016 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027