Dušan Tittel (born 27 December 1966) is a Slovak politician and former professional

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who played as a defender. At international level, he represented

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and

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. He was elected Slovakia Player of the Year three times.

Early life and education

Tittel grew up in

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before settling in

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. He started playing professional football in 1985 while also studying Finance at the

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Personal life

Tittel is married to Ivana with two children named Karolína and Timotej.

Political career

After retiring from football in 2001, Tittel became active in politics. He was among the founding members of the Alliance of the New Citizen. Between 2001 and 2005, he served as a deputy in the regional assembly of the

Bratislava region The Bratislava Region (, ; (until 1919); ) is one of the Regions of Slovakia, administrative regions of Slovakia. Its capital is Bratislava. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders exist from 1996. It is the smallest of ...

. In 2014, Tittel joined the

Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party (, SNS) is an ultranationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won seats in every Slovak pa ...

and failed to ran on the party ticket in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties field ...

. he succeeded in the

2016 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. The ...

and became the MP of the National Council. In 2021, Tittel left the Slovak National Party and became a member of the

Voice – Social Democracy Voice – Social Democracy (, Hlas-SD) is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia. It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD) led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October ...

party. In the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, he won a mandate and became an MP.

Football career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tittel goal.''

Honours

Player

Slovan Bratislava * Corgoň Liga: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup (), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in Football in Slovakia, Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Euro ...

: 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998 * Slovak Super Cup: 1993, 1994 Omonia *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 2000–01 *

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

: 2001 Individual * Slovak Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1996, 1997 *Slovak Top Eleven (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Manager

Slovan Bratislava *

: 2009–10

References

External links

Official website

Profile on Slovak federation site
* 1966 births Living people People from Námestovo Footballers from the Žilina Region Slovak men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Men's association football defenders Slovakia men's international footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) Slovak First Football League players Ligue 1 players Cypriot First Division players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Spartak Trnava players Nîmes Olympique players AC Omonia players ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers Slovak football managers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Czechoslovak expatriates in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027 {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub