Marián Čišovský (2 November 1979 – 28 June 2020) was a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

Čišovský played for his home team Chemlon Humenné until 1999, when he transferred to

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. While playing for Inter, he became champion of the Slovak league twice and also won the

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twice. In 2004, he signed with

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. From 2006 to 2008 he played for Artmedia Bratislava, before leaving for Romania's Politehnica Timișoara. He suffered a seven-month long injury and came back on 11 April 2010 and played 90 minutes against FC Ceahlăul. On 5 August 2010 he scored the qualification goal in 93rd minute against MyPa in

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making it 3–3. Čišovský scored one goal in 2–0 win against Oţelul Galaţi. In 2011, he joined Czech club

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. He missed the entirety of their 2014–15 league conquest due to

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(ALS). Manager

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said he would trade the title to cure Čišovský, who attended their title celebrations as the crowd sang his name. In 2016 a charity event was held in

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in support of Čišovský.

Death

Čišovský died on 28 June 2020 due to complications from ALS.

Honours

Inter Bratislava *

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: 1999–2000, 2000–01 *

: 1999–2000, 2000–01 Artmedia Petržalka * Slovak Super Liga: 2007–08 * Slovak Cup: 2007–08 Viktoria Plzeň *

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: 2011

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actual status from 2017 (isport.blesk.cz)
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