Milan Luhový (born 1 January 1963) is a Slovak former professional

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who played as a forward. At international level, he made 31 appearances for

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, scoring seven goals. Luhový is considered the sharpest football critic by the Czech Republic by the Czech and Slovak media.

Early life

Growing up in

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, Luhový started his career at FK Gumárne Púchov. He moved to Slovan Bratislava at 18 years old in 1981 before completing his basic military service whilst playing for Dukla Prague in 1990. His younger brother, Ľubomír Luhový, is also a former Slovak international footballer.

Career

Luhový won the

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twice in 1982 and 1985, respectively with Slovan Bratislava and

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

. He became the top goalscorer of the

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between 1988 and 1989. On 6 October 1982, Luhový debuted for the

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against

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. He appeared as a substitute for the Czechoslovakia national team at

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, scoring their fifth goal in a 5–1 victory over the USA in the first round. After returning from abroad, Luhový became a regular editor of Czech newspaper ''

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'', to the daily Sport and was invited as a guest to live broadcasts of the Champions League.

Personal life

After retiring from football, Luhový launched his own website titled ''meluhovy.com'', responding on events in the Czech football. In 2010, Luhový was one of the people arrested by the

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due to health and social insurance abuse for employees of taxi services, with a fine of CZK 51,000. He later clarified that the situation was a misunderstanding.

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