Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international

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defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Career

Born in

Bardejov Bardejov (; , , , , ) is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. It is situated in the Šariš region on a floodplain terrace of the Topľa River, in the hills of the Beskids, Beskyd Mountains. It exhibits numerous cultural monuments in its completely i ...

, Šmelko began playing football for

FK Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of ...

. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with

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. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side

FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk ({{langx, ru, ФК «СОЮЗ-Газпром» Ижевск) was a Russian association football club from Izhevsk, founded in 1988 and playing on the professional level since 1991. In 2010, it played in the Russian Second ...

for the 2003

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season. Šmelko made several appearances for the

Slovakia national football team The Slovakia national football team () represents Slovakia in men's international Association football, football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's hom ...

. After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.

References

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Profile at KLISF
1967 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FK Inter Bratislava players FC Zlín players AS Trenčín players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Men's association football defenders Footballers from Bardejov FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk players {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub