Viliam Hýravý (born 26 November 1962) is a Slovak former football player. He played as a

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or striker. He represented Czechoslovakia, and later Slovakia, internationally. He played his club football in the top-level leagues of Czechoslovakia, France, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At club level Hýravý played for BZ Ružomberok, ZVL Zilina, Dukla Banska Bystrica, and Czech club Baník Ostrava. He played for

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in the 1991–92 French Division 1 before returning to MFK Ružomberok. From the start of his career until the end of the 1994–95 season, he played 242 times in the Czechoslovak, and later Czech, top flights, scoring 60 goals. In 1995 he moved to the Slovak First League, where he continued to play for another seven seasons. In 2001 he became the oldest goalscorer in Slovak First League history at the age of 38 years, 9 months and 19 days, scoring twice in a 4–1 win for Ružomberok against

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. Hýravý played 11 times for

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, and was part of his nation's squad at the

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, although he didn't play in the final tournament. After retirement, Hýravý worked as assistant coach of MFK Ružomberok and second-tier MŠK Fomat Martin.

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