Michal Baláž (Serbian: Mihal Balaž / Михал Балаж; born 28 August 1970) is a Serbian-Slovak retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Michal Baláž
Personal information
Full name Michal Baláž
Date of birth (1970-08-28) 28 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Stara Pazova, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1988 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Vojvodina 1 (0)
1989–1990Kabel (loan)
1992–1994 BSK Batajnica
1995 Spartak Trnava 5 (0)
1996–1998 Petrimex Prievidza 61 (0)
1998–1999 Sportfreunde Siegen 7 (0)
2000 SV Wilhelmshaven 8 (0)
2000 KFC Uerdingen 05 1 (0)
2001–2003 Sportfreunde Siegen 27 (0)
2003 Inđija
2004 Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Stara Pazova,[1] SR Serbia, back then within Yugoslavia, Baláž started playing with FK Vojvodina. He made a league debut for them in his only appearance in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League.[2] He spent the season 1989–90 on loan at third level side FK Kabel. He then played two seasons with FK BSK Batajnica until 1994.[1]

In Autumn 1995 he played in Slovakia, with FC Spartak Trnava in the first half of the 1995–96 Slovak Superliga.[3] He was playing with FK Petrimex Prievidza in the Slovak Super Liga before moving to Germany in summer 1998 and joining Sportfreunde Siegen. He also played with SV Wilhelmshaven during the second half of the 1999–2000 season.[4] He later played with KFC Uerdingen 05[5] during the first half of the 2000–01 Regionalliga and then during the winter-break he returned to Sportfreunde Siegen and played with them the following two and a half years in the Regionalliga Sud.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Juhoslovanský brankár Baláž, hrdina sobotňajšieho zápasu, prišiel do Prievidze deň pred duelom at sme.sk, 31 July 1995, Retrieved 8 May 2016 (in Slovak)
  2. ^ Tempo almanah 1990/1991 page 19
  3. ^ Nebývalá invázia legionárov do Spartaka at nasatrnava.sme.sk, 18 February 2008, Retrieved 13 December 2016 (in Slovak)
  4. ^ Michal Balaz at Worldfootball
  5. ^ KFC Uerdingen 05 player profiles at KFC Uerdingen 05 official website
  6. ^ Michal Balaz at fussballdaten.de
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