Ondrej Šmelko

Ondrej Šmelko
Personal information
Full name	Ondrej Šmelko
Date of birth	1 September 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Inter Bratislava
1994–1996	Svit Zlín
1997–2003	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
2003	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
2004–2006	Laugarico Trenčín
2006–2008	Slovan Nemšová
National team
1999–2001	Slovakia
Teams managed
2008–?	Trenčín youth
?–2015	Nemšová
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international football defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Career[]

Born in Bardejov, Šmelko began playing football for FK Inter Bratislava. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with FC Svit Zlín. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk for the 2003 Russian First Division season.

Šmelko made several appearances for the Slovakia national football team.

After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.^[1]

References[]

^ "Šmelko opäť v Trenčíne, ale už na trénerskej lavičke" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 19 March 2008.

External links[]

Ondrej Šmelko at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at KLISF

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[1] "Šmelko opäť v Trenčíne, ale už na trénerskej lavičke" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 19 March 2008.

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