Peter Pekarík

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Peter Pekarík
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Pekarík with Hertha BSC in 2012
Personal information
Full name Peter Pekarík[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Hertha BSC
Number 2
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Žilina 111 (5)
2004–2005 → Dubnica (loan) 27 (0)
2009–2012 VfL Wolfsburg 55 (0)
2011–2012 → Kayserispor (loan) 27 (0)
2012– Hertha BSC 177 (4)
National team‡
2006– Slovakia 106 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:11, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Peter Pekarík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈpekariːk]; born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak football defender who plays for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national team.

Club career[]

Žilina[]

Pekarík, born in Žilina, began playing football at the youth section of his local club.[2] His Corgoň Liga debut came for ZŤS Dubnica.[2] In his first season, he played 27 matches and came back to MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2005.[3][2] He won the Corgoň Liga in the 2006–07 season, playing 35 matches.[3][4]

Wolfsburg[]

He impressed with great performances in the first half of the 2008–09 season and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for German side VfL Wolfsburg in January 2009.[5]

On 31 January 2009, matchday 18, he debuted in the Bundesliga in a 1–1 draw against the 1. FC Köln. At half time, coach Felix Magath substituted him for Cristian Zaccardo.[6] Except for one game, he played in the second half of the season in all games and won with Wolfsburg for the first time in club history the German championship.[7][8] However, at the end of the season he was substituted more often and lost his place in the starting eleven.[citation needed]

Kayserispor[]

In August 2011, Pekarík joined Turkish first division side Kayserispor for the 2011–12 season on loan.[9]

Hertha BSC[]

After a year in Turkey, Pekarík returned to Germany, signing for Hertha BSC.[10]

On 31 March 2017, in his eighth season in Germany, Pekarík scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1–3 loss against Hoffenheim. At the moment it was his 151st Bundesliga match.[11]

International career[]

Pekarík made his national team debut against United Arab Emirates on 10 December 2006.[2] He scored his first international goal in a 7–0 home victory over San Marino.[12][13] He was a part of the Slovakia national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[14] UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020. On 1 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Slovakia in a 1–1 draw in a friendly match against Bulgaria.[15]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 22 May 2021[4]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MFK Dubnica (loan) 2004–05 Corgoň Liga 27 0 – – 27 0
Žilina 2005–06 27 2 – 4 0 31 2
2006–07 35 0 – – 35 0
2007–08 31 1 – 4 0 35 1
2008–09 18 3 – 10 0 28 3
Total 138 6 – 18 0 156 6
VfL Wolfsburg 2008–09 Bundesliga 16 0 2 0 – 18 0
2009–10 16 0 0 0 7 0 23 0
2010–11 23 0 1 1 – 24 1
Total 55 0 3 1 7 0 65 1
Kayserispor (loan) 2011–12 Süper Lig 27 0 2 0 – 29 0
Total 27 0 2 0 – 29 0
Hertha BSC 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 19 0 0 0 – 19 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 – 31 0
2014–15 30 0 2 0 – 32 0
2015–16 12 0 1 0 – 13 0
2016–17 31 1 3 0 2 0 36 1
2017–18 17 0 1 0 5 0 23 0
2018–19 3 0 0 0 – 3 0
2019–20 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
2020–21 23 3 1 1 – 24 4
Total 175 4 8 1 7 0 190 5
Career total 395 10 13 2 32 0 440 12

International[]

As of match played on 4 September 2021.[16]
National team Season Apps Goals
Slovakia 2006 1 0
2008 5 0
2009 12 1
2010 10 0
2011 8 0
2012 8 0
2013 6 0
2014 8 0
2015 5 1
2016 10 0
2017 7 0
2018 5 0
2019 6 0
2020 6 0
2021 9 0
Total 106 2

International goals[]

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 June 2009[12] Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  San Marino
2–0
7–0
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 27 March 2015[12] Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Luxembourg
3–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours[]

MŠK Žilina

VfL Wolfsburg

Hertha BSC

Slovakia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 26. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Slovakia's Pekarik raring to go". FIFA.com. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Peter Pekarík". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "P. Pekarík". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Pekarík vo Wolfsburgu s číslom 19" (in Slovak). profutbal. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Pekarík si odkrútil debut v bundeslige, Wolfsburgu pomohol k remíze" (in Slovak). pravda.sk. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Peter Pekarik" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Wolfsburg ist zum ersten Mal Meister" (in German). Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. ^ "PETER PEKARİK KAYSERİSPOR'DA" (in Turkish). sporbul.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Hertha verpflichtet Pekarik" [Hertha signs Pekarik] (in German). DFL. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Pekarík prelomil nekonečné čakanie, strelil premiérový gól v Bundeslige" (in Slovak). sport.sk. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hribik, Rastislav (27 March 2015). "Pekarík happy to end wait for Slovakia goal". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Fußball-WM-Qualifikation – Miroslav Stoch (links) und die – Fußball-WM" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Peter PEKARÍK". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Slovakia 1–1 Bulgaria". UEFA. 1 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Peter Pekarík". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  17. ^ [1][dead link]
  18. ^ "Slovakia beat Thailand 3-2, win King's Cup". Bangkok Post. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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