Miroslav Karhan

Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.[1]

Miroslav Karhan
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-21) 21 June 1976
Place of birth Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nové Mesto nad Váhom (manager)
Youth career
1986–1993 Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 Spartak Trnava 152 (21)
1999–2000 Betis 33 (2)
2000–2001 Beşiktaş 26 (2)
2001–2007 VfL Wolfsburg 173 (9)
2007–2011 Mainz 05 109 (10)
2011–2013 Spartak Trnava 64 (6)
2013–2014 Komárno 22 (1)
2014–2016 Dynamo Malženice 57 (6)
2019 Báhoň 16 (1)
Total 652 (52)
International career
1995–2011 Slovakia 107 (14)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Spartak Trnava
2019 Báhoň
2020 Komárno
2022– Nové Mesto nad Váhom
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karhan started and finished his career at Spartak Trnava; in between, he played in Spain, Turkey and Germany, where he spent ten seasons. Karhan was a regular member of the Slovakia national team and with 107 appearances, played the second most matches of any player to represent them.

Club career

Karhan began his career with local club Spartak Trnava. In 1999 he signed a four-year contract with La Liga club Real Betis, becoming the third Slovak player to join a Spanish league club in the 1990s after Peter Dubovský and Samuel Slovák.[2] After a season he moved to Turkish side Beşiktaş, before joining German side VfL Wolfsburg in 2001. In 2002 he was named Slovak Footballer of the Year.[3] Karhan joined Mainz 05 of the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer from Wolfsburg in July 2007, signing a two-year contract.[4]

He returned to Spartak Trnava in June 2011 having spent four seasons with Mainz.[5] Karhan played for Trnava for two more seasons, taking on the role of club captain.[6] In August 2013, he announced his retirement from playing, and that he would move to a role of sports director of Spartak Trnava.[6]

International career

Karhan made 107 appearances for Slovakia over a period of 16 years and was the most capped Slovak footballer of all time,[3] until his record was surpassed by Marek Hamšík in October 2018.[7] He captained the national team.[4] He was an ever-present part of the side during the country's qualification for the 2010 World Cup for the first time in its history, but sustained an injury and was unable to feature during the actual tournament.

Karhan is the father of two boys: Patrick, who currently plays for Spartak Trnava and represented Slovakia at youth international level, and Alex Thomas.[8]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovakia 199530
199660
199790
199850
199991
200060
2001110
200251
200350
200483
2005104
200673
200841
200970
201060
201161
Total10714
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karhan goal.
List of international goals scored by Miroslav Karhan[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 September 1999Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia Liechtenstein2–02–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
220 November 2002Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Ukraine1–01–1Friendly
38 September 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Liechtenstein3–07–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
49 October 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Latvia3–14–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
54–1
69 February 2005GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Romania2–12–2Friendly
730 March 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Portugal1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
83 September 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Germany1–02–0Friendly
92–0
102 September 2006Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Cyprus5–06–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
117 October 2006Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales4–15–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
1215 November 2006Štadión Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Bulgaria3–03–1Friendly
1311 October 2008Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino3–13–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
144 June 2011Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia Andorra1–01–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Mainz 05

Spartak Trnava

Individual

See also

References
  1. "Miroslav Karhan". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. "M. Karhan mal od Trnavy súhlas na prestup do Betisu Sevilla". sme.sk (in Slovak). 23 January 1999. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
  4. "Karhan - der neue Chef im Mittelfeld". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 25 July 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. "Miro Karhan o Trnave: "Všade dobre, doma najlepšie"". sport.sk (in Slovak). 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
  6. "Po trápení prišiel koniec: Miroslav Karhan už na trávnik nevybehne". zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. "Kapitánův dres pomůže Čišovskému". idnes.cz (in Czech). 13 October 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  8. Šurin, Peter (4 March 2021). "U18 – Meno Karhan opäť v reprezentácii". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. "Football PLAYER: Miroslav Karhan". Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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