Róbert Jež

Róbert Jež (born 10 July 1981) is a retired Slovak footballer who played as midfielder.

Róbert Jež
Personal information
Full name Róbert Jež
Date of birth (1981-07-10) 10 July 1981
Place of birth Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Nitra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Nitra 28 (5)
2000–2005 Viktoria Plzeň 84 (9)
2004 → Příbram (loan) 5 (0)
2005–2010 Žilina 172 (35)
2011 Górnik Zabrze 14 (5)
2011–2012 Polonia Warsaw 21 (2)
2012–2013 Zagłębie Lubin 40 (4)
2014–2015 Górnik Zabrze 56 (5)
2016 Spartak Trnava 13 (2)
International career
2007–2012 Slovakia 9 (3)
Managerial career
2017–2019 TJ Imeľ
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016

Career

Club

Jež began playing football at his local club Nitra. He made his first team debut in the 1999–2000 season but next season he moved to Gambrinus liga club Viktoria Plzeň. He spent in Viktoria five seasons besides half-year loan for Marila Příbram in autumn 2004. In July 2005, he signed for Žilina where he won the Corgoň Liga title twice. He became a club captain after Zdeno Štrba's transfer to Skoda Xanthi in July 2009. He qualified with Žilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played all 6 group games.

In February 2011, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze.[1] After 14 matches and 5 goals for Górnik he signed a 3-year contract for Polonia Warsaw in June 2011.[2]

On 28 June 2016, Jež has announced his retirement from football because of his persistent problems with his back.

Managerial career

On 3 June 2019, FK Pohronie announced on their Facebook page, that Jež would join the club as a sporting director, after the club's first historic promotion into Fortuna Liga. He only spent 4 months with the team before his release.[3] Jež returned to Pohronie in February 2023 to serve as an assistant to Rastislav Urgela with the club competing in 2. Liga once more.[4]

International

Róbert's international debut came in second half of the Slovakia vs. Croatia match on 16 October 2007. He scored his first international goal against Liechtenstein on 19 November 2008.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2008Štadión Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Liechtenstein4 – 04–0Friendly match
2.11 February 2009Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus3 – 13–2Cyprus International Tournament 2009
3.10 August 2011Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria Austria0 – 21–2Friendly match

Honours

Žilina

References
  1. "Jež v Górniku Zabrze už od jari" (in Slovak). MŠK Žilina official site. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. "Jež podpísal s Poloniou Varšava trojročný kontrakt" (in Slovak). profutbal. 2011-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  3. "Róbert Jež už nie je športovým riaditeľom FK Pohronie".
  4. GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Vo funkcii hlavného trénera ostáva Rastislav Urgela, realizačný tím FK Pohronie rozšíri Róbert Jež". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-03-08.
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