Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964)

Vladimír Weiss (born 22 September 1964) is a Slovak football manager and former player. He currently serves as the manager of Slovan Bratislava, in his second spell with the club.[1] He was the manager of the Georgian national team from 2016 to 2020, also managing Slovakia between 2008 and 2012.[2][3]

Vladimír Weiss
Weiss in 2010
Personal information
Full name Vladimír Weiss
Date of birth (1964-09-22) 22 September 1964
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slovan Bratislava (manager)
Youth career
1976–1983 Rapid Bratislava
1983–1984 ČH Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Agro Hurbanovo
1986–1993 Inter Bratislava 126 (28)
1993 Sparta Praha 4 (1)
1993 Petra Drnovice 14 (2)
1994 DAC Dunajská Streda 31 (4)
1995–1996 1. FC Košice 24 (1)
1996–2000 Artmedia Petržalka 59 (7)
Total 258 (43)
International career
1988–1990 Czechoslovakia 19 (1)
1993–1995 Slovakia 12 (1)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Artmedia Petržalka (assistant)
1999–2006 Artmedia Petržalka
2006–2007 Saturn Moscow Oblast
2007–2008 Artmedia Petržalka
2008–2012 Slovakia
2011–2012 Slovan Bratislava
2012–2015 Kairat
2016–2020 Georgia
2021– Slovan Bratislava
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Weiss played internationally for the national teams of Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. He played at club level for Inter Bratislava.[4]

International career

Weiss played in the 1990 World Cup for Czechoslovakia. He has 19 caps for Czechoslovakia and also 12 caps for Slovakia.[5]

Coaching career

As the coach of Artmedia Bratislava Weiss won the Slovak Corgoň Liga and reached the group stage in the 2005–06 season of UEFA Champions League. He coached FC Saturn Moscow Oblast from February 2006 to June 2007. He brought several Slovak footballers from his former club. In June 2007 he returned to FC Artmedia Bratislava like an "old-new coach".

In 2008, he became the head coach of the Slovakia national team.[6] On 14 October 2009, he led the team to the historic success of Slovakia's first-ever qualification for a major tournament, with Slovakia winning the qualifying group thanks to beating Poland 1–0 in an away match in the final qualifying game. On 24 June 2010, he led his Slovakia side to the World Cup last 16 after a 3–2 win over Italy. In late January 2012, he parted ways with Slovakia on his own accord following the team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2012 tournament.[7] Weiss then worked in Kazakhstan, in the football club of Almaty, FC Kairat, which is very famous throughout the CIS. He left Kairat at the end of November 2015.[8] Weiss took over as manager of the Georgia national team in March 2016 and resigned in November 2020.

Personal life

His son, also named Vladimír Weiss, plays for Slovan Bratislava, having also appeared in Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. His father, also named Vladimír Weiss, was a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia and is a silver Olympic medalist from 1964 Summer Olympics.

As a young man in socialist Czechoslovakia, Weiss completed his compulsory military service in Komárno.[9]

Honours

Artmedia

Slovan

Kairat

Slovakia

Managerial statistics
As of match played 26 October 2023
Team Nat. From To Record
P W D L GF GA Win %
Saturn Ramenskoye RussiaFebruary 2006February 2007 41 12 19 10 43 35 029.27
Slovakia Slovakia7 July 200831 January 2012 40 16 8 16 56 53 040.00
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia5 August 20113 August 2012 47 18 17 12 55 49 038.30
Kairat Kazakhstan26 November 201230 November 2015 122 66 30 26 206 106 054.10
Georgia Georgia (country)29 March 201615 November 2020 48 16 16 16 63 53 033.33
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia11 May 2021 135 81 30 24 285 159 060.00
Total 432 207 120 105 705 455 047.92

References
  1. "Vladimír Weiss st. trénerom Slovana Bratislava". www.skslovan.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. "Vladimír Weiss st. Sa stal trénerom gruzínskej reprezentácie".
  3. Weiss takes charge of Georgia UEFA.com, 14 March 2016
  4. Vladimír Weiss profile National Football Teams
  5. Vladimír Weiss profile FIFA.com
  6. Вайсс возглавил сборную Словакии Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine VSESMI.RU, 27 June 2008
  7. Weiss quits Slovakia, Slovak FA president admits former boss could one day return skysports.com, 31 January 2012
  8. Трудовые отношения ФК Кайрат и Владимира Вайсса подошли к концу. www.fckairat.kz (in Russian). FC Kairat. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  9. Šášky, Michal; Bőd, Titanilla (2 March 2023). "Šamorín je nové Batumi, verí Weiss. Takéto výsledky si v Slovane nepamätá". Sportnet. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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