Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964)
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Weiss in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 1994–1995 | Slovakia | 12 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | |||
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Vladimír Weiss (born 22 September 1964) is a Slovak football coach and former player who serves as the coach of Slovan Bratislava. He is one of a small number of people to have appeared as a player and a coach at a FIFA World Cup.
Weiss played in the Czechoslovak First League during the 1980s and start of the 1990s until its dissolution, making over 100 league appearances for Inter Bratislava. During this period, he played for Czechoslovakia, making 19 appearances and scoring one goal whilst participating at the 1990 FIFA World Cup as well. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Weiss played for Petra Drnovice in the Czech First League, then returned to Slovakia, playing for Košice, Dunajská Streda, and Petržalka. He made 12 further national team appearances, this time for Slovakia, scoring one goal.
Weiss moved into management at the turn of the century, and won the Slovak league title in 2005 with Artmedia Petržalka before taking them to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, a feat only achieved by the manager of one Slovak club before. He spent a year managing Russian side Saturn Moscow Oblast before returning to Petržalka, where he won another national title in the 2007–08 season, as well as the 2007–08 Slovak Cup for a double.
In 2008, Weiss was named as the manager for the Slovakia national team. He subsequently took Slovakia to 2010 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup as an independent nation, where they progressed from the group stage to the knockout stage of the tournament. He stepped down in 2012 having failed to qualify for the next major tournament, and managed Slovak club side Slovan Bratislava before moving to Kazakhstan, where he led Kairat for three years. During his time at Kairat, Weiss won the Kazakhstan Cup twice. Weiss subsequently led the Georgia national team between 2016 and 2020, narrowly missing out on qualification for UEFA Euro 2020. He returned to managing in the Slovak First Football League, signing a long-term contract with Slovan Bratislava in 2021, where he won four league titles in a row.