Marek Špilár
Personal information
Full name Marek Špilár
Date of birth 11 February 1975
Place of birth Stropkov, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 38)
Place of death Prešov, Slovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1984–1994 MŠK Tesla Stropkov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Petra Drnovice 2 (0)
1995–1997 Tatran Prešov 53 (6)
1997–2000 1. FC Košice 75 (3)
2000–2001 Baník Ostrava 30 (0)
2001–2002 Sigma Olomouc 8 (0)
2003–2005 Club Brugge 32 (0)
2006–2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight 24 (1)
International career
1995–1997 Slovakia U-21 10 (0)
1997–2002 Slovakia 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2010

Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic and Japan.[1]

Špilár was capped 30 times for the Slovak national team from 1997 to 2002.[2]

Špilár died in September 2013 at the age of 38 when he committed suicide by jumping out of a fifth-floor flat window in the city of Prešov.[3]

Club statistics

[4]

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Czech Republic League
1993/94Petra DrnoviceGambrinus liga10
1994/9510
Slovakia League
1995/96Tatran PrešovSuperliga270
1996/97266
1997/98KošiceSuperliga250
1998/99250
1999/00253
Czech Republic League
2000/01Baník OstravaGambrinus liga230
2001/0270
2001/02Sigma OlomoucGambrinus liga80
Belgium League
2002/03BruggeFirst Division60
2003/0480
2004/0550
2005/06120
Japan League
2006Nagoya Grampus EightJ1 League211
200730
CountryCzech Republic 400
Slovakia 1289
Belgium 310
Japan 241
Total 22310

Honours

Club Brugge

References

  1. ↑ "Slovak football mourning Marek Špilár". UEFA. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.=
  2. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Slovakia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Slovak international Marek Spilar commits suicide". AFP. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Marek Špilár at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ "SUPERCOUPE DE BELGIQUE. FIN". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.


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