Stanislav Šesták
Šesták with Bursaspor in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-12-16) 16 December 1982
Place of birth Demjata, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Tatran Prešov (manager)
FK Demjata (player)
Youth career
FK Demjata
Tatran Prešov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Tatran Prešov 42 (9)
2002–2003 Slovan Bratislava 58 (6)
2004–2007 MŠK Žilina 99 (49)
2007–2011 VfL Bochum 86 (28)
2010–2011 → Ankaragücü (loan) 24 (10)
2011 Ankaragücü 0 (0)
2011–2014 Bursaspor 79 (12)
2014–2015 VfL Bochum 27 (9)
2015–2016 Ferencváros 30 (9)
2017–2019 Poprad 55 (45)
2019–? FK Demjata
International career
2000–2001 Slovakia U18 4 (4)
2001–2003 Slovakia U21 7 (0)
2004–2016 Slovakia 66 (13)
Managerial career
2017 Poprad (player-manager)
2017–2019 Poprad (player-assistant)
2020–2021 Poprad (assistant)
2021–2022 Tatran Prešov
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanislav Šesták (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈstaɲislaw ˈʂestaːk]; born 16 December 1982) is a retired Slovak football striker, manager, as well as a club official and a local politician. Šesták last managed Slovakia's oldest club Tatran Prešov in 3. Liga - East.[1][2]

Club career

Slovakia

Šesták made his first football steps in Demjata, where he played one season in local club FK Demjata, in team U15. His parents took him to youth camp of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. This was his first step to professional football. Officially, Šesták started his career at Tatran Prešov. In December 2001, he moved to Slovan Bratislava. He only played two seasons in Bratislava and then moved on to MŠK Žilina in December 2003. In the 2005–06 season, Šesták took with 17 goals the fourth place in the top goalscorer list of the Slovak league. One year later his club MŠK Žilina won the Slovak championship. Šesták scored 15 goals in that season and was second in the Slovak top goalscorer list.

VfL Bochum

On 7 June 2007, Šesták joined German Bundesliga side VfL Bochum. He signed a four-year contract at the club until 2011. At Bochum he was expected to replace the Greek international Theofanis Gekas who, after winning the top scorer crown in the previous season, had been transferred to Bayer Leverkusen.

Šesták made a total of 86 appearances for VfL Bochum and scored 28 goals (17 assists) during his three-year spell with the Ruhr valley outfit. In the 2007–08 season he was with 13 goals and 9 assists the third-best scorer in the league, behind FC Bayern Munich's Luca Toni and Werder Bremen's Diego. On 11 April 2009, Šesták marked within 27 minutes against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim a hat-trick (due to the half-time break between the first two goals, however, it could be counted as flawless).

In Turkey

After Bochum's relegation to the 2. Bundesliga he was loaned for the 2010–11 season for one year to Turkish side MKE Ankaragücü. During his one-year spell, he racked up 24 appearances for the club, scoring ten goals (two assists). In June 2011, Šesták was transferred permanently to the club for an undisclosed transfer fee. However, due to the financial troubles of that club, Bochum had (as of January 2013) never received the entire transfer fee and MKE Ankaragücü still owed them about €2.374 million,[3] Only three months later, in September 2011, Šesták moved to league rivals Bursaspor where he signed a three-year contract.[4]

Ferencváros

On 16 June 2015, Šesták signed for Hungarian top club Ferencvárosi TC.[5]

On 2 April 2016, he became Hungarian League champion with Ferencváros after losing to Debreceni VSC 2–1 at the Nagyerdei Stadion in the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.[6]

International career

Šesták began his youth career in 2000. During his youth career he was a member of Slovak under-18 and under-21 national teams.

Since 2004, Šesták played regularly for the Slovak national team. He has earned his first senior cap when he was 21 years old in a 3-1 victory over Luxembourg on 18 August 2004, when he came on as a substitute for Szilárd Németh for the last six minutes of the game. He scored his first senior international goals against San Marino on 13 October 2007. His first opponent after his move to VfL Bochum was the German national team.

He was one of the most important players of his national team during their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign when he became the top scorer of his team with 6 goals in 6 matches and helped to qualify for their first major tournament ever. On 15 October 2008, Šesták scored two quick goals in the closing minutes against Poland to turn the game around from 0–1. He also scored the first goal in the match Czech Republic-Slovakia on 1 April 2009. As a part of the Slovak squad at 2010 FIFA World Cup he played in every match of Slovakia in the group stage.

During the era of coaching duo Griga and Hipp he was mostly ignored by them and was nominated only for one friendly match against Poland on 26 May 2012, where he played in the first 57 minutes.

He returned to international football under the new coach of Slovak national team Ján Kozák on 14 August 2013, with a goal in a 1–1 away draw with Romania.

He also helped his country to qualify for their first UEFA European Championship in 2016. He has appeared in three matches during their successful qualification campaign and scored a game-closing goal against Belarus on 12 October 2014 in the 92nd minute. It was also his last international goal. He was also a member of their final squad at UEFA Euro 2016. Mostly on the bench during the tournament, Šesták played in their last game of the tournament in the Round of 16 against Germany on 26 June 2016, which they lost 0-3. He came on as a substitute for Michal Ďuriš in the 64th minute. After the match, he has officially announced his retirement from international football after 12 years, at the age of 33.

At the time of his retirement he was the sixth best goalscorer of Slovakia with 13 goals in 66 matches.

Coaching and later career

At the end of April 2017, Šesták was appointed playing caretaker manager of FK Poprad until the end of the season.[7] He continued as a part of the staff for the 2017-18 season, functioning as a playing assistant manager.[8]

In the summer 2019, he retired from professional football and was instead hired as sporting director of FK Poprad.[9] He also returned to play for his former youth club FK Demjata.[10]

Other activities

In October 2022, Šesták became a city councillor in Prešov, supporting mayoral candidate, fellow official of Tatran Prešov and a former international football referee Ľuboš Micheľ. He ran as a joint candidate of HLAS-SD and Aliancia in city's first electoral precinct.[11][12]

Private life

Šesták is married to his wife Milka Šestáková. The couple has three children.[13] In December 2022, Šesták's family home in Demjata burned down.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 June 2017[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tatran Prešov 2000–01 Slovak Superliga 285———
2001–02 144———
Total 429
Slovan Bratislava 2001–02 Slovak Superliga 181———
2002–03 263———
2003–04 142———
Total 586
MŠK Žilina 2003–04 Slovak Superliga 164———
2004–05 2713—20—
2005–06 2917—20—
2006–07 2715———
Total 9949004000
VfL Bochum 2007–08 Bundesliga 331320———3513
2008–09 24921———2610
2009–10 29610———306
Total 8628510000009129
MKE Ankaragücü (loan) 2010–11 Süper Lig 241011———2511
MKE Ankaragücü 2011–12 Süper Lig 0000———00
Bursaspor 2011–12 Süper Lig 31150—004[lower-alpha 3]1402
2012–13 29760—31—388
2013–14 19483—20—297
Total 791219300514110717
VfL Bochum 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 27920———299
Ferencvárosi 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 24941—20—3010
2016–17 6000—20—80
Total 309410040003810
FK Poprad 2016–17 2. Liga 2132——4[lower-alpha 4]699
2017–18 0000———00
Career total 4471330013187
  1. ↑ Includes Slovak Cup, DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup, Hungarian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes DFB-Ligapokal, Ligakupa
  3. ↑ Appearances in Süper Lig Europe League play-offs
  4. ↑ 2. Liga relegation round and relegation playoffs

International

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šesták goal.
List of international goals scored by Stanislav Šesták[15]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 October 2007Mestský štadión Dubnica, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia San Marino2–07–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
26–0
326 February 2008Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus Hungary1–11–1Friendly
411 October 2008Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
515 October 2008Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia Poland1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
62–1
71 April 2009Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
85 September 2009Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia Czech Republic1–02–22010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
99 September 2009Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
1017 November 2009Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Chile1–11–2Friendly
115 June 2010Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia Costa Rica3–03–0Friendly
1214 August 2013Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Romania1–11–1Friendly
1312 October 2014Borisov Arena, Borisov, Belarus Belarus3–13–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

MŠK Žilina[16]

Ferencvaros[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stanislav Sestak" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "VfL Bochum feilscht mit Ankaragücü um Millionen" (in German). Der Westen. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Aj Šesták v Ankaragücü končí, prestúpil do Bursasporu" (in Slovak). futbal.sme.sk. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sesták a Fradié!" (in Hungarian). 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Watson-Broughton, Matthew (2 April 2016). "Ferencváros crowned Hungarian champions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ↑ https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20531418/sestak-sa-vratil-uz-ako-hrajuci-trener-popradu.html Šesták sa vrátil už ako hrajúci tréner Popradu, spis.korzar.sme.sk, 13 May 2017
  8. ↑ Stanislav Šesták: Moje srdce v klube bilo čoraz silnejšie, podtatranske-noviny.sk, 30 December 2017
  9. ↑ II. liga – V piatok tri zápasy 2. kola aj so šlágrom Podbrezová - Poprad, futbalnet.sk, 26 July 2019
  10. ↑ Dá si mamin obed a ide hrať za Demjatu. Šesták si užíva súčasnosť, presov.korzar.sme.sk, 24 July 2019
  11. ↑ "Noví poslanci mestského zastupiteľstva Prešov". www.presov.sk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  12. ↑ s.r.o, Global24. "Prehľad potvrdených KANDIDÁTOV: Kto chce byť poslancom na Sídlisku 3, Mladosť a Rúrky?". Prešov24.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ Cas.sk (5 May 2020). "Rodinka futbalistu Stana Šestáka sa rozrastie: Tretie dieťa je ako zázrak!". Nový Čas (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Zúfalý Šesták po požiari domu: Zhoreli nám všetky osobné veci aj darčeky pre deti na Vianoce | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Czech). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Football PLAYER: Stanislav Šesták". Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  16. 1 2 "S. Šesták". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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