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Vladimír Weiss
Personal information
Full name Vladimír Weiss
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 20
Youth career
Inter Bratislava
2006–2009 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– Manchester City 1 (0)
2010 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 13 (0)
2010– → Rangers (loan) 23 (6)
International career‡
2007 Slovakia U-19 3 (0)
2008–2009 Slovakia U-21 8 (1)
2009– Slovakia 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011

Vladimír Weiss (born 30 November 1989) is a Slovak footballer who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers, on loan from Manchester City.

Club career

Manchester City

On 16 April 2008, Weiss scored in the second leg of the 2008 FA Youth Cup Final against Chelsea, in a 3–1 (4–2 on aggregate) win.[2]

He made his first team debut on 24 May 2009, replacing Stephen Ireland from the substitutes bench after seventy minutes in the final game of the 2008–09 season, a 1–0 win against Bolton Wanderers.[3]

On 28 October 2009, he came on as a substitute against Scunthorpe United in the League Cup. He scored his first senior goal, as a substitute, on 2 December 2009, in a 3–0 League Cup win over Arsenal.[4] He signed a new contract on 17 December 2009, to tie him to the club until the end of 2012.[5]

Bolton Wanderers

On 25 January 2010 Weiss joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season,[6] and made his debut as a last minute substitute a day later in the home game against Burnley.[7] For the most part of his time at the Reebok Stadium, Weiss was a substitute.

Rangers

On 19 August 2010, Weiss joined Scottish champions Rangers on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. Prior to signing for Rangers, Weiss rejected a move to their city rivals Celtic F.C..[8] He made his Rangers debut against Hibernian at Easter Road on 22 August coming on as a substitute for James Beattie, setting up the second goal with Rangers going on to win 3–0.[9]

He scored his first goal for Rangers in a 4–1 home win against Motherwell[10] and five days later made his Champions League debut against Valencia, providing the assist from a corner for Maurice Edu's opener.[11]

On 26 December 2010, Weiss gave a 'Man of the Match' performance,[12] and scored the third goal in a 4-1 SPL victory over Motherwell at Fir Park.[12]

On 15 January 2011, Weiss scored twice in a 4-0 home victory over Hamilton Academical.[13]

On 20 March 2011 Weiss came off the bench to change the game in the CIS Cup Final against Celtic and put through Jelavic for the winning goal, he lifted his first senior trophy as a Rangers player.

International career

Weiss made his debut for Slovakia on 12 August 2009 in a 1–1 friendly draw with Iceland.[14][15] He was included in Slovakia's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[16]

Weiss started all three of his country's games in South Africa, playing a total of 270 minutes. He impressed in the first match against New Zealand where he thrilled the crowd in a 1–1 draw.[17] Weiss featured in the second group game against Paraguay which they lost 2–0[18] and played a full 90 minutes in the 2–1 defeat to Netherlands in the last 16.[19]

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2011

Template:Football player statistics 1 |- |2008–09||rowspan="1"|Manchester City||Premier League||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0 |- |2009–10||rowspan="1"|Manchester City||Premier League||colspan="2"|-||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||4||1 |- |2009–10||rowspan="1"|Bolton Wanderers||Premier League||13||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||0 |- |2010–11||rowspan="1"|Rangers||Scottish Premier League||23||6||2||0||4||0||6||0||35||5 Template:Football player statistics 537||5||3||0||7||1||6||0|||53||6 Template:Football player statistics end

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 October 2010 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 1 – 1 3–1 Euro 2012 qualification
Correct as of 8 October 2010

Personal life

Weiss' father, also called Vladimír Weiss, was a professional football player as well and won 12 caps for the national side. He is also the head coach of the Slovakian national football team.[20] His grandfather, named Vladimír Weiss too, was also a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia.[21]

Honours

Rangers

References

  1. ^ "Vladimir Weiss profile" ESPN Soccernet
  2. ^ "Man City triumph in FA Youth Cup". BBC Sport. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  3. ^ Oscroft, Tim (24 May 2009). "City 1–0 Bolton". Manchester City. Retrieved 25 May 2009.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Man City 3–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Weiss extends Man City contract" BBC Sport, 17 December 2009
  6. ^ "Wanderers Sign Weiss". Bolton Wanderers FC. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Bolton 1–0 Burnley". BBC Sport. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  8. ^ Man City's Weiss joins Gers as Jelavic deal nears end BBC Sport, 19 August 2010
  9. ^ "Hibernian 0–3 Rangers" BBC Sport, 22 August 2010
  10. ^ "City 1–0 Bolton". BBC. October 16, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  11. ^ Forsyth, Roddy (October 20, 2010). "Rangers 1 Valencia 1: match report". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  12. ^ a b "SMITH IMPRESSED BY DAZZLING WEISS" Sporting Life, 26 December 2010
  13. ^ "Rangers 4 Hamilton 0". BBC. January 15, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  14. ^ Oscroft, Tim (9 August 2009). "International call-up news". Manchester City. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  15. ^ Gaunt, Ken (10 September 2009). "Worthington's dreams suffer major blow on 'inept' night". The Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  16. ^ Slovakia Squad Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  17. ^ All Whites snatch last-gasp point FIFA, 15 June 2010
  18. ^ Paraguay too strong for Slovakia FIFA, 20 June 2010
  19. ^ Returning Robben helps sink Slovakia FIFA, 28 June 2010
  20. ^ Ogden, Mark (23 March 2009). "Manchester City starlet Vladimir Weiss to be upstaged by his famous father". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  21. ^ Vladimír Weiss Sports Reference LLC

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