Full name Ondrej Smelko Name Ondrej Smelko Playing position Role Football player | Years Team Height 1.74 m Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 48) Place of birth Bardejov, Czechoslovakia | ||
Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international football defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.
Career
Born in Bardejov, Šmelko began playing football for FK Inter Bratislava. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with FC Svit Zlín. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk for the 2003 Russian First Division season.
Šmelko made several appearances for the Slovakia national football team.
After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.
References
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