Stanislav Šesták

Stanislav Šesták
Personal information
Full name Stanislav Šesták
Date of birth (1982-12-16) 16 December 1982
Place of birth Demjata, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward / Right winger
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Youth career
FK Demjata
1. FC Tatran Prešov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 1. FC Tatran Prešov 42 (6)
2002–2003 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 58 (9)
2004–2007 MŠK Žilina 99 (49)
2007–2011 VfL Bochum 86 (28)
2010–2011MKE Ankaragücü (loan) 24 (10)
2011 MKE Ankaragücü 0 (0)
2011–2014 Bursaspor 79 (12)
2014–2015 VfL Bochum 27 (9)
2015–2016 Ferencvárosi TC 30 (9)
National team
2000–2001 Slovakia U18 4 (4)
2001–2003 Slovakia U21 7 (0)
2004–2016 Slovakia 66 (13)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:24, 7 September 2016 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2016

Stanislav Šesták (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈstaɲislaw ˈʃestaːk]; born 16 December 1982) is a Slovak football striker[1][2] who is currently a free agent.

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.

At 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 has (as of January 2013) never received the entire transfer fee and the MKE Ankaragücü still owes them about 2.374 Million Euro,[3] Already three months later, in September 2011, Šesták moved to league rivals Bursaspor where he signed a three-year contract.[4]

At Ferencváros

As of 16 June he signed for Hungarian top club Ferencvárosi TC [5]

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

Statistics

As of 27 June 2016[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slovakia League Slovak Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
2000–01Tatran PrešovSuperliga285
2001–02144
2001–02Slovan Bratislava181
2002–03263
2003–04142
2003–04MŠK Žilina164
2004–05271320
2005–06291720
2006–072715
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Other Total
2007–08VfL BochumBundesliga3313203513
2008–09249212610
2009–1029610306
Turkey League Turkish Cup League Cup Europe Other1 Total
2010–11MKE AnkaragücüSüper Lig2410112511
2011–12000000
2011–12Bursaspor311500041402
2012–132976031388
2013–141948320297
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Other Total
2014–15VfL Bochum2. Bundesliga27920299
Hungary League Hungarian Cup Ligakupa Europe Other Total
2015–16FerencvárosiNB I.24941203010
Total Slovakia 19964004000
Germany 113377100000012038
Turkey 1032220400514113228
Hungary 249410020003010
Career total 4391320011141

1 2011–12 includes the Süper Final Europe League playoffs.

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.

International goals

As of 17 November 2015
Score and Result lists Slovakia's goals first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 October 2007 Mestský štadión Dubnica, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia  San Marino 2–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2. 13 October 2007 Mestský štadión Dubnica, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia  San Marino 6–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3. 26 February 2008 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Hungary 1–1 1–1 International friendly
4. 11 October 2008 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
5. 15 October 2008 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Poland 1–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6. 15 October 2008 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Poland 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
7. 1 April 2009 Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
8. 5 September 2009 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Czech Republic 1–0 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
9. 9 September 2009 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
10. 17 November 2009 Štadión Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Chile 1–1 1–2 International friendly
11. 5 June 2010 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Costa Rica 3–0 3–0 International friendly
12. 14 August 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–1 1–1 International friendly
13. 12 October 2014 Borisov Arena, Borisov, Belarus  Belarus 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

MŠK Žilina[7]
Ferencvaros[7]

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. 1 2 "S. Šesták". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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