Marek Mintál

Marek Mintál (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmaɾɛk ˈmintaːl]; born 2 September 1977) is a Slovak retired footballer.[1]

Marek Mintál
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-09-02) 2 September 1977
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Žilina 188 (77)
1996 → Nové Mesto nad Váhom (loan)
2003–2011 1. FC Nürnberg 180 (66)
2011–2012 Hansa Rostock 24 (6)
2012–2013 1. FC Nürnberg II 29 (11)
Total 421 (160)
National team
2002–2009 Slovakia 45 (14)
Teams managed
2019 1. FC Nürnberg (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing career

Mintál started to play football in Slovak club MŠK Žilina, with whom he won back-to-back Slovak championships in 2001–02 and 2002–03. This was also due to his scoring 20 (2001–02) and 21 (2002–03) goals respectively. With this number of goals he also became the Slovak top scorer in both seasons. Therefore, he was capped for the Slovak national team for the first time on 6 February 2002. He has won 33 caps and scored 11 goals for the Slovak national team.

After the 2002–03 season, he was transferred to 1. FC Nürnberg for an alleged transfer fee of €100,000 and an agreement that should Mintál be transferred again, MŠK Žilina would receive a portion of the transfer fee. His new club was playing in the 2. Bundesliga at this time. He continued his scoring run by scoring 18 goals and becoming the German second division's leading scorer and was a crucial part of Nürnberg's immediate promotion. During that season, Mintál, an offensive midfielder, became widely regarded for his inconspicuous style of play, which has led to him being called "stealth bomber", "Sniper" or "Phantom". In the following year, Mintál led the Bundesliga in scoring with 24 goals, and helped Nürnberg stave off relegation.

His continuous success in scoring goals sparked rumours that he might move to a bigger club during the 2005 summer break. He had been linked in transfer speculation with Liverpool, Beşiktaş, Villarreal and VfB Stuttgart. These rumours did not lead to a transfer and Mintal decided to stay at Nürnberg. However the following season turned out to be disastrous for the Slovak striker who broke his foot twice in the span of five months. Thus, the offensive midfielder only played in four games and scored just a single goal.

He celebrated his competitive comeback against Borussia Mönchengladbach when coming on as a substitute after 60 minutes. Two weeks later, he also played for his country again, scoring two goals against Cyprus. Later the same year, he was troubled again by his broken foot and had to undergo surgery for a second time.

Mintál won the DFB-Pokal with 1. FC Nürnberg in the year 2007. In this game, he also scored a goal, during this match, he was injured by Fernando Meira, a Portuguese defender from VfB Stuttgart. 1. FC Nürnberg won the game 3–2 after extra time. He scored a brace in a UEFA Cup match against AZ to keep their European dreams alive.

His player career ended in 2013.[2]

Coaching career

For the 2013–14 season until October 2014, he assisted his former team 1. FC Nürnberg in coaching before transferring to Slovakia to complete his coaching license.[3] Mintál returned to Nürnberg as assistant coach for the 2015–16 season and is currently also assistant coach of its U19 team.[4] On 12 February 2019 he was named interim assistant coach of the first team.[5] He was promoted as the head coach on 4 November 2019 for one game.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Žilina1996–97Super Liga——
1997–98Super Liga1[lower-alpha 1]0—10
1998–99Super Liga——
1999–2000Super Liga——
2000–01Super Liga——
2001–02Super Liga——
2002–03Super Liga2[lower-alpha 2]0—20
Totals1887730—19177
Nürnberg2003–042. Bundesliga311820——3318
2004–05Bundesliga342411——3525
2005–06Bundesliga4111——52
2006–07Bundesliga13142——173
2007–08Bundesliga315206[lower-alpha 3]31[lower-alpha 4]0408
2008–092. Bundesliga281620—2[lower-alpha 5]13217
2009–10Bundesliga22121—2[lower-alpha 6]0262
2010–11Bundesliga17030——200
Totals18066175635120875
Hansa Rostock2011–122. Bundesliga24610——256
Nürnberg II2012–13Regionalliga Bayern3011———3011
Career totals4221601859351454169
  1. Appearance in the Intertoto Cup.
  2. Appearance in the Champions League.
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Cup.
  4. Appearances in the German League Cup.
  5. Appearances in the 2. Bundesliga Promotion Playoff.
  6. Appearances in the Bundesliga Relegation.

International goals
Source:[8]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreCompetition
16 February 2002Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Iran3–2Friendly
214 May 2002Tatran Stadium, Prešov, Slovakia Uzbekistan4–1
331 March 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Austria1–1
48 September 2004Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Liechtenstein7–0FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
526 March 2005A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–1
68 June 2005Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg4–0
72 September 2006Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Cyprus6–1UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
8
97 October 2006Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales5–1
10
1115 November 2006Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Bulgaria3–1Friendly
1212 September 2007Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Wales2–5UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
13
1426 March 2008Štadión Zlaté Moravce, Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia Iceland1–2Friendly

Honours

As of 15 January 2011[9]

Club

MŠK Žilina

1. FC Nürnberg

Individual

References
  1. "Mintal, Marek" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. Matthias Arnhold (13 February 2014). "Marek Mintál – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. "Marek Mintal beendet Trainerschein in der Slowakei" (in German). fcn.de. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. "Marek Mintal sucht das neue Phantom" (in German). fcn.de. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. "Michael Köllner wird beurlaubt". fcn.de (in German). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. "Club und Damir Canadi gehen getrennte Wege". fcn.de (in German). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  7. "Neuer Cheftrainer! Jens Keller übernimmt den Club". fcn.de (in German). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. "Football PLAYER: Marek Mintál". Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  9. "MINTÁL (Marek Mintál) – Nürnberg and Slovakia". Footballdatabase.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
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