Pavol Farkaš

Slovak footballer
Pavol Farkaš
Personal information
Full name Pavol Farkaš
Date of birth (1985-03-27) 27 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Vráble, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
BFC OÚ Dolné Obdokovce
Youth career
–2003 Nitra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Nitra 59 (2)
2007–2008 Artmedia Petržalka 31 (0)
2009–2012 Vaslui 59 (2)
2012–2014 Chievo Verona 4 (0)
2013–2014 → Ternana (loan) 28 (1)
2014–2015 Gabala 15 (2)
2015–2016 Xanthi 6 (0)
2016–2018 AE Larissa 35 (1)
2018–2020 Nitra 53 (3)
2020 Spartak Myjava 8 (0)
2021 Petržalka 13 (0)
2022– BFC OÚ Dolné Obdokovce 19 (5)
International career
2006–2014 Slovakia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2024- MFK Skalica (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2022

Pavol Farkaš (born 27 March 1985) is a former Slovak professional footballer[clarification needed] who played a centre-back.

Club career

Early club career

Farkas spent three seasons with Nitra and two with Artmedia Petržalka, appearing in 80 league matches.[1] In the summer of 2008, he signed a contract with Romanian Liga I side Vaslui.

On 3 July 2012, Farkaš signed a one-year contract with Chievo Verona, in the Italian Serie A.[2] He went on loan to Serie B club Ternana on 16 July 2013.[3]

Farkaš signed a one-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Gabala on 6 July 2014,[4] leaving the club upon its completion in June 2015.[5]

Greece

On 29 July 2015, Farkaš signed a one-year contract with Greek Super League club Xanthi.[6][7][8]

In July 2016, Farkaš signed a one-year contract with Superleague side AE Larossa.[9] He made his official debut for the club on 12 September 2016 in a 2-2 home draw against Iraklis.[10] On 18 March 2017 he scored the only goal in a crucial home win against Panetolikos.[11] He renewed his contract for another year after a decent season with 27 appearances and one goal.[12] On 29 January 2018 he left the club by mutual consent.[13]

International career

Farkas debuted for the Slovak senior squad in an infamous goalless friendly draw against Gibraltar in November 2013.[14]

Post-retirement

In September 2022, Farkaš joined the arriving staff of Francesco Calzona, who was appointed the manager of Slovakia. Since Calzona nor his staff were fluent in spoken English, Farkaš, an experienced international footballer with knowledge of Italian including footballing terminology, was onboarded as an on-field translator and communications liaison.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 December 2014
Club statistics
Season Club League League Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2005–06 Nitra Slovak Super Liga 25 0 6 0 0 0 31 0
2006–07 31 2 1 0 4 0 36 2
2007–08 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007–08 Artmedia 17 0 4 0 4 0 25 0
2008-09 14 0 1 0 5 1 20 1
2008–09 Vaslui Liga I 16 2 2 0 0 0 18 2
2009–10 14 0 2 0 2 0 18 0
2010–11 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
2011–12 19 0 3 0 10 0 32 0
2012–13 Chievo Verona Serie A 4 0 1 0 5 0
2013–14 Ternana (loan) Serie B 28 1 1 1 29 2
2014–15 Gabala Azerbaijan Premier League 13 1 1 1 0 0 14 2
Total Slovakia 90 2 12 0 13 1 115 3
Romania 59 2 7 0 13 0 79 2
Italy 32 1 2 1 - 34 2
Azerbaijan 13 1 1 1 0 0 14 2
Career total 194 6 22 2 26 1 242 9

Career honours

Petržalka
Vaslui

References

  1. ^ "Hráči FC Nitra: v najvyšších ligových súťažiach po ročník 2008/2009 (vrátane)" (PDF). FC Nitra (in Slovak). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ Balický, Marek (3 July 2012). "Pavol Farkaš novým hráčom Chieva Verona" [Pavol Farkaš is a new footballer of Chievo Verona]. Profutbal (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Pavol Farkas was loaned to Ternana Calcio". HMP Sport Management. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Pavol Farkas in Gabala". gabalafc.az. Gabala FK. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ^ "New footballers for Gabala". Gabala FC. Gabala FC. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ^ Νέο... χτύπημα με Φάρκας. www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. ^ Πήρε Φάρκας η Ξάνθη. www.sportday.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Ενίσχυση στην άμυνα με Φάρκας για την Ξάνθη. www.soccerplus.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. ^ Τέλειωσε του Φάρκας στην ΑΕΛ. Sport24 (in Greek). 14 July 2016.
  10. ^ Επεισοδιακή ισοπαλία στο ΑΕΛ-Ηρακλής! (in Greek). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  11. ^ Τεράστια ανάσα για την ΑΕΛ! (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  12. ^ Ανανέωσε ο Φάρκας. www.sport24.gr (in Greek). 13 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Αντίο" με αποθέωση στον Φάρκας από την ΑΕΛ! (in Greek). Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Gibraltar draws 0-0 with Slovakia in UEFA debut". New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Zázraky sa dejú a sny sa plnia. Do tímu Francesca Calzonu pribudlo nečakané meno". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 10 October 2022.
  • Pavol Farkaš at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Pavol Farkaš at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Pavol Farkaš at FBref.com
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