Marek Hamšík
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Midfielder
Nationality : Slovakian
Date Of Birth : 27/07/1987
Height : 1.83m
Weight : 79kg
Biography
Marek Hamšík is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional and the Slovakia national team. He started his professional career in 2002 with Slovan Bratislava. In 2004 be moved to Italian club Brescia. In 2007, he was bought by Napoli, where he became a regular starter. With Napoli he won two Coppa Italia titles and a Supercoppa Italiana. He became the club’s all-time top goalscorer in 2017 (he has since been overtaken), and the club’s all-time appearance holder. In 2019, he joined Chinese club Dalian Professional (then Dalian Yifang).
At international level, Hamšík has represented Slovakia since the under-17 level. He made his senior debut in 2007 and became captain in 2010 for the World Cup. He has collected 126 international caps at senior level becoming Slovakia’s most capped player, and has scored over 26 goals also becoming their record goal scorer.
