.jpg) Weiss in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-09-22)22 September 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Bratislava,Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Slovan Bratislava (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1983 | Rapid Bratislava | ||
| 1983–1984 | ČH Bratislava | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Agro Hurbanovo | ||
| 1986–1993 | Inter Bratislava | 126 | (28) |
| 1993 | Sparta Praha | 4 | (1) |
| 1993 | Petra Drnovice | 14 | (2) |
| 1994 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 31 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | 1. FC Košice | 24 | (1) |
| 1996–2000 | Artmedia Petržalka | 59 | (7) |
| Total | 258 | (43) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1990 | Czechoslovakia | 19 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Slovakia | 12 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2006 | Artmedia Petržalka | ||
| 2006–2007 | Saturn Moscow Oblast | ||
| 2007–2008 | Artmedia Petržalka | ||
| 2008–2012 | Slovakia | ||
| 2011–2012 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| 2012–2015 | Kairat | ||
| 2016–2020 | Georgia | ||
| 2021– | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vladimír Weiss (born 22 September 1964) is aSlovakfootball coach and former player who serves as the coach ofSlovan Bratislava.[1] He is one of a small number of people to have appeared as a player and a coach at a FIFA World Cup.[2]
Weiss played in theCzechoslovak First League during the 1980s and start of the 1990s until its dissolution, making over 100 league appearances forInter Bratislava. During this period, he played forCzechoslovakia, making 19 appearances and scoring one goal whilst participating at the1990 FIFA World Cup as well. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Weiss played forPetra Drnovice in theCzech First League, then returned to Slovakia, playing forKošice,Dunajská Streda, andPetržalka. He made 12 further national team appearances, this time forSlovakia, scoring one goal.
Weiss moved into management at the turn of the century, and won the Slovak league title in 2005 withArtmedia Petržalka before taking them to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, a feat only achieved by the manager of one Slovak club before. He spent a year managing Russian sideSaturn Moscow Oblast before returning to Petržalka, where he won another national title in the2007–08 season, as well as the2007–08 Slovak Cup for adouble.
In 2008, Weiss was named as the manager for the Slovakia national team. He subsequently took Slovakia to2010 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup as an independent nation, where they progressed from the group stage to the knockout stage of the tournament. He stepped down in 2012 having failed to qualify for the next major tournament, and managed Slovak club side Slovan Bratislava before moving to Kazakhstan, where he ledKairat for three years. During his time at Kairat, Weiss won theKazakhstan Cup twice. Weiss subsequently led theGeorgia national team between 2016 and 2020, narrowly missing out on qualification forUEFA Euro 2020. He returned to managing in theSlovak First Football League, signing a long-term contract with Slovan Bratislava in 2021, where he won four league titles in a row.
The oldest of two siblings, Weiss' mother died when he was 15 years old, and he and his sister Zuzana were solely raised by their father.[3] As a young man in theCzechoslovak Socialist Republic, Weiss completed his compulsorymilitary service inKomárno.[4]
Weiss began his career with Agro Hurbanovo and Rapid Bratislava.[5] He played in theCzechoslovak First League forInter Bratislava between the 1983–84 and 1992–93 seasons. After his final season for the club, Weiss played forAC Sparta Prague, who won the league title that season. He played forPetra Drnovice at the start of the 1993–94 season, the first season of the independent Czech league after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.[6] Weiss next returned to Slovakia, playing forKošice,Dunajská Streda, andPetržalka in the newly-establishedSlovak First League.[7]
Weiss made 19 appearances forCzechoslovakia between 1988 and 1990,[6] debuting in a 2–0 friendly loss againstBulgaria in March 1988.[8] His first goal came againstNorway in a November 1988 friendly match at Bratislava'sTehelné pole stadium, scoring Czechoslovakia's second goal in a 3–2 win.[9] He played at the1990 FIFA World Cup.[10]
Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Weiss played forSlovakia. He scored Slovakia's first goal after independence in a 1–0 friendly victory againstUnited Arab Emirates on 2 February 1994, going on to represent Slovakia a total of 12 times.[7]
As the coach ofArtmedia Bratislava, Weiss won theSlovak First League in 2005. He then took the club through three qualifying rounds of the2005–06 season of theUEFA Champions League and reached the group stage,[11] becoming just the second Slovak team to qualify for the Champions League group stage afterKošice in 1997.[12] He moved to Russia and managedFC Saturn Moscow Oblast from February 2006 to June 2007.[11] He then led Artmedia to another Slovak league title and cupdouble in 2008.[13]
In July 2008, Weiss was appointed head coach of theSlovakia national team, taking over fromJán Kocian.[11] On 14 October 2009, he led the team to the historic success of Slovakia's first-ever qualification for a major tournament as an independent nation, winning thequalifying group for the2010 FIFA World Cup after a 1–0 away victory againstPoland in the final qualifying match.[14] This led to him being awarded in the Sport category of the 2009Crystal Wing Awards.[15]
On 24 June 2010, Weiss led Slovakia to the round of 16 after a 3–2 victory againstItaly.[16] In late January 2012, he resigned with Slovakia following the team's failure to qualify forUEFA Euro 2012.[17]
Weiss continued as coach ofSlovan Bratislava, having started that job alongside that of the Slovakia national team in August 2011. In July 2012, he signed a new one-year contract to continue.[18] However, by the end of the month, Slovan had won just one of three league matches and been eliminated from the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Europa League. Weiss announced his resignation on 29 July.[19]
Weiss became coach ofAlmaty-basedKazakh football clubFC Kairat in 2012, but resigned at the end of November 2015, having won theKazakhstan Cup twice during his tenure.[20] He became coach of theGeorgia national team in March 2016.[21][22] Weiss announced his resignation in November 2020 after Georgia lost theUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs toNorth Macedonia.[23]
Weiss returned to Slovakia, signing a five-year contract with former club Slovan Bratislava in May 2021.[24] Slovan won the 2020–21 league title in his first game after a 4–0 away victory againstZlaté Moravce.[25] Under Weiss, Slovan won the league again in 2021–22 and 2022–23 for three league titles in a row.[26]
In April 2024, Slovan Bratislava won their sixth consecutive league title, and a fourth for Weiss.[27] On 28 August, during the2024–25 UEFA Champions League play-off round, he led the club to their first final tournament in an eventual 4–3 aggregrate victory againstFC Midtjylland.[28]
Weiss is married to Marta Weiss and have a son namedVladimír, who plays for numerous football clubs, includingSlovan Bratislava.[29] His father, also namedVladimír Weiss, was a footballer who representedCzechoslovakia and won a silver medal at the1964 Summer Olympics.[6]
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