Lubomír Moravcík
Encyclopedia
Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík (born 22 June 1965) is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia
, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia
(42 caps, seven goals) and Slovakia
(38 caps, six goals). He was a member of the Czechoslovakian team at Italia 90
, where he was sent off against Germany
in the quarter-final in Milan.
He was a creative midfield player, reminiscent of the old-fashioned Inside forward
. Renowned for his technical ability, Moravčík was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with both feet.
The 1990s saw him moving to Western Europe to play for Saint-Étienne
, Bastia and MSV Duisburg
before moving to Scottish side Celtic
in November 1998. Signed by fellow Slovakian Dr Jozef Vengloš
for a fee of just £300,000, he became a hero in the eyes of the Parkhead
faithful, forming an outstanding partnership with Henrik Larsson
.
Moravčík's first two goals for Celtic came against their arch-rivals Rangers
on 21 November 1998, in what turned out to be a memorable 5–1 victory in the midst of a very poor season. He stayed at Celtic Park
for a total of four seasons, winning two SPL
championships, one Scottish Cup
and two CIS Insurance Cups
.
Moravčík is one of his country's most capped player, with a total of 79 appearances for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He played for Czechoslovakia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
finals in Italy
.
He started a career of coach as a manager of Slovak national U-17 team. Popular 'Ľubo' was later coaching FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
, the team from highest Slovak league - Corgoň Liga.
|1983/84||rowspan="7"|Plastika Nitra
||First League
||9||0||||||||||||||9||0
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|1984/85||||0||0||||||||||||||0||0
|-
|1985/86||||0||0||||||||||||||0||0
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="4"|First League
||27||7||||||||||||||27||7
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|1987/88||24||3||||||||||||||24||3
|-
|1988/89||30||6||||||||||||||30||6
|-
|1989/90||29||14||||||||||||||29||14
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|1990/91||rowspan="6"|Saint-Étienne
||rowspan="6"|Division 1
||37||7||||||||||||||37||7
|-
|1991/92||32||4||||||||||||||32||4
|-
|1992/93||34||5||||||||||||||34||5
|-
|1993/94||33||4||||||||||||||33||4
|-
|1994/95||27||4||||||||||||||27||4
|-
|1995/96||34||7||||||||||||||34||7
|-
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|Bastia
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
||21||6||||||||||||||21||6
|-
|1997/98||12||2||||||||||||||12||2
|-
|1998/99||Duisburg
||Bundesliga||5||0||||||||||||||5||0
|-
|1998/99
||rowspan="4"|Celtic
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
||14||6||3||0||0||0||0||0||17||6
|-
|1999/00||30||8||1||0||4||1||4||0||39||9
|-
|2000/01||27||9||5||1||3||1||5||3||40||14
|-
|2001/02||23||6||1||0||3||0||6||0||33||6
|-
|2002||JEF United Ichihara
||J. League 1||2||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
119||30||||||||||||||119||30
230||39||||||||||||||230||39
5||0||||||||||||||5||0
94||29||10||1||10||2||15||3||129||35
2||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
450||98||10||1||11||2||15||3||486||104
|}
|1987||1||0
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|1988||3||0
|-
|1989||8||1
|-
|1990||12||1
|-
|1991||6||2
|-
|1992||6||1
|-
|1993||6||1
|-
!Total||42||6
|}
|-
|1994||6||2
|-
|1995||8||0
|-
|1996||5||1
|-
|1997||3||0
|-
|1998||10||3
|-
|1999||0||0
|-
|2000||6||0
|-
!Total||38||6
|}
Celtic
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national football team
The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...
(42 caps, seven goals) and Slovakia
Slovakia national football team
The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...
(38 caps, six goals). He was a member of the Czechoslovakian team at Italia 90
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
, where he was sent off against Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
in the quarter-final in Milan.
He was a creative midfield player, reminiscent of the old-fashioned Inside forward
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...
. Renowned for his technical ability, Moravčík was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with both feet.
The 1990s saw him moving to Western Europe to play for Saint-Étienne
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city...
, Bastia and MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
before moving to Scottish side Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
in November 1998. Signed by fellow Slovakian Dr Jozef Vengloš
Jozef Vengloš
Dr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...
for a fee of just £300,000, he became a hero in the eyes of the Parkhead
Parkhead
Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five-way junction at Parkhead Cross...
faithful, forming an outstanding partnership with Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson
Henrik Edward Larsson MBE is a retired Swedish footballer and current manager of Landskrona BoIS.Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. He moved to Helsingborg, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before...
.
Moravčík's first two goals for Celtic came against their arch-rivals Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
on 21 November 1998, in what turned out to be a memorable 5–1 victory in the midst of a very poor season. He stayed at Celtic Park
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...
for a total of four seasons, winning two SPL
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
championships, one Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
and two CIS Insurance Cups
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
.
Moravčík is one of his country's most capped player, with a total of 79 appearances for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia. He played for Czechoslovakia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
finals in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
He started a career of coach as a manager of Slovak national U-17 team. Popular 'Ľubo' was later coaching FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.- History :From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions...
, the team from highest Slovak league - Corgoň Liga.
Club career statistics
|-|1983/84||rowspan="7"|Plastika Nitra
FC Nitra
FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovakian league with their longest stay being 5 years . Nitra came close to...
||First League
Czechoslovak First League
The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...
||9||0||||||||||||||9||0
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|1984/85||||0||0||||||||||||||0||0
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|1985/86||||0||0||||||||||||||0||0
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="4"|First League
Czechoslovak First League
The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...
||27||7||||||||||||||27||7
|-
|1987/88||24||3||||||||||||||24||3
|-
|1988/89||30||6||||||||||||||30||6
|-
|1989/90||29||14||||||||||||||29||14
|-
|1990/91||rowspan="6"|Saint-Étienne
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city...
||rowspan="6"|Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||37||7||||||||||||||37||7
|-
|1991/92||32||4||||||||||||||32||4
|-
|1992/93||34||5||||||||||||||34||5
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|1993/94||33||4||||||||||||||33||4
|-
|1994/95||27||4||||||||||||||27||4
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|1995/96||34||7||||||||||||||34||7
|-
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|Bastia
SC Bastia
Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||21||6||||||||||||||21||6
|-
|1997/98||12||2||||||||||||||12||2
|-
|1998/99||Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
||Bundesliga||5||0||||||||||||||5||0
|-
|1998/99
Scottish Premier League 1998-99
The 1998–99 Scottish Premier League season was the inaugural season of Scottish Premier League football. It began on 1 August 1998.Rangers finished the season as Scottish Premier League champions, gaining them their 48th Scottish top division title...
||rowspan="4"|Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||14||6||3||0||0||0||0||0||17||6
|-
|1999/00||30||8||1||0||4||1||4||0||39||9
|-
|2000/01||27||9||5||1||3||1||5||3||40||14
|-
|2001/02||23||6||1||0||3||0||6||0||33||6
|-
|2002||JEF United Ichihara
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
||J. League 1||2||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
119||30||||||||||||||119||30
230||39||||||||||||||230||39
5||0||||||||||||||5||0
94||29||10||1||10||2||15||3||129||35
2||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
450||98||10||1||11||2||15||3||486||104
|}
International career statistics
|-|1987||1||0
|-
|1988||3||0
|-
|1989||8||1
|-
|1990||12||1
|-
|1991||6||2
|-
|1992||6||1
|-
|1993||6||1
|-
!Total||42||6
|}
|-
|1994||6||2
|-
|1995||8||0
|-
|1996||5||1
|-
|1997||3||0
|-
|1998||10||3
|-
|1999||0||0
|-
|2000||6||0
|-
!Total||38||6
|}
Honours
Bastia- 1: 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Celtic
- 2: 2001Scottish Premier League 2000-01The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was the third season of the Scottish Premier League. It began in on 29 July 2000.Celtic finished the season as league champions by a 15-point margin over neighbouring Rangers, also winning both of the domestic cups in their first season under the management...
, 2002Scottish Premier League 2001-02The 2001–02 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic.As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Runners-up Rangers and third-placed Livingston qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did fourth-placed Aberdeen, who took the final UEFA Cup place due to Rangers beating Celtic...
-
-
- 1: 2001Scottish Cup 2000-01The 2000–01 Scottish Cup was the 116th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup...
- 1: 2001
-
- 2: 2000Scottish League Cup 1999-00The 1999–2000 Scottish League Cup was the 54th staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup....
, 2001
- 2: 2000
-