Michal Baláž
Michal Baláž (Serbian: Mihalj Balaž / Михаљ Балаж; born 28 August 1970) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihalj Balaž | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Stara Pazova, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Vojvodina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Vojvodina | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → Kabel (loan) | ||
| 1992–1994 | BSK Batajnica | ||
| 1995 | Spartak Trnava | 5 | (0) |
| 199x–1998 | Petrimex Prievidza | ||
| 1998–1999 | Sportfreunde Siegen | ||
| 2000 | SV Wilhelmshaven | ||
| 2000 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 27 | (0) |
| Jedinstvo Stara Pazova | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Stara Pazova,[1] SR Serbia, back then within Yugoslavia, Baláž started playing with FK Vojvodina. He made a league debut for them in his only appearance in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League.[2] He spent the season 1989–90 on loan at third level side FK Kabel. He then played two seasons with FK BSK Batajnica until 1994.[1]
In Autumn 1995 he played in Slovakia, with FC Spartak Trnava in the first half of the 1995–96 Slovak Superliga.[3] He was playing with FK Petrimex Prievidza in the Slovak Super Liga before moving to Germany in summer 1998 and joining Sportfreunde Siegen. He also played with SV Wilhelmshaven during the second half of the 1999–2000 season.[4] He later played with KFC Uerdingen 05[5] during the first half of the 2000–01 Regionalliga and then during the winter-break he returned to Sportfreunde Siegen and played with them the following two and a half years in the Regionalliga Sud.[6]
References
- Juhoslovanský brankár Baláž, hrdina sobotňajšieho zápasu, prišiel do Prievidze deň pred duelom at sme.sk, 31 July 1995, Retrieved 8 May 2016 (in Slovak)
- Tempo almanah 1990/1991 page 19
- Nebývalá invázia legionárov do Spartaka at nasatrnava.sme.sk, 18 February 2008, Retrieved 13 December 2016 (in Slovak)
- Michal Balaz at Worldfootball
- KFC Uerdingen 05 player profiles at KFC Uerdingen 05 official website
- Michal Balaz at fussballdaten.de