Peter Pekarík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈpekariːk]; born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national team.
![]() Pekarík with Hertha BSC in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Pekarík[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 35)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Žilina, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Žilina | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2009 | Žilina | 111 | (5) |
2004–2005 | → Dubnica (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2009–2012 | VfL Wolfsburg | 55 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2012– | Hertha BSC | 204 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2006– | Slovakia | 111 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 4 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:04, 10 June 2022 (UTC) |
Pekarík, born in Žilina, began playing football at the youth section of his local club.[3] His Corgoň Liga debut came for ZŤS Dubnica.[3] In his first season, he played 27 matches and came back to MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2005.[4][3] He won the Corgoň Liga in the 2006–07 season, playing 35 matches.[4][5]
Pekarík impressed with great performances in the first half of the 2008–09 season and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in January 2009.[6]
On 31 January 2009, matchday 18, he debuted in the Bundesliga in a 1–1 draw against the 1. FC Köln. At half time, coach Felix Magath substituted him for Cristian Zaccardo.[7] Except for one game, he played in the second half of the season in all games and won with Wolfsburg for the first time in club history the German championship.[8][9] However, at the end of the season he was substituted more often and lost his place in the starting eleven.[citation needed]
In August 2011, Pekarík joined Turkish first division side Kayserispor for the 2011–12 season on loan.[10]
After a year in Turkey, Pekarík returned to Germany, signing for Hertha BSC.[11]
On 31 March 2017, in his eighth season in Germany, Pekarík scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–1 loss against 1899 Hoffenheim. At the moment it was his 151st Bundesliga match.[12]
Pekarík made his Slovakia national team debut against United Arab Emirates on 10 December 2006.[3] He scored his first international goal in a 7–0 home victory over San Marino.[13][14] He was a part of the Slovakia team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[15] UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020. On 1 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Slovakia in a 1–1 draw in a friendly match against Bulgaria.[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
MFK Dubnica (loan) | 2004–05 | Corgoň Liga | 27 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||
Žilina | 2005–06 | Corgoň Liga | 27 | 2 | – | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
2006–07 | 35 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | ||||
2007–08 | 31 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
2008–09 | 18 | 3 | – | 10 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |||
Total | 138 | 6 | – | 18 | 0 | 156 | 6 | |||
VfL Wolfsburg | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
Total | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 1 | ||
Kayserispor (loan) | 2011–12 | Süper Lig | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
Hertha BSC | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 24 | 4 | |||
2021–22 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
Total | 202 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 219 | 5 | ||
Career total | 449 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 496 | 12 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Slovakia | 2006 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | 5 | 0 | |
2009 | 12 | 1 | |
2010 | 10 | 0 | |
2011 | 8 | 0 | |
2012 | 8 | 0 | |
2013 | 6 | 0 | |
2014 | 8 | 0 | |
2015 | 5 | 1 | |
2016 | 10 | 0 | |
2017 | 7 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 12 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 111 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 June 2009[13] | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 27 March 2015[13] | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
MŠK Žilina
VfL Wolfsburg
Hertha BSC
Slovakia
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