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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.

Peter Pekarík

Pekarík with Hertha BSC in 2012
Personal information
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)

Club career

Žilina

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]

VfL Wolfsburg

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]}

Kayserispor

In August 2011, Pekarík joined Turkish first division side Kayserispor for the 2011–12 season on loan.[10]

Hertha BSC

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 June 2022[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		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

International

As of match played 10 June 2022.[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pekarík goal.

List of international goals scored by Peter Pekarík

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2009[13]	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	San Marino	2–0	7–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	27 March 2015[13]	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Luxembourg	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

MŠK Žilina

• Slovak Super Liga: 2006–07[5]
• Slovak Super Cup: 2007

VfL Wolfsburg

• Bundesliga: 2008–09[5]

Hertha BSC

• 2. Bundesliga: 2012–13[5]

Slovakia

• King's Cup: 2018[18][19]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

External links

• Peter Pekarík – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Peter Pekarík at National-Football-Teams.com
• Peter Pekarík at fussballdaten.de (in German)

На других языках

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- [en] Peter Pekarík

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[es] Peter Pekarík

Peter Pekarík (Žilina, Eslovaquia, 30 de octubre de 1986) es un futbolista eslovaco. Juega de defensa y su equipo es el Hertha BSC de la Bundesliga de Alemania. También representa a la selección de fútbol de Eslovaquia.[1]

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[fr] Peter Pekarík

Peter Pekarík est un footballeur international slovaque né le 30 octobre 1986 à Žilina en Tchécoslovaquie (auj. en Slovaquie). Il évolue actuellement au poste d'arrière droit pour le Hertha Berlin.

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[it] Peter Pekarík

Peter Pekarík (Žilina, 30 ottobre 1986) è un calciatore slovacco, difensore dell'Hertha Berlino e della nazionale slovacca.

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[ru] Пекарик, Петер

Пе́тер Пе́карик (словацк. Peter Pekarik; 30 октября 1986, Долны Гричов, район Жилина (район), Чехословакия) — словацкий футболист, правый защитник немецкой «Герты» и сборной Словакии.

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