Football player feature of the day Róbert Vittek Slovakia caps: 80 goals: 23 position: Forward club: ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Vittek has also been part of the Slovak national team since 2001. His tally of 80 caps makes him their second most-capped player after Miroslav Karhan. Vittek scored Slovakias first ever goal at a World Cup, netting in the 1–1 draw with New Zealand on 15 June 2010. Vittek also scored two goals against defending World Cup holders Italy on 24 June 2010 to knock them out of the competition and subsequently ensure Slovakia progress to the 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage. On 28 June 2010, Slovakia lost 2–1 to the Netherlands in their first knockout stage match, in which Vittek converted a last-minute penalty to become Slovakias top international scorer. With four goals in the competition, he also became the joint top scorer at the stage that Slovakia were knocked out. He scored only one goal fewer than Germanys Thomas Müller, who won the Golden Boot.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 10:50:01 +0000
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