Filip Šebo
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Date of birth | 24 February 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | 1. FC Köln II | 50 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Petržalka | 33 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Austria Wien | 32 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Rangers | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Valenciennes | 62 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Slovan Bratislava | 53 | (29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Petržalka | 9 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2012 | Slovakia | 15 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Filip Šebo (born 24 February 1984) is a former Slovak footballer who played as a forward. Šebo is best known for playing with Rangers.
Club career
Early career
Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released from Köln. Eight goals in twenty-five appearances earned him a transfer to Artmedia Bratislava – known for their run in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
In the summer of 2005, after 22 goals in 29 games and the award for the league's top-scorer, he was bought by Austrian side Austria Vienna who paid approximately £400,000 for him. Šebo played 32 times, scoring 5 goals for the Austrian side, helping them to achieve an Austrian Bundesliga and Cup double.
Rangers
Rangers manager Paul Le Guen made Šebo his ninth signing on 3 August 2006 after Austria Vienna and Rangers agreed a fee of £1.85 million.[1] Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on 17 September, against Hibernian in an SPL match, and he scored.[2] His first home goal came on 1 October, a late winner in a 1–0 victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox.[3] Šebo played his first European match for Rangers on 28 September, playing the last 15 minutes of a UEFA Cup first-round second-leg tie against Molde FK. Rangers won, 2–0, to qualify for the group stage.[4] Despite his lack of goals, he became something of a cult figure for Rangers, due to both his high workrate and his distinctive broad, stocky build.[5]
In a friendly against Airdrie United on 31 January 2007, Šebo scored in a 3–0 win, his first goal in three months for the club. In another friendly, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 defeat of Gretna. In July 2007, Šebo scored Rangers' second goal in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win over Chelsea; it was his first goal at Ibrox in almost 10 months.[5]
Valenciennes
On 22 August 2007, Šebo joined French Ligue 1 side Valenciennes on a year-long loan deal.[6] He scored his first goal for Valenciennes in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Sochaux on 27 September 2007. He netted his first and second league goals on 11 November against Caen.
He completed a permanent switch to France on 29 May 2008, with Valenciennes paying a fee of around one million pounds.[7]
Slovan Bratislava
Šebo joined Slovan Bratislava on 15 September 2010. The striker, who came as a free agent after his spell at Valenciennes, signed a contract with the Slovak side until December 2012.[8] Šebo impressed in his first season at Slovan, becoming the Corgoň liga's top scorer with 22 goals.[9] Following the successful campaign, the Bundesliga club Hannover 96 tried to sign Šebo, but failed, as Slovan decided against selling the striker.[10] Although Šebo was less prolific in his remaining time at the club, Slovan offered him a new contract, which the striker, however, turned down and left the club in the winter of 2012.[11]
FC Petržalka akademia
Šebo joined Petržalka akadémia on 2015 as free player.
International career
On 15 August 2006, Šebo made his debut for the Slovakia national team in a friendly against Malta. He marked the occasion by scoring a hat-trick.[12] He scored another two goals in his second international match against Cyprus.
International goals
- Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1 | 15 August 2006 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |||||
2 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
3 | 3–0 | ||||||||||
4 | 2 September 2006 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–1 | Euro 2008 qualifier | |||||
5 | 4–0 | ||||||||||
6 | 17 November 2010 | Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly | |||||
7 | 26 March 2011 | Communal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Euro 2012 qualifier | |||||
Correct as of 13 March 2017[13] | |||||||||||
Honours
Slovakia
- Slovakia U20
- 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Participation
- Slovakia U19
- 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship – Third place
References
- ↑ "Sebo Clinches Gers Deal". Sporting Life. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ↑ "Hibernian 2–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ↑ "Rangers 1–0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ↑ "Rangers 2–0 Molde (agg: 2–0)", BBC Sport, 28 September 2006
- 1 2 Wood, Kris (11 July 2012). "Non-Existent Nines: A Headless Chicken Would Have Faired [sic] Better Than Glasgow Rangers Flop Filip Sebo". Sabotage Times. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sebo offloaded to Valenciennes". BBC Sport. 22 August 2007.
- ↑ Striker Sebo completes Ibrox exit BBC Sport, 29 May 2008
- ↑ Slovan Bratislava sign Sebo WorldFootball.net, 15 September 2010
- ↑ "Filip Šebo kráľom Corgoň ligy" (in Slovak). SFZ. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Hannover admit Sebo defeat". Sky Sports. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Je koniec, Filip Šebo definitívne opúšťa Slovan Bratislava!" (in Slovak). Šport. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sebo nets Slovakia debut hat-trick", CNN, 15 August 2006
- ↑ "Football PLAYER: Filip Šebo". Retrieved 13 March 2017.
External links
- Filip Šebo at Soccerbase
- Official website
- Filip Šebo – French league stats at LFP