Ondrej Šmelko

Ondrej Šmelko

Personal information
Full name	Ondrej Šmelko
Date of birth	(1967-09-01) 1 September 1967
Place of birth	Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1993	Inter Bratislava	38	(0)
1994–1996	Svit Zlín	22	(2)
1997–2003	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín	137	(7)
2003	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	41	(0)
2004–2006	Laugarico Trenčín	29	(2)
2006–2008	Slovan Nemšová
International career
1999–2001	Slovakia	7	(1)
Managerial career
2008–?	Trenčín youth
?–2015	Nemšová
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international football defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Career

Born in Bardejov, Šmelko began playing football for FK Inter Bratislava. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with FC Svit Zlín. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk for the 2003 Russian First Division season.

Šmelko made several appearances for the Slovakia national football team.

After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.

External links

• Ondrej Šmelko at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at KLISF