Viliam Hýravý

Viliam Hýravý
Personal information
Date of birth	26 November 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Ružomberok, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1984	BZ Ružomberok
1984–1988	ZVL Žilina
1988–1991	Baník Ostrava
1991–1992	Toulouse FC
1992–1995	Baník Ostrava
1995	Dukla Banska Bystrica
1995–1996	MŠK Žilina
1996–2002	MFK Ružomberok
International career
1987–1990	Czechoslovakia
1990	Czechoslovakia B
1987–1988	Czechoslovakia Olympic
1994–1995	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viliam Hýravý (born 26 November 1962) is a Slovak former football player. He played as a midfielder or striker. He represented Czechoslovakia, and later Slovakia, internationally. He played his club football in the top-level leagues of Czechoslovakia, France, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

At club level Hýravý played for BZ Ružomberok, ZVL Zilina, Dukla Banska Bystrica, and Czech club Baník Ostrava. He played for Toulouse FC in the 1991–92 French Division 1 before returning to MFK Ružomberok. From the start of his career until the end of the 1994–95 season, he played 242 times in the Czechoslovak, and later Czech, top flights, scoring 60 goals.^[1] In 1995 he moved to the Slovak First League, where he continued to play for another seven seasons. In 2001 he became the oldest goalscorer in Slovak First League history at the age of 38 years, 9 months and 19 days, scoring twice in a 4–1 win for Ružomberok against Trenčín.^[2]

Hýravý played 11 times for Czechoslovakia, and was part of his nation's squad at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, although he didn't play in the final tournament.^[1]

After retirement, Hýravý worked as assistant coach of MFK Ružomberok^[3] and second-tier MŠK Fomat Martin.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ Zeman, Michal (22 February 2008). "Rekordy a rarity slovenskej futbalovej ligy". Športweb (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
^ "Novým trénerom Ružomberka bude Hyravý". Pravda (in Slovak). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ Kopka, Roman (12 July 2016). "Trénerovi Šinovi bude pomáhať Viliam Hýravý". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

External links

Viliam Hýravý at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
Viliam Hýravý at National-Football-Teams.com

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[jerabek-1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[2] Zeman, Michal (22 February 2008). "Rekordy a rarity slovenskej futbalovej ligy". Športweb (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 October 2024.

[3] "Novým trénerom Ružomberka bude Hyravý". Pravda (in Slovak). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[4] Kopka, Roman (12 July 2016). "Trénerovi Šinovi bude pomáhať Viliam Hýravý". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

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