Michal Hipp is a former Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 footballer and assistant coach of the Slovakia national football team

Slovakia national football team

The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...

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Hipp began his football career in his native village Horná Kraľová. When he was twelve years old, he started playing in the youth team and then progressed to the first team when he was sixteen. In 1983 Hipp got an offer to transfer to Duslo Šaľa

FK Slovan Duslo Šala

FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Šaľa.-Current squad:As of 30 July 2011...

 by coach Jozef Adamec

Jozef Adamec

Jozef Adamec is former Slovak football player and manager, one of the most famous Slovak football players of all time.He played mostly for Spartak Trnava...

. There he played as a right midfielder. Then he left for Hurbanovo because was called up to serve in the Army.

In October 1984 he went to Plastika Nitra

FC Nitra

FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovakian league with their longest stay being 5 years . Nitra came close to...

. Hipp debuted in the Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...

 in the 1986-87

Czechoslovak First League 1986-87

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 season in a match against FC Bohemians Praha. In 1989-90 season FC Nitra

FC Nitra

FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovakian league with their longest stay being 5 years . Nitra came close to...

 qualified for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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. They lost both matches against 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

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 with an aggregate score of 5-1.

Also he played for Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 side Slavia Prague and 1. FC Košice

MFK Košice

MFK Košice is a professional Slovak first division football club based in Košice. The club, founded in 1952, won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup four times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful era of the club has been in 70's and 90's years of past century which they have...

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External links

• Michal Hipp at The Football Association of the Czech Republic