Róbert Mak is a 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 who currently plays as a winger for the German Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 team 1. FC Nuremberg and the Slovakia national under-21 football team

Slovakia national under-21 football team

The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.-European Under-21 Championship record:...

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Club career

Mak, native of Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, began playing football at the youth squad of the local club ŠK Slovan

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

. When he was 13, he joined Manchester City Academy. There he played with his countrymen Vladimír Weiss

Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989)

Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak football winger who currently plays for RCD Espanyol on loan from Manchester City.-Manchester City:...

 and Filip Mentel

Filip Mentel

Filip Mentel is a Slovak footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Clyde, on loan from Dundee United. Formerly of Manchester City,. , Pravda his father, Miroslav Mentel was also a professional footballer....

. He progressed to Manchester City Reserves

Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy

Manchester City is represented at Reserve level by the Elite Development Squad, also referred to as just the Elite Squad, or EDS, a predominantly 'Under-21' side that replaced the previous Reserve team in a move to focus on youth development post-academy...

 aged 17, but never got a chance at the senior squad. He is the 2007–08 FA Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...

 winner. On 11 June 2010, he has signed a three-year contract for 1. FC Nuremberg for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first the Bundesliga goal in a 1–3 defeat against 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

 on 20 November 2010.

External links

• Player profile at football prospects
• Profile at transfermarkt.co.uk