Filip Šebo

Filip Šebo (born 24 February 1984) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Filip Šebo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-02-24) 24 February 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	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)
2007-2008	→ Valenciennes (loan)	32	(4)
2008–2010	Valenciennes	30	(2)
2010–2012	Slovan Bratislava	53	(29)
2015–2016	Petržalka	9	(9)
Total		293	(107)
International career
2006–2012	Slovakia	15	(7)
Medal record Slovakia U19 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship 2002 Artmedia Bratislava Winner Slovak Cup 2004 Winner Corgoň Liga 2005 Winner Slovak Super Cup 2005 Austria Vienna Winner Austrian Football Bundesliga 2006 Winner Austrian Cup 2006 Slovan Bratislava Winner Corgoň Liga 2011 Winner Slovak Cup 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

Šebo started his professional career with German team 1. FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He returned to Slovakia joining Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released by Köln. Eight goals in 25 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.^[2] Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on 17 September, against Hibernian in an SPL match, and he scored.^[3] His first home goal came on 1 October, a late winner in a 1–0 victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[6]

Valenciennes

On 22 August 2007, Šebo joined French Ligue 1 side Valenciennes on a year-long loan deal.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] Šebo impressed in his first season at Slovan, becoming the Corgoň liga's top scorer with 22 goals.^[10] Following the successful campaign, the Bundesliga club Hannover 96 tried to sign Šebo, but failed, as Slovan decided against selling the striker.^[11] 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.^[12]

Petržalka

Šebo joined Petržalka akadémia on 2015 as a free agent.

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.^[13] He scored another two goals in his second international match against Cyprus.

International goals

Source:^[14]

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 August 2006	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	Malta	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2				2–0
3				3–0
4	2 September 2006	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	Cyprus	3–0	6–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5				4–0
6	17 November 2010	Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	2–3	Friendly
7	26 March 2011	Communal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella	Andorra	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Slovakia

Slovakia U20

• 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Participation

Slovakia U19

• 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship – Third place

References

1. Filip Šebo at WorldFootball.net
2. "Sebo Clinches Gers Deal". Sporting Life. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
3. "Hibernian 2–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
4. "Rangers 1–0 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
5. "Rangers 2–0 Molde (agg: 2–0)", BBC Sport, 28 September 2006
6. 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.
7. "Sebo offloaded to Valenciennes". BBC Sport. 22 August 2007.
8. Striker Sebo completes Ibrox exit BBC Sport, 29 May 2008
9. Slovan Bratislava sign Sebo WorldFootball.net, 15 September 2010
10. "Filip Šebo kráľom Corgoň ligy" (in Slovak). SFZ. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
11. "Hannover admit Sebo defeat". Sky Sports. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
12. "Je koniec, Filip Šebo definitívne opúšťa Slovan Bratislava!" (in Slovak). Šport. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
13. "Sebo nets Slovakia debut hat-trick", CNN, 15 August 2006
14. "Football PLAYER: Filip Šebo". Retrieved 13 March 2017.

External links

• Filip Šebo at Soccerbase
• Official website
• Filip Šebo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)