Marek Špilár

Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic and Japan.^[1]

Marek Špilár

Personal information
Full name	Marek Špilár
Date of birth	11 February 1975
Place of birth	Stropkov, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 38)
Place of death	Prešov, Slovakia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1984–1994	MŠK Tesla Stropkov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Petra Drnovice	2	(0)
1995–1997	Tatran Prešov	53	(6)
1997–2000	1. FC Košice	75	(3)
2000–2001	Baník Ostrava	30	(0)
2001–2002	Sigma Olomouc	8	(0)
2003–2005	Club Brugge	32	(0)
2006–2007	Nagoya Grampus Eight	24	(1)
International career
1995–1997	Slovakia U-21	10	(0)
1997–2002	Slovakia	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2010

Špilár was capped 30 times for the Slovak national team from 1997 to 2002.^[2]

Špilár died in September 2013 at the age of 38 when he committed suicide by jumping out of a fifth-floor flat window in the city of Prešov.^[3]

Club statistics

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Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic			League
1993/94	Petra Drnovice	Gambrinus liga	1	0
1994/95			1	0
Slovakia			League
1995/96	Tatran Prešov	Superliga	27	0
1996/97			26	6
1997/98	Košice	Superliga	25	0
1998/99			25	0
1999/00			25	3
Czech Republic			League
2000/01	Baník Ostrava	Gambrinus liga	23	0
2001/02			7	0
2001/02	Sigma Olomouc	Gambrinus liga	8	0
Belgium			League
2002/03	Brugge	First Division	6	0
2003/04			8	0
2004/05			5	0
2005/06			12	0
Japan			League
2006	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J1 League	21	1
2007			3	0
Country	Czech Republic		40	0
	Slovakia		128	9
	Belgium		31	0
	Japan		24	1
Total			223	10

Honours

Club Brugge

• Belgian Super Cup: 2005^[5]