Radoslav Zabavník

Radoslav Zabavník

Zabavník playing for Terek Grozny in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Youth career
1988–1998	Košice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Košice	68	(9)
2002–2004	Žilina	65	(9)
2004–2005	CSKA Sofia	41	(7)
2005–2007	Sparta Prague	41	(1)
2008–2009	Terek Grozny	51	(1)
2010–2013	Mainz 05	63	(0)
2011	Mainz 05 II	1	(0)
2013–2014	SV Sandhausen	0	(0)
Total		330	(27)
International career
2003–2012	Slovakia	59	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radoslav Zabavník (born 16 September 1980) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Club career

Zabavník played for MFK Košice and MŠK Žilina in his native country's Corgoň Liga, winning the championship twice with MŠK Žilina. Between 2004 and late 2005, Zabavník played in Bulgaria for PFC CSKA Sofia. He became the first Slovak player to sign a contract with an A PFG club.^[1] In the end of 2005, he was sold to Sparta Prague. In February 2008, Sparta Prague sold Zabavník to Terek Grozny. In December 2009, he was released and signed for 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 1 February 2010.^[2] The signing proved to be astute business by Mainz 05 as Zabavník went on to make a string of impressive performances for them cementing his place in the starting eleven.

International career

Zabavník became the oldest ever Slovak international debutant since 2003, having played the first game for his country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Luxembourg at the age of 24 years.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
1. FC Košice	1998–99	Slovak Superliga	1	0
	1999–2000	Slovak Superliga	6	0
	2000–01	Slovak Superliga	32	3
	2001–02	Slovak Superliga	29	6
	Total		68	9
MŠK Žilina	2002–03	Slovak Superliga	32	4
	2003–04	Slovak Superliga	33	5
	Total		65	9
CSKA Sofia	2004–05	Bulgarian A Professional Football Group	29	6
	2005–06	Bulgarian A Professional Football Group	12	1
	Total		41	7
Sparta Prague	2005–06[3]	Gambrinus liga	14	1
	2006–07[3]	Gambrinus liga	23	0
	2007–08[3]	Gambrinus liga	4	0
	Total		41	1
Terek Grozny	2008[3]	Russian Premier League	25	1
	2009[3]	Russian Premier League	26	0
	Total		51	1
Mainz 05	2009–10	Bundesliga	12	0
	2010–11[3]	Bundesliga	20	0
	2011–12[3]	Bundesliga	14	0
	2012–13[3]	Bundesliga	17	0
	Total		63	0
Mainz 05 II	2011–12	Regionalliga West	1	0
Career total			330	27

International

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Zabavník goal.^[4]

International goal scored by Radoslav Zabavník

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 September 2004	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Liechtenstein	7–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

• Slovak Super Liga Team of the Season: 2002–03,

References

1. Lelyov, Momchil (20 July 2006). "“А” група погледна към елита на Европа. За пръв път в първенството ще ритат холандец и испанец" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
2. Mainz 05 verpflichtet slowakischen Nationalspieler Radoslav Zabavnik
3. "Radoslav Zabavník » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
4. "Slovakia vs. Liechtenstein (7:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

External links

• Radoslav Zabavník at National-Football-Teams.com
• Radoslav Zabavník at Russian Premier League
• Radoslav Zabavník – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)