Marek Hamšík (born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder for the Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional and the Slovakia national team. He began his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 2004, before moving to Italian club Brescia. In 2007, he was purchased by newly promoted Serie A club Napoli, where he became a mainstay in the squad’s starting line-up. As of 2020, he has collected 126 international caps at senior level, scoring over 26 goals. In 2018, he became Slovakia’s top goal scorer with 25 goals, overcoming Róbert Vittek.
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Marek Hamšík (born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder for the Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional and the Slovakia national team. He began his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 2004, before moving to Italian club Brescia. In 2007, he was purchased by newly promoted Serie A club Napoli, where he became a mainstay in the squad’s starting line-up. He is an eight-time winner of the Slovak Footballer of the Year Award, and he was named Serie A Young Footballer Of The Year in 2008. As of 2020, he has collected 126 international caps at senior level, scoring over 26 goals. In 2018, he became Slovakia’s top goal scorer with 25 goals, overcoming Róbert Vittek. He was ranked as the eighth best footballer in Europe by Bloomberg in 2013. He has often been compared to Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd, to whom he has often compared his playing style due to his style of play. He also served as the club’s captain between 2014 and 2019, and became the club’s all-time top goalscorer in 2017 and 2018. In February 2019, he joined Chinese club Dalian Professional. At international level, he represented Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup as the team’s captain. He helped his country to qualify for the tournament for the first time in their history, and subsequently led the national team to the round of 16 of the tournament with a victory over defending champions Italy in the final match of the group stage.
He later also led his nation to qualifier for UEFA Euro 2016, making their first ever appearance at the European Championship, and once again helped the national side to reach the second round of the competition. He played in both of Napoli’s first two matches of the 2008–09 season, and went on to score nine goals in his second season with the club. At the start of his first season with Napoli as top scorer, he also finished as the top scorer for the club, with nine goals from 37 matches. He scored 121 goals in all competitions during his 12 seasons with the team. In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017, Hamš ík was named to the Serie A Team of the year, and in 2015, he was included in the UEFA Europa League Squad of the season. He made his debut in a 3–1 away defeat against Chievo on 20 March 2005, when he was 17 years and 237 days old. In 2005–06, he played 24 league matches for Bresia, with B Rescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive 2006–07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches. On 28 June 2007, Napoli announced Hamššk had signed a five-year contract with the Club after Napoli paid Brescia a €5.5 million transfer fee.
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