Igor Bališ

Igor Bališ
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-01-05) 5 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Križovany nad Dudváhom, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back, right winger
Youth career
Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1999 Spartak Trnava 242 (11)
1999–2000 Slovan Bratislava 15 (0)
2000–2003 West Bromwich Albion 69 (4)
Total 326 (15)
International career
1995–2001 Slovakia 41 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Bališ (born 5 January 1970) is a Slovak former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion in England. Bališ has also appeared for Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava, as well as the Slovakia national team at international level.

Career

Bališ joined Albion in November 2000 for £150,000. He made his Albion debut on 23 December 2000, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 victory against Nottingham Forest. Bališ converted a dramatic stoppage time penalty against Bradford City in the penultimate game of the 2001–02 season, which put Albion on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.[1][2]

After completing a season in the Premiership with Albion, Bališ quit the club and returned to Slovakia due to a recurrence of tinnitus.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bradford 0–1 West Brom". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 April 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Megson urges caution". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 April 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Balis ends Baggies career". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
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