Róbert Rák

Róbert Rák
Personal information
Full name Róbert Rák
Date of birth (1978-01-15) 15 January 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Tauris Rimavská Sobota 7 (0)
1997 Dukla Banská Bystrica 9 (0)
1998 Diósgyőr 1 (0)
1998–2001 Tauris Rimavská Sobota
2001–2003 Ružomberok 62 (6)
2004–2006 Nitra 75 (58)
2006–2007 Ružomberok 29 (11)
2007–2008 Dinamo Minsk 33 (16)
2008–2012 Nitra 92 (39)
2012 → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) 9 (2)
2012–2014 ATSV Ober-Grafendorf
Total 228 (79)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2012

Róbert Rák (born 15 January 1978 in Rimavská Sobota) is a retired Slovak professional footballer who played as a striker for MFK Zemplín Michalovce and FC Nitra. He was top goalscorer of the Corgoň Liga twice. First at the 2005–06 season, scoring 21 goals and second time at the 2009–10 season, scoring 18 goals.

Personal life

Rák comes from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.[1] His sister, named Viktória, is a popular actress in Slovakia, who played in the Hungarian language Thalia Theatre in Košice.[2]

Match fixing

Rák was involved in a match fixing scandal in Slovak football that came to light in September 2013. Allegedly, Rák together with six other football players, including the former Slovak international Ivan Hodúr, were supposed to have participated in fixing games of FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.[3] Rák was eventually given a 15-year suspension by the Disciplinary Committee of the Slovak FA, which was later extended worldwide by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Rák, Szarka, Harsányi..." (in Hungarian). Új Szó. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011. According to the current squads, we will see eleven ethnic Hungarian footballers in the Corgoň Liga matches. [...] Béla Horváth have been promoted to the top division with newcomers Trenčín, while by Nitra Róbert Rák remained the captain. (Az eddigi keretek alapján tizenegy magyar nemzetiségű futballistát láthatunk majd a Corgoň ligás meccseken. [...] Az újonc trencséniekkel Horváth Béla is felkerült az élvonalba, Nyitrán továbbra is Rák Róbert a csapatkapitány.)
  2. ^ Cs. Liszka, Györgyi (23 June 2010). "Viktória, jöjjön, jöjjön, jöjjön…" (in Hungarian). Vasárnap. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Odhalili korupciu v slovenskej Corgoň lige, obvinili sedem futbalistov" (in Slovak). SME. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Worldwide sanctions imposed on players from Estonia, Slovakia". 25 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.


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