Michal Hipp

Michal Hipp

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-03-13) 13 March 1963
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983	Duslo Šaľa
1983-1984	Agro Hurbanovo
1984-1991	Plastika Nitra	138	(17)
1991	→ First Vienna FC (loan)
1992	FC Nitra	15	(1)
1993-1994	Slavia Praha	39	(0)
1994-1995	1. FC Košice
1995	FC Nitra
1995-1996	MFK Piešťany
1999-2000	USC Fels am Wagram
International career
1990-1991	Czechoslovakia	5	(0)
1994	Slovakia	5	(1)
Managerial career
1997	ŠM Gabčíkovo (Playing coach)
2000	Plastika Nitra (Asst coach)
2000-2006	Artmedia Petržalka (Asst coach)
2003-2006	Slovakia (Asst coach)
2006	Artmedia Petržalka
2006-2007	Saturn Moscow Region (Asst coach)
2007-2008	Artmedia Petržalka (Asst coach)
2008-2009	Artmedia Petržalka
2008-	Slovakia (Asst coach)
2009	Slovan Bratislava
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michal Hipp (born 13 March 1963 in Nitra) is a former Slovak footballer and currently provisional head coach of the Slovakia national football team.

Hipp began his football career in his native village Horná Kraľová. When he was twelve years old, he started playing in the youth team and then progressed to the first team when he was sixteen. In 1983 Hipp got an offer to transfer to Duslo Šaľa by coach Jozef Adamec. There he played as a right midfielder. Then he left for Hurbanovo because was called up to serve in the Army.

In October 1984 he went to Plastika Nitra. Hipp debuted in the Czechoslovak First League in the 1986-87 season in a match against FC Bohemians Praha. In 1989-90 season FC Nitra qualified for the UEFA Cup. They lost both matches against 1. FC Köln with an aggregate score of 5-1.

Also he played for Czech side Slavia Prague and 1. FC Košice.

External links

• Michal Hipp at The Football Association of the Czech Republic
• Michal Hipp at National-Football-Teams.com