Miroslav König


Miroslav König is a retired Slovak football goalkeeper of German descent, who played during the 1990s and 2000s. He played for a number of clubs in Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Greece.

Career

König began his career with FC Nitra in 1991 but never played any games at the club and moved to FC Spartak Trnava in 1993. He impressed during his two season at Spartak and was noticed by ŠK Slovan Bratislava whom he signed for in 1995. He went on to play over 100 matches for Slovan over five seasons and earned his place in the Slovak national team. In 2000, he signed for Swiss giants Grasshopper Club Zürich but failed to make his mark in the first-team and left to join rivals FC Basel he played just one season and went on to play for FC Concordia Basel on loan and FC Zürich before leaving Switzerland for Turkey's Elazığspor in 2003. The Czech Republic was König's next destination as he signed for FC Baník Ostrava in 2004 before returning to Slovakia with MŠK Žilina in 2005. Greek side Panionios F.C. signed him in 2006 and he retired in the Summer of 2008 after making 31 appearances for the club, at the age of 36.
König was capped 43 times by the Slovak national team between 1997 and 2004.

Honours

;Slovan Bratislava
;MŠK Žilina