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Full name | Filip Šebo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inter Bratislava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | 1. FC Köln II | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Petržalka | 33 | (25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Austria Vienna | 32 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Rangers | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Valenciennes | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Slovan Bratislava | 53 | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | FC Petržalka akadémia | 9 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2012 | Slovakia | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012 |
Filip Šebo (born 24 February 1984) is a Slovak football forward, who currently plays for FC Petržalka akadémia in the 5. liga (Bratislava division).
Šebo started his professional career with German team FC Köln but did not make a first team appearance, playing his games for reserve side Köln II. He moved to Slovakian side Inter Bratislava in 2003 after being released from Köln. Eight goals in twenty-five appearances earned him a transfer to Artmedia Bratislava – known for their run in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
In the summer of 2005, after 22 goals in 29 games and the award for the league's top-scorer, he was bought by Austrian side Austria Vienna who paid approximately £400,000 for him. Šebo played 32 times, scoring 5 goals for the Austrian side, helping them to achieve an Austrian Bundesliga and Cup double.
Rangers manager Paul Le Guen made Šebo his ninth signing on 3 August 2006 after Austria Vienna and Rangers agreed a fee of £1.85 million. Le Guen gave him his first starting appearance for Rangers on 17 September, against Hibernian in an SPL match, and he scored. His first home goal came on 1 October, a late winner in a 1–0 victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox. Šebo played his first European match for Rangers on 28 September, playing the last 15 minutes of a UEFA Cup first-round second-leg tie against Molde FK. Rangers won, 2–0, to qualify for the group stage. Despite his lack of goals, he became something of a cult figure for Rangers, due to both his high workrate and his distinctive broad, stocky build.