Hološko with Beşiktaş in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Filip Hološko | ||
Date of birth | 17 January 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Piešťany, Slovakia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward, Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sydney FC | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1998 | MFK Piešťany | ||
1998–2001 | AS Trenčín | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001 | AS Trenčín | 1 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Slovan Liberec | 54 | (17) |
2006–2008 | Manisaspor | 65 | (21) |
2008–2015 | Beşiktaş | 144 | (42) |
2011 | → İstanbul BB (loan) | 10 | (5) |
2014–2015 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2015– | Sydney FC | 54 | (18) |
National team‡ | |||
2005– | Slovakia | 65 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2015 |
Filip Hološko (born 17 January 1984) is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for A-League club Sydney FC and Slovakia national football team.
He came to international attention playing for the Slovakia Under-20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. On 3 September 2010, Hološko scored a last-minute goal against Macedonia after a Marek Hamšík assist to help provide a winning start to Slovakia's Euro 2012 qualification campaign.
At the mid of 2007/08 season, he was transferred to Beşiktaş JK in exchange of the forward Burak Yılmaz (a promising youngster at the time) along with veteran defender Koray Avcı plus a considerable sum of €5 million. Regarding the huge amount paid, and two first team regulars given to an exchange deal, both Yıldırım Demirören and the Beşiktaş board were severely criticized by media pundits. However, Hološko managed to blend in after a brief period of time and embarrassed many, with his miraculous performance during the 2008-09 season. Holosko is also well known for his goal against Fenerbahce in the second half of the season; he took the ball from his own half and later he ran through five Fenerbahce players and scored. He also scored a goal in the Turkish Cup Final in İzmir Atatürk Stadium vs Fenerbahce, with a final score of 4–2 to the Black Eagles.
After a prominently successful season, Holosko had to struggle with a heavy injury on his splint bone, which occurred in the CSKA Moscow-Besiktas Champions League game (the outcome of which was a 2–1 defeat to Besiktas). At the end of the first half of the 2009-10 season he had only made 5 league appearances, scoring just a single goal. On 2 December 2010 he scored Beşiktaş' 100th goal in UEFA Cup Competitions vs CSKA Sofia.