Ondrej Šmelko

Ondrej Šmelko
Personal information
Full name	Ondrej Šmelko
Date of birth	1 September 1967
Place of birth	Bardejov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Inter Bratislava
1994–1996	Svit Zlín
1997–2003	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
2003	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
2004–2006	Laugarico Trenčín
2006–2008	Slovan Nemšová
National team
1999–2001	Slovakia
Teams managed
2008–?	Trenčín youth
?–2015	Nemšová
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ondrej Šmelko (born 1 September 1967) is a former Slovak international football defender who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Russia.

Career

Born in Bardejov, Šmelko began playing football for FK Inter Bratislava. He would make 38 appearances in the Czechoslovak first division with Inter Bratislava, and a further 22 appearances in the Czech first division with FC Svit Zlín. He enjoyed a successful spell with Slovak side Ozeta Dukla Trenčín, and joined Russian side FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk for the 2003 Russian First Division season.

Šmelko made several appearances for the Slovakia national football team.

After he retired from playing professional football, Šmelko became a football coach for AS Trenčín's youth team at age 41.[1]

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