Juraj Halenár

Juraj Halenár (28 June 1983 – 30 June 2018) was a Slovak football forward who was most famous for playing for Slovan Bratislava.

Juraj Halenár
Personal information
Full name Juraj Halenár
Date of birth (1983-06-28)28 June 1983
Place of birth Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 30 June 2018(2018-06-30) (aged 35)
Place of death Bratislava, Slovakia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Lokomotíva Trnava
Inter Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Inter Bratislava 105 (35)
2005–2008 Artmedia Petržalka 86 (33)
2008–2014 Slovan Bratislava 150 (55)
2015 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 13 (1)
2015 Sigma Olomouc 10 (1)
2016 Iskra Borčice 5 (0)
2016 Petržalka akadémia 11 (5)
2017–2018 SV Gaflenz 0 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Slovakia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2017

Club career

Halenár, a native of Trnava, moved to Bratislava at the age of 18, when he joined Slovakia's reigning champions, Inter Bratislava. He impressed in the 2004-05 campaign, in which he scored 12 goals for the club in the Corgoň Liga. Following the first game of the new season, in which he bagged two goals against Ružomberok, Halenár transferred to Artmedia for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of 20 million Slovak crowns.[1] In only his second game for Artmedia on 27 July 2005, he scored a hat-trick against Celtic Glasgow in the 2005 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie.[2]

In summer 2008, Halenár was sold to Slovan Bratislava.[3] The striker scored two goals on his debut for Slovan in a 4–1 victory against Tatran Prešov.[4] He became the top all time scorer in the Slovak top flight on 10 August 2014, when he scored a brace against Košice, surpassing Róbert Semeník's record of 120 goals.[5] In January 2015, Halenár left the Slovak league and signed for Hungarian team Nyíregyháza Spartacus, where he stayed until the end of the season.[6] Afterwards, he joined Sigma Olomouc on 9 July 2015.[7] In December 2015, he left the club due to family reasons.[8]

International career

Halenár played at two youth tournaments for his country, the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2002 and the Under-20 FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003. On 13 November 2007, he made his debut for Slovakia's senior team in a qualifying game for the 2008 European Championship against the Czech Republic. Halenár also played in next two matches of the national team, when he came on as a substitute against San Marino and Hungary.

Death

On 30 June 2018, just two days after his 35th birthday, Halenár was found dead in the woods of Vrakuňa outside the Slovak capital of Bratislava.[9] The first reports state that he committed suicide.[10]

Honours

Slovakia
Slovakia U20
Slovakia U19

References
  1. "Kanonierom v lige vládne Juraj Halenár" (in Slovak). HN. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. "Artmedia 5-0 Celtic". BBC. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. "Slovan Bratislava sa posilnil o trojicu hráčov" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. "Slovan zdolal Prešov, dva góly vsietil aj Halenár" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. "Halenár sa so 122 gólmi stal najlepším strelcom histórie slovenskej ligy" (in Slovak). SME. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  6. "Žofčák a Halenár sa upísali maďarskej Nyíregyháze. Obaja na 1,5 roka" (in Slovak). Pravda. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. "Útočník Juraj Halenár posílí SK Sigma" (in Czech). SK Sigma Olomouc. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. "Halenárove pôsobenie v Olomouci sa skončilo" (in Slovak). Šport. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  9. a.s., Petit Press. "Vo veku 35 rokov zomrel známy slovenský futbalista Juraj Halenár". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  10. "Bývalý futbalový kanonier je mŕtvy. Juraj Halenár spáchal samovraždu!". www.hetrik.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-06-30.
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