Michal Gašparík

Michal Gašparík (born 23 April 1956) is a Slovak former football player who played mostly for Spartak Trnava.

His son, Michal Gašparík, was also a footballer and is currently the manager of Górnik Zabrze.

Club career He scored his first league goal in the spring of 1975 at home to Škoda Plzeň and, together with Varadin, contributed to a 2:0 win. In the same year, he and his teammates enjoyed winning the Slovak Cup and the Czechoslovak Cup over Sparta Prague, where he contributed to the home win with a goal. In the European Cup, he scored five goals – two in a double match with FC Copenhagen and one against Belenenses. In the autumn, he played in a double match against Boavista.

In the Czechoslovak league Gašparík played for Spartak Trnava and Dukla Banská Bystrica, playing in 268 matches and scored 54 goals. He played in 2 matches in the Cup Winners' Cup. He played in 6 matches for the youth national team and in 8 matches for the junior national team and scored 1 goal. Winner of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1975 and 1986. Abroad he played in Cyprus for the AEL Limassol team.