Miroslav Karhan

Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Karhan started and finished his career at Spartak Trnava; in between, he played in Spain, Turkey and Germany, where he spent ten seasons. Karhan was a regular member of the Slovakia national team and with 107 appearances, played the fourth most matches of any player to represent them.

Club career Karhan began his career with local club Spartak Trnava. In 1999, he signed a four-year contract with La Liga club Real Betis, becoming the third Slovak player to join a Spanish league club in the 1990s after Peter Dubovský and Samuel Slovák. In 2002, he was named Slovak Footballer of the Year. before serving as club captain for two more seasons. In August 2013, Karhan announced his retirement from professional football and that he moved to a role of sports director of Spartak Trnava. until his record was surpassed by Marek Hamšík in October 2018. He captained the national team.

Personal life Karhan is the father of two boys: Patrick, who currently plays for Spartak Trnava and represented Slovakia at youth international level, and Alex Thomas.

Career statistics International

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karhan goal.