Club career Róbert Vittek

1 club career

1.1 slovan bratislava
1.2 1. fc nürnberg
1.3 osc lille
1.4 m.k.e. ankaragücü
1.5 trabzonspor
1.6 İstanbul büyükşehir belediyesi
1.7 return slovan bratislava
1.8 debrecen

club career
slovan bratislava

vittek began career in youth team of hometown club slovan bratislava in 1999. promoted first team 1999–2000 campaign. while still youth player, signed preliminary agreement real madrid, move spain fell through due injury. 19 @ time , scored 19 goals slovan. next season, played 3 games, scoring twice. before moving germany, vittek had trial @ birmingham city , impressed club enough made move him. move never materialized.

1. fc nürnberg

he came nürnberg in 2003, while club still in 2. bundesliga, helping team earn promotion bundesliga 2004–05 campaign. during first half of 2004–05 season, vittek signed long-term contract.

vittek scored 5 goals in 2004–05 campaign, , following year failed score in first 17 matches before winter break. arrival of new coach hans meyer, however, scored 16 goals in final 16 games of 2005–06 season. made league history in spieltag 24 , 25, becoming first bundesliga player score combined 6 goals in 2 consecutive games. in all, vittek had 5 multi-goal games on season, , 16 goals fifth place on bundesliga scoring charts. vittek s rise mirrored team 1. fc nürnberg rose near-relegation eighth place. established new record scoring 6 goals in row without intervening goal player in last 2 games against msv duisburg , 1. fc köln respectively. in next game, scored 2 more goals against sv werder bremen, , missed league record of lothar emmerich , tomislav marić 4 braces. 2005–06 performance made vittek sought-after player in european football. hamburger sv main bundesliga club rumored courting vittek. dynamo kiev offered €10 million transfer fee vittek in june 2006, nürnberg rejected offer. lokomotiv moscow reported have interest in vittek s services.

the 2006–07 season again mixed season vittek scored 4 goals in 24 games due markus schroth , ivan saenko making score sheet. played 3 game of cup until quarter finals of dfb-pokal , returned in final, stayed on bench on 26 may 2007, nürnberg won dfb-pokal beating vfb stuttgart 3–1. in december 2006, vittek won slovak footballer of year award. during season in october, vittek signed contract extension, keeping him until 2010 , season began decline vittek @ nürnberg.

the 2007–08 season negative season vittek scored once in 17 games due injury , lack of fitness. on 24 july 2007, scored 2 goals nürnberg in dfb-ligapokal, team lost 4–2 schalke 04. on 5 august 2007, vittek scored first hat-trick since 2 seasons ago in first round of dfb-pokal in 6–0 thrashing against victoria hamburg. on 1 september 2007, vittek received red card first time in bundesliga career after second bookable offense in 1–1 draw against energie cottbus. despite sending off few days later, vittek injured after suffering pain on knee, resulting him out of action throughout rest of 2007 , expected available until january despite operation success. after injury time, return delayed due flu. long forced break responsible fact never used in 2007–08 uefa cup. on 1 march 2008, vittek began make first appearance club since injury, coming on substitute in 2–1 loss against hannover 96 , 33 days later on 5 april, vittek scored first goal (and goal) of season in 3–1 win on eintracht frankfurt.

the 2008–09 season short-lived vittek before move lille made 2 appearances , in last match 2–1 loss against kaiserslautern provided assist isaac boakye score goal in game.

osc lille

struggling previous form, went play french club lille reported €5.5 million in 2008, awarded contract until 2012. on 31 august 2008, vittek made debut club in 2–1 win on bordeaux , scored first goal in 3–0 win on saint-Étienne 3 months later since making debut. went on club total of 5 goals in 26 games fifth place, , qualify uefa europa league.

on 30 july 2009, first played in qualifying round of 2009–10 uefa champions league against fk sevojno , scored goal. in league start on 9 august in starting lineup in 2–1 loss against lorient , 2 weeks later on 23 august 2009, vittek scored first goal in 1–1 draw against toulouse. after 17 games without scoring, vittek scored in 2–1 loss against sochaux.

m.k.e. ankaragücü

on 1 february 2010, vittek left french club , signed half year loan deal mke ankaragücü. on 7 february 2010, vittek made debut club in 0–0 draw against bursaspor , scored first goal in next game 1–1 draw against İstanbul bb. vittek scored brace in 3–0 win on kayserispor on 21 march 2010.

after world cup campaign, ankaragücü bought him lille permanently despite interest former club nürnberg. since signing permanently ankaragücü, vittek never produced form last time when on loan made 12 appearance , scored once against bucaspor in 5–3 win , setting goal murat duruer on 21 april 2010.

in winter transfer break of 2010–11, fc red bull salzburg interested in signing vittek. after transfer arrangements mke ankaragücü cleared, club officials of turkish claimed have sent confirmation fax on 31 january 2011, shortly before midnight salzburg. fax received in salzburg 1 minute past midnight , clock of transfer matching system (tms) of fifa registered @ 00:03 , therefore invalid. ankaragücü made faulty fax machine responsible incident. on 23 february 2011, ruled fifa vittek not join reigning austrian champion.

trabzonspor

on 1 september 2011, vittek signed two-year contract turkish club trabzonspor reported fee of €600,000.

on 14 september 2011, vittek made champions league debut, coming on substitute in 1–0 win on inter milan. on 17 september 2011, vittek made debut club in game, suffered injury on tear in anterior cruciate ligament of right knee sidelined him 6 months. in april 2012, vittek again training squad , planned return @ end of season. august, vittek made first appearance club since suffering injury in 1–1 draw against kardemir karabükspor.

İstanbul büyükşehir belediyesi

in february 2013, signed 1 , half year contract İstanbul büyükşehir belediyesi. didn t make league appearances club, due injury problems.

return slovan bratislava

on 3 september 2013, signed one-year deal hometown club Šk slovan bratislava. vittek assigned number 33 shirt. made official debut on 14 september, scoring goal in 4–2 away win on fk dukla banská bystrica in league match. in s2013–14 season, slovan won league title vittek scoring 12 league goals. however, vittek has been troubled injuries in recent years. missed last 5 games of 2013–14 season due injury. similarly, spent 2 months on sidelines due problems knee in 2014–15 season.

on 23 july 2015, netted hat-trick in 5–1 win away university college dublin slovan advanced 6–1 on aggregate third qualifying round of uefa europa league. repeated feat in next round s second leg, 3–3 home draw against fc krasnodar saw team eliminated nonetheless.

on 6 july 2016, announced vittek not play slovan anymore after offered manager s job @ end of player contract.

debrecen

on 5 october 2016, vittek joined hungarian first division side debreceni vsc remainder of 2016–17 season.