Róbert Jež

Róbert Jež
Personal information
Full name	Róbert Jež
Date of birth	10 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Nitra
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Nitra
2000–2005	Viktoria Plzeň
2004	→ Příbram (loan)
2005–2010	Žilina
2011	Górnik Zabrze
2011–2012	Polonia Warsaw
2012–2013	Zagłębie Lubin
2014–2015	Górnik Zabrze
2016	Spartak Trnava
International career
2007–2012	Slovakia
Managerial career
2017–2019	TJ Imeľ
2023	FK Pohronie (Assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016

Róbert Jež (born 10 July 1981) is a retired Slovak footballer who played as midfielder.

Career[edit]

Club[edit]

Jež began playing football at his local club Nitra. He made his first team debut in the 1999–2000 season but next season he moved to Gambrinus liga club Viktoria Plzeň. He spent in Viktoria five seasons besides half-year loan for Marila Příbram in autumn 2004. In July 2005, he signed for Žilina where he won the Corgoň Liga title twice. He became a club captain after Zdeno Štrba's transfer to Skoda Xanthi in July 2009. He qualified with Žilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played all 6 group games.

In February 2011, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze.^[1] After 14 matches and 5 goals for Górnik he signed a 3-year contract for Polonia Warsaw in June 2011.^[2]

On 28 June 2016, Jež has announced his retirement from football because of his persistent problems with his back.

Managerial career[edit]

On 3 June 2019, FK Pohronie announced on their Facebook page, that Jež would join the club as a sporting director, after the club's first historic promotion into Fortuna Liga. He only spent 4 months with the team before his release.^[3] Jež returned to Pohronie in February 2023 to serve as an assistant to Rastislav Urgela with the club competing in 2. Liga once more.^[4]

International[edit]

Róbert's international debut came in second half of the Slovakia vs. Croatia match on 16 October 2007. He scored his first international goal against Liechtenstein on 19 November 2008.

International goals[edit]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2008	Štadión Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Liechtenstein	4 – 0	4–0	Friendly match
2.	11 February 2009	Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	3 – 1	3–2	Cyprus International Tournament 2009
3.	10 August 2011	Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria	Austria	0 – 2	1–2	Friendly match

Honours[edit]

Žilina[edit]

Corgoň Liga (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
Slovak Super Cup (2): 2007, 2010

References[edit]

^ "Jež v Górniku Zabrze už od jari" (in Slovak). MŠK Žilina official site. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
^ "Jež podpísal s Poloniou Varšava trojročný kontrakt" (in Slovak). profutbal. 2011-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
^ "Róbert Jež už nie je športovým riaditeľom FK Pohronie".
^ GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Vo funkcii hlavného trénera ostáva Rastislav Urgela, realizačný tím FK Pohronie rozšíri Róbert Jež". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-03-08.

External links[edit]

Róbert Jež at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
MŠK Žilina profile (in Slovak)
Róbert Jež at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Jež v Górniku Zabrze už od jari" (in Slovak). MŠK Žilina official site. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-23.

[2] "Jež podpísal s Poloniou Varšava trojročný kontrakt" (in Slovak). profutbal. 2011-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2011-06-08.

[3] "Róbert Jež už nie je športovým riaditeľom FK Pohronie".

[4] GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Vo funkcii hlavného trénera ostáva Rastislav Urgela, realizačný tím FK Pohronie rozšíri Róbert Jež". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-03-08.

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