Marek Bakoš

Marek Bakoš
Personal information
Full name	Marek Bakoš
Date of birth	15 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Nová Baňa, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Viktoria Plzeň (assistant)
Youth career
1990–1998	Nová Baňa
1998–2002	Nitra
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Nitra
2003–2005	Matador Púchov
2006	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2007–2009	Ružomberok
2009–2014	Viktoria Plzeň
2015–2016	Slovan Liberec
2016–2019	Viktoria Plzeň
2018	→ Spartak Trnava (loan)
International career
2005	Slovakia U21
2012–2016	Slovakia
Managerial career
2019–	Viktoria Plzeň (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marek Bakoš (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmareɡ ˈbakɔʂ]; born 15 April 1983) is a former Slovak footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

Club career

Bakoš made his first football steps in his hometown club ŠK Nová Baňa. When he was 15 he moved to Nitra where he made his debut at senior level. After 5 seasons in Nitra he was transferred to Matador Púchov in July 2003. In his first season for Púchov he scored 9 goals and 8 goals in the next season. In January 2006, he signed for the Russian Premier League club Shinnik. He played only 2 matches in his first Shinnik season. The club ended last in the 2006 season and was relegated to the First Division. There he scored 3 goals in 20 matches and then came back on Slovakia, signing for Ružomberok in July 2007. He scored 16 goals for two seasons in Ružomberok. Czech manager Pavel Vrba brought Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in June 2009. He knew him from Púchov. Bakoš scored his first goal for Plzeň in his second match against Slovan Liberec. In 2010–11, he helped win the first Czech title ever for Plzeň, scoring 9 goals. He scored 6 goals in 5 qualifying matches for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. On 13 September 2011, Bakoš scored the first UEFA Champions League group stage goal in Viktoria Plzeň's history in a 1–1 home draw against Belarusian club BATE Borisov.^[2] On 23 November 2011, he netted the only goal in the away match against BATE Borisov to enable his team to claim its first group stage win and almost assure its progression into the UEFA Europa League as the third best team in the group.^[3] He helped Slovan Liberec win the Czech Cup in 2014–15 and scored in the final.^[4]

Career statistics

As of 17 May 2016

Season	Club	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2003–04 Slovak Superliga	Matador Púchov	36	9	?	?	1	0	37	9
2004–05 Slovak Superliga	Matador Púchov	36	8	?	?	0	0	36	8
2006 Russian Premier League	Shinnik	2	0	?	?	-	-	2	0
Russian First Division 2007	Shinnik	20	3	?	?	-	-	20	3
2007–08 Slovak Superliga	Ružomberok	20	10	0	0	0	0	20	10
2008–09 Slovak Superliga	Ružomberok	28	6	0	0	0	0	28	6
2009–10 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	24	7	0	0	0	0	24	7
2010–11 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	25	9	0	0	0	0	25	9
2011–12 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	28	16	0	0	13	8	41	24
2012–13 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	28	10	0	0	12	4	40	14
2013–14 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	14	1	?	?	9	1	23	2
2014–15 Czech First League	Viktoria Plzeň	5	1	?	?	2	0	7	1
2014–15 Czech First League	Slovan Liberec	12	1	?	?	-	-	12	1
2015–16 Czech First League	Slovan Liberec	28	12	?	?	10	2	38	14
Career Total	306	93	0	0	47	15	353	108

International career

Bakoš made his debut for the senior national team of his country on 29 February 2012 as a starter in the 2–1 away win over Turkey in a friendly match.^[5]

Honours

Club

Plzeň

Czech First League (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15
Czech Cup (1): 2009–10
Czech Republic Football Supercup (1): 2011

Liberec

Czech Cup (1): 2014–15

International

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: Third place (2002)

Notes

References

^ "VIDEO: Nováčik Bakoš: "V prvom rade chceme potešiť fanúšikov"" (in Slovak). Slovak national football association official website. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ "Viktoria Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov". ESPN. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ "FC BATE Borisov vs FC Viktoria Plzeň Report". Goal. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ "Bakoš dal naději, penalty rozhodly. Liberec zdolal Jablonec a vyhrál pohár". jablonecky.denik.cz. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ "Reprezentácia odštartovala rok 2012 víťazstvom na horúcej tureckej pôde" (in Slovak). Slovak national football association official website. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

External links

Viktoria Plzeň profile (in Czech)
Marek Bakoš – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
Marek Bakoš at Soccerway
Marek Bakoš at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "VIDEO: Nováčik Bakoš: "V prvom rade chceme potešiť fanúšikov"" (in Slovak). Slovak national football association official website. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

[2] "Viktoria Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov". ESPN. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

[3] "FC BATE Borisov vs FC Viktoria Plzeň Report". Goal. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

[4] "Bakoš dal naději, penalty rozhodly. Liberec zdolal Jablonec a vyhrál pohár". jablonecky.denik.cz. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[5] "Reprezentácia odštartovala rok 2012 víťazstvom na horúcej tureckej pôde" (in Slovak). Slovak national football association official website. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

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