Quick Facts
Biography
Vladimír Weiss (born 22 September 1964) is a Slovak football coach and former player. He is currently coach of the Georgian national team.
Playing career
Weiss played internationally for the national teams of Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. He played at club level for Inter Bratislava.
International career
Weiss played in the 1990 World Cup for Czechoslovakia. He has 19 caps for Czechoslovakia and also 12 caps for Slovakia.
Coaching career
As the coach of Artmedia Bratislava Weiss won the Slovak Corgoň Liga and reached the group stage in the 2005–06 season of UEFA Champions League. He coached FC Saturn Moscow Oblast from February 2006 to June 2007. He brought several Slovak footballers from his former club. In June 2007 he returned to FC Artmedia Bratislava like an "old-new coach".
In 2008, he became the head coach of the Slovakia national team. On 14 October 2009, he led the team to the historic success of Slovakia's first-ever qualification for a major tournament, with Slovakia winning the qualifying group thanks to beating Poland 1–0 in an away match in the final qualifying game. On 24 June 2010, he led his Slovakia side to the World Cup last 16 after a 3–2 win over Italy. In late January 2012, he parted ways with Slovakia on his own accord following the team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2012 tournament. Weiss then worked in Kazakhstan, in the football club of Almaty, FC Kairat, which is very famous throughout the CIS. He left Kairat at the end of November 2015. Weiss took over as manager of the Georgia national team in March 2016.
Personal life
His son, also named Vladimír Weiss, plays for Qatari side Al-Gharafa, while his father, also named Vladimír Weiss, was a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia.
Honours
Artmedia
- Corgoň Liga (2): 2004–05, 2007–08
- Slovak Cup (1): 2008
- UEFA Champions League: Group stage 2005-06
- Uefa Cup: Final Phase 2005-06
Slovan
- UEFA Europa League: Group stage 2011-12
Kairat
- Kazakhstan Cup (2): 2014, 2015
- Kazakhstan Premier League: Runners Up: 2015
Slovakia
- 2010 FIFA World Cup: Round of 16
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 5 September 2017
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | ||||
| Saturn Ramenskoye |  | 000000002006-02-01-0000February 2006 | 000000002007-02-01-0000February 2007 | 7001410000000000000♠41 | 7001120000000000000♠12 | 7001190000000000000♠19 | 7001100000000000000♠10 | 7001430000000000000♠43 | 7001350000000000000♠35 | 07001292700000000000♠29.27 |
| Slovakia |  | 000000002008-07-07-00007 July 2008 | 000000002012-01-31-000031 January 2012 | 7001400000000000000♠40 | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7000800000000000000♠8 | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7001560000000000000♠56 | 7001530000000000000♠53 | 07001400000000000000♠40.00 |
| Slovan Bratislava | | 000000002011-08-05-00005 August 2011 | 000000002012-08-03-00003 August 2012 | 7001470000000000000♠47 | 7001180000000000000♠18 | 7001170000000000000♠17 | 7001120000000000000♠12 | 7001550000000000000♠55 | 7001490000000000000♠49 | 07001383009999900000♠38.30 |
| Kairat |  | 000000002012-11-26-000026 November 2012 | 000000002015-11-30-000030 November 2015 | 7002122000000000000♠122 | 7001660000000000000♠66 | 7001300000000000000♠30 | 7001260000000000000♠26 | 7002206000000000000♠206 | 7002106000000000000♠106 | 07001541000000000000♠54.10 |
| Georgia |  | 000000002016-03-29-000029 March 2016 | 2016 !Present | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7000300000000000000♠3 | 7000700000000000000♠7 | 7000600000000000000♠6 | 7001220000000000000♠22 | 7001230000000000000♠23 | 07001187500000000000♠18.75 |
| Total | 7002266000000000000♠266 | 7002115000000000000♠115 | 7001810000000000000♠81 | 7001700000000000000♠70 | 7002382000000000000♠382 | 7002266000000000000♠266 | 07001432300000099999♠43.23 | |||