Peter Pekarik

Peter Pekarik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈpekariːk]; born 30 October 1986) is a Slovak football defender who plays for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Slovakia national team.

Club Career

Zilina

Pekarik, born in Zilina, began playing football at the youth section of his local club. His Corgon Liga debut came for ZTS Dubnica. In his first season, he played 27 matches and came back to MSK Zilina in the summer of 2005. He won the Corgon Liga in the 2006–07 season, playing 35 matches.

Wolfsburg

He impressed with great performances in the first half of the 2008–09 season and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for German side VfL Wolfsburg in January 2009.

On 31 January 2009, matchday 18, he debuted in the Bundesliga in a 1–1 draw against the 1. FC Koln. At half time, coach Felix Magath substituted him for Cristian Zaccardo. Except for one game, he played in the second half of the season in all games and won with Wolfsburg for the first time in club history the German championship. However, at the end of the season he was substituted more often and lost his place in the starting eleven.

Kayserispor

In August 2011, Pekarik joined Turkish first division side Kayserispor for the 2011–12 season on loan.

Hertha BSC

After a year in Turkey, Pekarik returned to Germany, signing for Hertha BSC.

On 31 March 2017, in his eighth season in Germany, Pekarik scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1–3 loss against Hoffenheim. At the moment it was his 151st Bundesliga match.

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