Miroslav Hýll (born 20 September 1973) is a Slovak football manager and former player who recently managed FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín. A goalkeeper, he spent most of his career with Inter Bratislava. He made six appearances for the Slovakia national team.

Miroslav Hýll
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-20) 20 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
–1993 Inter Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 MŠK Žilina 28 (0)
1994–2004 Inter Bratislava 298 (0)
2004–2005 Oghab 22 (0)
2005–2006 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 1 (0)
2006 Zob Ahan 10 (0)
2006–2007 Bargh Shiraz 19 (0)
2007–2009 Artmedia Petržalka 13 (0)
Total 391 (0)
International career
1997–2002 Czechoslovakia U16
1997–2002 Slovakia 6 (0)
Managerial career
2009 Šamorín (goalkeeper coach)
2013 Al Wahda (assistant)
2014 Šamorín
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Miroslav Hýll was born in Žilina, Slovakia on 20 September 1973.

Career

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Hýll won the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship with Czechoslovakia, together with players such as Tomáš Řepka and Patrik Berger. Hýll played all three group games and the semi-final without conceding any goals, before his team beat Portugal 3–2 in the final.[1]

He spent most of his football career at Inter Bratislava. At Inter he won the Slovak Cup three times, in 1995 and 2000 and then won the double (league title and the Slovak Cup) in 2001.

His best performance in European competition was the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying round, where Inter Bratislava reached the third qualifying round before being eliminated by Lyon.[2]

Hýll played three years in Iran for the clubs Oghab, Zob Ahan and Bargh Shiraz, interspersed with a short spell in Austrian VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. In 2007 he returned home to Artmedia Petržalka.[3]

Post-playing career

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After retiring, Hýll worked as a goalkeeper coach in Petrzalka before compatriot Jozef Hroš brought him to the United Arab Emirates.[4] In the summer of 2013, he became assistant manager of Al Wahda Club under Karel Jarolím. Hýll left after Jarolím finished his tenure; in 2014 Hýll was announced as manager of Slovak team FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín.[5]

Personal life

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He was nicknamed "Beny Hýll", resembling the name of comedian Benny Hill.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "U17 – Hýll je majster Európy U16 z roku 1990, Fodrek dosiahol na štvrťfinále ME U16 1997" (in Slovak). SFZ. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Rázna legenda Miro Hýll: United do štvrťfinále Ligy majstrov? Neprichádza to do úvahy!" (in Slovak). Zoznam.sk. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Hýll na dva roky do Petržalky". SME.sk (in Slovak). 18 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Brankárska legenda Miro Hýll: Na Slovensku sa na gólmanov zabúda" (in Slovak). Zoznam.sk. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Brankár Miroslav Hýll sa ako tréner vrátil z Dubaja do Šamorína: Zapózovali sme si s Maradonom". Nový čas (in Slovak). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ^ ""Beny" Hýll vyskúšal už tri iránske kluby" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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