Myroslav Dmytrovych "Miro" Slavov (Ukrainian: Мирослав Дмитрович Славов; born 8 September 1990) is a Ukrainian football forward.

Miro Slavov
Slavov in 2014
Personal information
Full name Myroslav Dmytrovych Slavov
Date of birth (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–2000 Austria Wien
2000–2002 Rapid Wien
2002–2008 First Vienna
2008–2010 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Bordeaux II 13 (0)
2010–2012 Anzhi Makhachkala 1 (0)
2011Metalurh Donetsk (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2013 First Vienna 20 (6)
2014–2016 Kremser SC 39 (48)
2016–2017 Berliner AK 07 45 (25)
2017–2018 Chemnitzer FC 33 (12)
2018 VfR Aalen 0 (0)
2018 Vendsyssel FF 4 (0)
2019 Khor Fakkan
2019–2020 Riga FC 9 (3)
2020 Shahr Khodro 4 (0)
2021 Kremser SC
International career
2006 Ukraine U-16 4 (2)
2007 Ukraine U-17 2 (1)
2007 Ukraine U-18 5 (1)
2008 Ukraine U-19 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Career

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Slavov was born in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. After emigration from Ukraine together with his parents, he played for youth teams of different Austrian clubs. Then he signed his first professional contract and played for the reserves team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France Ligue 1,[1] but he never made his debut for the main squad of the club. Next, he signed a contract with FC Anzhi Makhachkala in Russian Premier League on 27 August 2010.[2]

He made his professional debut for Anzhi's main squad on 1 March 2011, when he started in a Russian Cup game against Zenit St. Petersburg.

Slavov signed for Vendsyssel FF on 2 September 2018.[3] After six official games, his contract got terminated on 17 January 2019.[4] A few days later he signed for Khor Fakkan Club in the United Arab Emirates.[5] In May 2019, Slavov became UAE First Division League champion and promoted with Khor Fakkan Club to UAE Pro League. In August 2019, he was transferred to Riga FC in Latvian Virsliga. After he became champions with Riga FC too,[6] he signed for Shahr Khodro F.C. in iranian's Persian Gulf Pro League in January 2020.[7]

Personal life

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Has an elder brother, Vadym Slavov, who was a professional football player. He played for the club FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva. His younger sister Oksana Slavova took part in the rhythmic gymnastics' World Championship in 2018.

His cousin is Marta Kostyuk, a Ukrainian professional tennis player.[8]

In 2014, he competed in the sixth season of Austria's Next Topmodel. He was eliminated in episode 8. In January and February 2015, he participated in Rendezvous im Paradies, an Austrian dating reality series on Puls 4.[9][10] Later this year he walked for Jean Paul Gaultier for his Fashion Show at the Life Ball in Vienna and for Dirk Bikkembergs for his spring/summer 2016 collection in Milan Fashion Week.[11]

In 2018, Slavov appeared in Police's Shock-in-Scent perfume campaign.[12] In 2019 he starred with David Hasselhoff in an advertisement for an Austrian gambling provider.[13]

Miro is fluent in five languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian, French and German.[14]

References

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  1. ^ ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ УКРАИНЦЕВ ЗА ГРАНИЦЕЙ (in Russian). еженедельник «2000». 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011.
  2. ^ В "Анжи" перешел Славов (in Russian). fc-anji.ru. 27 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Vendsyssel skriver med stor ukrainsk angriber" (in Danish). bold.dk. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ VENDSYSSEL FF OPHÆVER KONTRAKTEN MED MYROSLAV SLAVOV, vendsysselff.dk, 17 January 2019
  5. ^ "Ex-CFC-Torjäger Slavov wechselt zu den Scheichs". 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Вячеслав Шарпар, Роман Дебелко и Мирослав Славов стали чемпионами Латвии в составе "Риги"".
  7. ^ "Shahr Khodro Completes Signing of Miro Slavov - Sports news".
  8. ^ Марта, покорившая Австралию (in Russian). 2000.ua. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Rendezvous im Paradies".
  10. ^ ""Rendezvous im Paradies"". 9 January 2015.
  11. ^ Witt, Christian (17 November 2016). "Miroslav Slavov: Der "Bachelor" kickt nun in der vierten Liga". Die Welt.
  12. ^ "Police Shock-In-Scent Duo ~ New Fragrances ~ Fragrantica".
  13. ^ "Hasselhoff fährt für österreichische Sportwetten". 25 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Wie ein Profikicker auf den Laufsteg wechselte". 19 October 2014.
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