Marek Sapara

Marek Sapara (born 31 July 1982) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was an assistant manager at MFK Ružomberok. Sapara appeared at the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Marek Sapara

Sapara with Trabzonspor in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Ďurďošík, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Košice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Košice	26	(3)
2002–2006	Ružomberok	79	(9)
2006–2010	Rosenborg	77	(19)
2010–2011	Ankaragücü	37	(4)
2011–2013	Trabzonspor	28	(2)
2012	→ Gaziantepspor (loan)	16	(3)
2014	Gaziantepspor	10	(2)
2014–2015	Osmanlıspor[1]	7	(0)
2015	→ Ružomberok (loan)	6	(0)
2015–2017	Ružomberok	35	(2)
2018	Ružomberok B	0	(0)
2020-2022	OŠK Bešeňová	0	(0)
Total		321	(44)
International career‡
2005–2013	Slovakia	38	(5)
Managerial career
2018–2019	Ružomberok B
2019–2021	Ružomberok (assistant coach)
2025-	FC Košice (Sport dir.)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 August 2019

Club career

Rosenborg

Sapara joined Rosenborg in 2006, making his debut for the Norwegian side on 10 September 2006 in a match against Sandefjord. On 26 September, he scored his first goal for the club against Odd Grenland.

Trabzonspor

September 2011, Sapara joined Trabzonspor along with Róbert Vittek, for a transfer fee of €200,000.^[2] On 5 January 2012, he went on loan to Gaziantepspor until the end of the 2011–12 season.

Return to Ružomberok

In 2015 Sapara returned to MFK Ružomberok, where he ended his career in 2018. He then became an assistant coach of Ján Haspra at Ružomberok's reserve team. In June 2019, Haspra and Sapara moved on to manage the first team.^[3]

International career

Sapara was a part of the Slovakia U21 national team. He made his debut for the senior side in 2005.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sapara goal.

List of international goals scored by Marek Sapara

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2006	Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Bulgaria	2–0	3–1	Friendly match
2	13 October 2007	Mestský štadión, Dubnica, Slovakia	San Marino	3–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3	7 September 2012	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	11 September 2012	Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia	Liechtenstein	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	12 October 2012	Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia	Latvia	2–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

MFK Ružomberok

• Slovak Super Liga: 2005–06
• Slovak Cup: 2005–06

Rosenborg

• Tippeligaen: 2006, 2009^[4]

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup runner-up: 2012–13

Gaziantepspor

• Spor Toto Cup: 2012

Individual

• Tippeligaen player of the month: October 2006