Erik Jendrišek

Personal information
Full name	Erik Jendrišek
Date of birth	26 October 1986 (1986-10-26) (age 23)
Place of birth	Trstená, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Kaiserslautern
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	Ružomberok	56	(30)
2006–2007	Hannover	9	(0)
2007–	Kaiserslautern	71	(23)
National team‡
2008–	Slovakia	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2009

Erik Jendrišek (born 26 October 1986) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for German club Kaiserslautern.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Ružomberok 1.2 Hannover 1.3 Kaiserslautern 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Ružomberok

Jendrišek was the best youth in Slovakia during the 2002–03 season. Playing as a professional with Ružomberok between 2003 and 2006, he scored 30 goals in 56 league games. In 2006, he won the Slovak league and cup double with the club, also being the country's top goalscorer for the 2005–06 season with 21 goals, alongside Róbert Rák.

[edit] Hannover

In the summer of 2006, Jendrišek was signed by Hannover on a season-long loan deal with the option of a permanent deal at the end of the season.^[1] He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 September 2006 in the first round of the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a substitute in their 3–2 away win at Dynamo Dresden. He went on to make his Bundesliga debut on 23 September 2006 in a 1–1 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen, once again coming on as a substitute. However, he never managed to find his place as a first-team regular with Hannover, finishing the season with only 9 Bundesliga appearances on his tally, all of them as a substitute.

[edit] Kaiserslautern

On 30 May 2007, Jendrišek moved to Kaiserslautern on a three-year contract.^[2] He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 4 August 2007 in their 4–0 away win against Wilhelmshaven in the first round of the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal. His league debut for Kaiserslautern came on 13 August 2007 in the club's opening match of the season, a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He quickly established himself as a regular with the club, scoring 5 goals in 16 league appearances during the first half of the season. He also recorded three assists during that period of the season.

However, the second half of the season was not very successful for him as he failed to score any goals in 10 league appearances, only recording one assist. Additionally, he was temporary suspended from the club's first team by coach Milan Šašić over lack of discipline. Instead of accepting a fine and return to first-team action, he chose to be relegated to the club's reserve team, where played four fourth-division games during March and April 2008.^[3] He later apologised and accepted the fine.^[4] In his last match for the reserves, he scored a hat-trick in the team's 5–2 away win at Mechtersheim. Shortly thereafter, he permanently returned to first-team action.

In Kaiserslautern's opening match of the 2008–09 season, a 3–3 away draw at Mainz 05, Jendrišek came on as a half-time substitute after the team went 3–0 down in the first half and went on to score two goals in two minutes midway through the second half to level the score. He scored another brace on 17 November 2008 in Kaiserslautern's 6–0 win over Hansa Rostock and finished the first half of the 2008–09 season with 8 goals in 17 appearances.

[edit] International career

Jendrišek has been capped for the Slovak national under-21 team before making his debut for the country's senior national team on 11 October 2008 in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against San Marino. On 11 February 2009, he scored his first senior international goal in a friendly match against Cyprus, netting the second goal in his team's 3–2 defeat.^[5]

On 1 April 2009, Jendrišek scored his first competitive international goal at senior level, netting the decisive second goal in Slovakia's 2–1 away victory against the Czech Republic in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Weltfussball.de profile (German)
• Transfermarkt.de profile (German)
• Career stats on Fussballdaten.de (German)

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