Marek Špilár

Marek Špilár
Personal information
Full name Marek Špilár
Date of birth 11 February 1975
Place of birth Stropkov, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 38)
Place of death Prešov, Slovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1984–1994 MŠK Tesla Stropkov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Petra Drnovice 2 (0)
1995–1997 Tatran Prešov 53 (6)
1997–2000 1. FC Košice 75 (3)
2000–2001 Baník Ostrava 30 (0)
2001–2002 Sigma Olomouc 8 (0)
2003–2005 Club Brugge 32 (0)
2006–2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight 24 (1)
International career
1995–1997 Slovakia U-21 10 (0)
1997–2002 Slovakia 30 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 May 2010

Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic and Japan.

Špilár was capped 30 times for the Slovak national team from 1997 to 2002.

Špilár died in September 2013 at the age of 38 when he committed suicide by jumping out of a fifth-floor flat window in the city of Stropkov.