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 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Prešov, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 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.