Jozef Piaček (born 20 June 1983) is a Slovak former professional

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who played as a

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. From 2006 to 2008, he played in Latvia with Skonto. He played in 27 of the Riga club's 28 matches in the 2006 season, scoring three goals. Piaček was part of the

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

squad which reached the group stage of the

2010–11 UEFA Champions League The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011, where Ba ...

. He played in five of the six group matches.

Honours

Žilina *

Slovak Superliga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...

: 2009–10, 2011–12 *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup (), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in Football in Slovakia, Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Euro ...

: 2011–12 *

Slovak Super Cup The Slovak Super Cup (''Slovenský Superpohár'' in Slovak), in the past named as or , was a match between the champion of the Slovak First Football League and winner of the Slovak Cup. The match was played annually besides years when a club cl ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Zlaté Moravce Footballers from the Nitra Region Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players AS Trenčín players Skonto FC players MŠK Žilina players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Latvian Higher League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Men's association football defenders Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub